Optional Rules For Combat (5e & 5.5)
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
⚔️ Optional Combat Rules — Fight at the Limit
Is your combat becoming predictable? This supplement introduces rules to make battles more tactical, dangerous, and cinematic, without replacing the core system.
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🔥 Push Beyond Your Limits
Use class features and spells without resources, paying with exhaustion.
Survive at 0 hit points with Last Breath… if your body can endure it.
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🛡️ Equipment Matters
Weapons break. Armor wears down.
You can defeat an enemy by destroying their ability to fight, not just their hit points.
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🧠 More Decisions Each Turn
• Mark enemies and control the battlefield
• Maneuvers like Trample and Tumble
• Focused, Unbalancing, and Glancing attacks
• Expanded opportunity options
• Real advantage from higher ground
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⚰️ More Lethal Combat
With the 50% Hit Point Rule, the final phase of fights becomes explosive — no more drawn-out battles.
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Compatible with D&D 5e and 5.5
Use the rules individually or combine them to transform the pacing of your combat.
For best use of this system, the Player’s Handbook and our class, the Cook, are recommended.
Class Writer/Creator: Felix Klaus
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