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[thomasford]

😮I liked the way The Dungeon Dudes did potions. If you did it as a bonus action you rolled for healing and if you did it out of combat/or as an action you got full helimg no mater what.

[JudgeMagisterSnow]

The best version of the rule is roll to heal if you use a bonus action or get the full healing if you use an action.

[ThePariot]

Literally everyone’s favorite house rule is now an official rule. Nice to see they can take notes.

[Comrade]

I allow the 1st health potion taken in a day to be a free action. I allow the rest to be taken as a bonus action. However, if 1 PC gives it to another PC, that takes an action. I'm also thinking of allowing them to take it as an action to regain the max healing.

[blueeagle]

My house rule has been bonus action roll the dice. Action get max dice for the healing amount.

[galaxytraveller]

I hope that they also decrease the RAW price of potions, I feel like players don't invest gold into them for that reason.

[crikeybaguette]

Let's be honest, we all homeruled it like that anyway.

[TENGILL]

Looks great, except for the payment structure and that books can not be redeemed online, so you need to buy it twice!

[douglasseelye]

another shift in the rules that brings yet more video game logic to the tabletop. if you are dying and getting beat on do you really believe that you can focus on combat and then healing or would you be in survival mode with either flight or save me

[cartersouthern]

If the new ranger is just taken directly from BG3 I think everyone will be happy with that

[nonamegiven]

"nice, I'm almost playable now"-Alchemist

joking but i do hope the wording includes the Experimental Elixir feature there even with Artificer not being in the book. (sure most good DM are already allowing it but yeah)

[ChefSolChaos]

If you already own the digital handbook will it be updated or we still have the buy the changes?

[craigwhiteman]

What about other potions? Still an action?

[graveyardshift]

Imagine having to actually make an important choice for your character in a dire situation.

Nah, I'd rather get everything handed to me on easy mode.

*That's ya'll*

[SkullyTheHypnoSkull]

If you want D&D to play like a video game, go play 4e. I even feel guilty drinking potions during combat in Diablo and Skyrim. It feels fake.

[seisner]

I'm hoping this rule applies to all potions, not just healing potions.

[KootFloris]

So I can make 1 slash in one turn in a fraction of a second, and then as bonus, find a and take a drink from my loaded backpack, unscrew, drink, put screw back on and repack as a bonus? This rule is about cool topping realistic.

[stevenscholz]

I love how he makes it seem that something the community made is somehow to his credit lol

[chiiiiaaa]

I understand capitulating to what people are doing. But is it just me who feels this is truly boring game design, and pretty useless - if you're writing the rules the way people have already been playing for 10 years, why are we spending £60 on new books?

[antwonechols]

Yes, let me drink an entire apple sized bottle in 6 seconds. And still swing a sword or cast a spell that requires a full incantation.