Additionally players roll to recover spent Hit Die instead of recovering half of their HD at the end of a long rest. Also, HD are spent separately to heal ability scores, drain, and damage. Instead, players may only spend Hit Dice (HD) to heal at the end of a Long Rest. Short and Long Rest healing is no longer used, otherwise rests work as normal. Where noted these house rules replace the standard 5e rules. The Rules Image credit Wizards of the Coast This just makes mechanics about survival and health management more of a central gameplay element. What I’m presenting here is closer to the Slow Natural Healing rules in Chapter 9 of the DMG.Ī Quick Note on Realism: A frequent mistake people make is to assume this is an attempt to make 5e more realistic or simulationist. Therefore, they are neither gritty nor realistic.
Rather than providing a different style of play, the gritty realism rules just make everything take longer. Even the 5e DMG has a set of Gritty Realism rules to use that just extends short rests to once a day, and long-rests to once a week. However, I never thought these hit the right spot of focus or depth for my own campaigns. A quick google search will turn up a number grim dark, gritty, or other survival rules. Don’t We Have This Already?ĭiscussion of gritty mechanics and survival rules in 5e is an evergreen topic. However, if you enjoy it, these rules should give you something to sink your teeth into. There is nothing wrong if that style of play is not for you. If you choose this style of play, the game is inherently going to get much more about tracking and managing resources. This is a silly and as it’s just a style of play. Important Side Note: Gritty play is sometimes pushed with a sense of elitism. As a result of Matt Colville’s recent twitch hangout, I was inspired to write down my own thoughts on gritty rules for 5e. In other words, it extends gameplay into longer term campaign elements, rather than containing it to individual encounters. This means adding gameplay elements that focus on attrition, strategic resource management, mitigation, and lean into the fragile nature of health. Sometimes players want to break things up with more of a gritty or survivalist style. The heroic playstyle of 5e D&D is a lot of fun, but it’s focused on the encounter for resource management and pacing.
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