PF1e House Rules

House Rules

• Fractional Base Bonuses: A method to smooth the advancement of attack and save bonuses for multiclass characters.

• Metaphysical Transparency: Rules for dealing with interactions among different metaphysical energies (eg. magic and psionics).

• Reducing Feat Taxes: Alterations to feats and feat chains intended to reduce the necessity of taking "useless" feats in order to advance.

• Stress Mechanic: A custom stress mechanic (versus the typical "sanity" mechanics found in most horror genre games).

• Miscellaneous Rules: House rules that don't fit into a larger category.

Character Classes

• Soulknife: A combat class who distills psionic power into blades of pure energy.
• Healer: A class focused on healing and seeking out knowledge.

Campaign Skills

• Knowledge (forbidden lore): The study of Things Man Was Not Meant To Know^TM

• Knowledge (geology): The study of rocks, minerals, and geologic processes.

• Metacraft: Combines and replaces Spellcraft, Psicraft, and any other skill used to identify metaphysical energies.

Campaign Feats and Traits

Feat	Type	Prerequisites	Description
Awaken Talent	Psionic	None.	You have unlocked a minor psionic ability.
Bonded Relic	Item Creation	None.	You own an ancestral heirloom and can invest it with increasing power.
Bookworm	General	Caster level 3.	You have learned to cast from a scroll without expending it.
Bookwyrm	General	Bookworm, caster level 5, must use a spellbook.	You have learned to cast directly from a spellbook.
Boon Companion (Mythic)	Mythic	Boon Companion.	Your animal companion is empowered by your mythic status.
Companion Subtlety	Companion	Int 6+, master has Subtle Companion.	You can alter your form in order to hide easily, or even blend in and act as a spy.
Die Harder	General	Endurance, Die Hard, Great Fortitude.	Your extraordinary determination to keep on living and kicking asses makes you extremely hard to kill.
Die Hard With A Vengeance	General	Endurance, Die Hard, Great Fortitude, Die Harder.	Nobody makes you bleed your own blood. Not and gets away with it for long, at any rate.
Live Free Or Die Hard	General	Endurance, Die Hard, Great Fortitude, Die Harder, Iron Will, Die Hard With A Vengeance.	Your inherent badassitude allows you to fall back on your physical prowess to resist mental domination.
A Good Day To Die Hard	General	Endurance, Die Hard, Great Fortitude, Die Harder, Iron Will, Die Hard With A Vengeance, Combat Expertise or Reckless Offense, Live Free Or Die Hard.	You are one bad mother—Shut yo' mouth!—I'm just talkin' about you.
Divine Preparation	General	Ability to cast divine spells without preparation.	You can prepare a divine spell ahead of time, just as a cleric does.
Fiery Soul	Psionic	Alter Blade blade skill, Fire Lash class feature.	Your affinity for psionically-created weapons augments your pyrokinetic abilities.
Flexible Personality	Psionic	Psicrystal Affinity.	You can shift the shard of your personality that resides inside your psicrystal.
Focused Talent	Psionic	Awaken Talent.	You can perform minor psionic feats.
Holy Brand	Ritual	Knowledge (religion) 5 ranks.	Some more fanatical members of various faiths have been known to ritually brand or tattoo the holy symbol of their deity on their very flesh.
Mark Of Divine Favor	Ritual	Knowledge (religion) 10 ranks, Holy Brand, divine spellcaster.	The deities often recognize the devotion of the faithful, some more than others. They grant their most devoted followers greater abilities to do their service.
Hunter's Boon	Mythic	Boon Companion.	Your strengthened bond with your animal companion or familiar expands to include another.
Metaphysical Clarity	General or Psionic	Familiarity with at least one type of metaphysical energy.	“There is no magic, only tricks.”
Orc Axe-Master	Racial	Orc or half-orc, proficiency with any martial axe.	You have trained extensively with axes, especially the orc double axe.
Psi-Like Knowledge	Psionic	Manifester level 1, one or more psi-like abilities.	You can manifest a psi-like ability as if it were a power.
Spell-Like Knowledge	General	Caster level 1, one or more spell-like abilities.	You can cast a spell-like ability as if it were a spell.
Spirit Of The Stallion	Racial	Orc or half-orc, Mounted Combat.	One of your direct ancestors was a legendary cavalry soldier, and her spirit guides you and your mount.
Split Personality	Psionic	Improved Psicrystal, Flexible Personality.	You can split your psicrystal into multiple psicrystals.
Subtle Companion	General	BAB +1, animal companion or bonded mount class ability.	You can shrink your companion.
Telekinetic Block	Psionic	Psionic Meditation, ability to manifest far hand or telekinetic force.	Your telekinetic abilities provide a small amount of personal defense.
Telekinetic Throw	Psionic	Psionic Meditation, ability to manifest far hand or telekinetic force.	You can hurl a weapon at an enemy, controlling it telekinetically.
Telekinetic Whirlwind	Psionic	5th level, Telekinetic Throw.	You can attack multiple enemies when telekinetically hurling a weapon.
Transfer Spell	Metamagic	Caster level 3.	You can transfer a touch spell to another creature for delivery.
Two-Fisted Healing	General	Augment Healing.	You can divide the benefits of a healing spell between two recipients.
Uruk-Hai Trample	Racial	Orc or half-orc, Mounted Combat.	You are trained in orc cavalry techniques emphasizing trampling your opponents into the ground.

Trait	Type	Description
Synchronicity	Psionic	Your concentration checks benefit from multiple classes.