Chapter 6 - Appendix

Here, you'll find miscellaneous stuff that was created in relation to the main body in some way. Some of the stuff may be more useful than others. This is not meant to be a place worth visiting in case you are looking for new content.

The appendix features a history of the changes made with the previous versions, starting with the latest update and going backwards in time, and a section containing the tables spread throughout this book.

Miscellaneous Notes

I am a big fan of calling Martial Training Martian Training and Caster Training Minervan Training, based on the roman gods of warfare, Mars and Minerva. This is only because I refused to call it Martial Training for a good while due to its possibly confusing association with Martial weapons, even if the Martial-Caster divide is well known, and Martian is close enough. The other half of the divide of course has to follow suit, so I consider it the Martian-Minervan divide from now on.

Tables

Here, you'll find all the tables spread throughout the book once more. These include:

the Extended Size Table listing size categories with their fitting Hit DC and measures.
the Body Part Sizes for a Medium Humanoid table listing size categories and Hit DC for the body parts of a Medium Humanoid character.
the Armour Table listing armour sets and their Damage Reduction values and Dodging modifiers.
the Shield Table listing the different shield options and their properties.
the Spell Slot Translation Table listing how each spell slot is translated into Spell Points.
the Spellcasting Focus Table listing which spell schools each Spellcasting Focus is associated with.
the Spellcasting Table listing the Caster Training feature amounts, Spell Limits, and Spell Point amounts that spellcasters use.
the Fullcaster Table, Halfcaster Table and Thirdcaster Table for the distinct tables for each caster class.
the Pact Magic Table showing the Warlocks equivalent of the Spellcasting Table.

Extended Size Table

Size	Hit DC	Hit Area	Height or Length
Minus 5	30	<2.5mm²	<2.5mm
Minus 4	28	<10mm²	<5mm
Minus 3	26	<40mm²	<1cm
Minus 2	24	<1.5cm²	<2cm
Minus 1	22	<6cm²	<4cm
Minuscule	20	<25cm²	<8cm
Fine	18	<100cm²	<15cm
Diminutive	16	<400cm²	<30cm
Tiny	14	<0.15m²	<60cm
Small	12	<0.6m²	<1.2m
Medium	10	<2.5m²	<2.5m
Large	8	<10m²	<5m
Huge	6	<40m²	<10m
Gargantuan	4	<150m²	<20m
Colossal	2	<600m²	<40m
Unmissable	0	>600m²	>40m

Related to AC-less Defence.

Body Part Sizes for a Medium Humanoid

Body Part	Size	Hit DC
Head	Diminutive	16
Eye	Minus 1	22
Neck	Diminutive	16
Arm	Tiny	14
Hand	Diminutive	16
Torso	Small	12
Crotch	Fine	18
Leg	Tiny	14
Foot	Diminutive	16

As used with Aimed Strikes.

Armour Table

Name	Type	Damage Reduction	Dodging Modifier
Padded Armour	Light	1	+2
Leather Armour	Light	1	+2
Studded Leather Armour	Light	2	+2
Hide Armour	Medium	2	0
Chain Shirt	Medium	3	0
Scale Mail	Medium	4	0
Breastplate	Medium	4	0
Half Plate Armour	Medium	5	0
Ring Mail	Heavy	4	Disadvantage
Chain Mail	Heavy	6	Disadvantage
Splint Armour	Heavy	7	Disadvantage
Plate Armour	Heavy	8	Disadvantage

Related to AC-less Defence.

Shield Table

Type	Size	Blocking Bonus	Properties	Weight	Cost
Buckler	Tiny	+6	Free Hand, Light	3 lb.	8 GP
Wooden Shield	Tiny	+4		6 lb.	10 GP
Tower Shield	Small	+2	Heavy, Clunky	12 lb.	20 GP

As used in the section on Shields.

Spell Slot Translation Table

Spell level	Spell Point cost
0 (cantrips)	0
1	3
2	6
3	9
4	12
5	15
6	18
7	21
8	24
9	27
x	3x

As used in the Spellcasting chapter.

Spellcasting Focus Table

Spellcasting Focus	Type	Associated Schools
Crystal	Arcane	Illusion, Necromancy, Transmutation
Orb	Arcane	Conjuration, Divination, Illusion
Rod	Arcane	Abjuration, Divination, Necromancy
Staff (also Quarterstaff)	Arcane	Abjuration, Conjuration, Evocation
Wand	Arcane	Enchantment, Evocation, Transmutation
Sprig of Mistletoe	Druidic	Abjuration, Divination, Transmutation
Staff (also Quarterstaff)	Druidic	Abjuration, Conjuration, Evocation
Yew wand	Druidic	Enchantment, Illusion, Necromancy
Amulet (worn or held)	Holy	Abjuration, Conjuration, Evocation
Emblem (borne on fabric or a Shield)	Holy	Abjuration, Enchantment, Transmutation
Reliquary (held)	Holy	Divination, Illusion, Necromancy
Percussion (drum)	Bardic	Abjuration, Conjuration, Evocation
Strings (dulcimer, lute, lyre, viol)	Bardic	Enchantment, Necromancy, Transmutation
Woodwind (bag pipes, flute, pan flute, shawm)	Bardic	Divination, Enchantment, Illusion
Brass Instrument (horn)	Bardic	Conjuration, Enchantment, Evocation

As used in the Spellcasting Focus chapter.

Spellcasting Table

Level	Caster Proficiency & Training	Spell Limits	Spell Points	+1/3	+1/2	+2/3
1	2	3	6	8	9	10
2		4	12	14	15	16
3		6	18	20	21	22
4		7	24	26	27	28
5	3	9	30	32	33	34
6		10	36	38	39	40
7		12	42	44	45	46
8		13	48	50	51	52
9	4	15	54	56	57	58
10		16	60	62	63	64
11		18	66	68	69	70
12		19	72	74	75	76
13	5	21	78	80	81	82
14		22	84	86	87	88
15		24	90	92	93	94
16		25	96	98	99	100
17	6	27	102	104	105	106
18		28	108	110	111	112
19		30	114	116	117	118
20		31	120	122	123	124
x	(x+7)/4	3(x+1)/2	6x	6x+2	6x+3	6x+4

The columns to the right of the spell points column show how many Spell Points spellcasters with half levels and third levels have access to, for example when having Ranger or Arcane Trickster levels. Generally, you gain 6 Spell Points per Spellcaster level, 3 Spell Points per Halfcaster level, and 2 Spell Points per Thirdcaster level.

The numbers are calculated through the formulas given in the last row. The results are always rounded down.

This table is used in the Spellcasting chapter and is the source for the Fullcaster Table, the Halfcaster Table and the Thirdcaster Table.

Fullcaster Table

The following table is used by the fullcaster classes, such as Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer and Wizard.

Level	Caster Proficiency & Training	Spell Limits	Spell Points
1	2	3	6
2		4	12
3		6	18
4		7	24
5	3	9	30
6		10	36
7		12	42
8		13	48
9	4	15	54
10		16	60
11		18	66
12		19	72
13	5	21	78
14		22	84
15		24	90
16		25	96
17	6	27	102
18		28	108
19		30	114
20		31	120
x	(x+7)/4	3(x+1)/2	6x

The numbers are calculated through the formulas given in the last row. The results are always rounded down.

Halfcaster Table

The following table is used by the halfcaster classes, such as Paladin and Ranger.

Level	Spellcaster Level	Caster Proficiency & Training	Spell Limits	Spell Points
1	1	2	3	6
2	1+1/2			9
3	2		4	12
4	2+1/2		5	15
5	3		6	18
6	3+1/2			21
7	4		7	24
8	4+1/2		8	27
9	5	3	9	30
10	5+1/2			33
11	6		10	36
12	6+1/2		11	39
13	7		12	42
14	7+1/2			45
15	8		13	48
16	8+1/2		14	51
17	9	4	15	54
18	9+1/2			57
19	10		16	60
20	10+1/2		17	63
x	(x+1)/2	(x+15)/8	3(x+3)/4	3x+3

The numbers are calculated through the formulas given in the last row. The results are always rounded down.

Thirdcaster Table

The following table is used by the thirdcaster characters, such as the Arcane Trickster and the Eldritch Knight.

Level	Spellcaster Level	Caster Proficiency & Training	Spell Limits	Spell Points
1	-	-	-	-
2	-	-	-	-
3	1+2/3	2	4	10
4	2			12
5	2+1/3		5	14
6	2+2/3			16
7	3		6	18
8	3+1/3			20
9	3+2/3		7	22
10	4			24
11	4+1/3		8	26
12	4+2/3			28
13	5	3	9	30
14	5+1/3			32
15	5+2/3		10	34
16	6			36
17	6+1/3		11	38
18	6+2/3			40
19	7		12	42
20	7+1/3			44
x	(x+2)/3	(x+23)/12	0.5(x+5)	2x+4

The numbers are calculated through the formulas given in the last row. The results are always rounded down.

Pact Magic Table

As used by the Warlock.

Level	Caster Proficiency & Training	Spell Limits	Patronage
1	2	3	1
2		4	2
3		6
4		7
5	3	9
6		10
7		12
8		13
9	4	15
10		16
11		18	3
12		19
13	5	21
14		22
15		24
16		25
17	6	27	4
18		28
19		30
20		31
x	(x+7)/4	3(x+1)/2

The numbers are calculated through the formulas given in the last row. The results are always rounded down.

Monster Stat Reference Tables

Offence

Challenge Rating	Proficiency Bonus	Primary Stat Modifier	Attack Bonus	Saving Throw DC	Damage per Round
0	+2	+1	+3	12	1
1/8					3
1/4					5
1/2					8
1		+2	+4	13	14
2					20
3		+3	+5	14	26
4					32
5	+3		+6	15	38
6					44
7		+4	+7		50
8					56
9	+4		+8	16	62
10					68
11		+5	+9	17	74
12					80
13	+5		+10	18	86
14					92
15		+6	+11		98
16					104
17	+6		+12	19	110
18					116
19		+7	+13		122
x	(x+7)/4	(x+9)/4	(x+7)/2	3(x+3)/8+12	6x+8

High CR Monsters

Challenge Rating	Proficiency Bonus	Primary Stat Modifier	Attack Bonus	Saving Throw DC	Damage per Round
20					140
21	+7		+14	20	158
22					176
23		+8	+15		194
24					212
25	+8		+16	21	230
26					248
27		+9	+17		266
28					284
29	+9		+18	22	302
30					320
x	(x+7)/4	(x+9)/4	(x+7)/2	(x+3)/4+14	18x-220

Defence

Challenge Rating	Primary Stat Modifier	Hit Dice	Smalls Hit Points	Shell Hit Points	Shell Damage Reduction	Sponge Hit Points
0	+1	1	4	6	5	9
1/8		6	21	33		51
1/4		8	28	44		68
1/2		10	35	55		85
1	+2	12	42	66	6	102
2		14	49	77		119
3	+3	16	56	88	7	136
4		18	63	99		153
5		20	70	110	8	170
6		22	77	121		187
7	+4	24	84	132	9	204
8		26	91	143		221
9		28	98	154	10	238
10		30	105	165		255
11	+5	32	112	176	11	272
12		34	119	187		289
13		36	126	198	12	306
14		38	133	209		323
15	+6	40	140	220	13	340
16		42	147	231		357
17		44	154	242	14	374
18		46	161	253		391
19	+7	48	168	264	15	408
x	(x+9)/4	n = 2x + 10	3.5n	5.5n	0.5x + 5	8.5n

High CR Monsters

Challenge Rating	Primary Stat Modifier	Hit Dice	Smalls Hit Points	Shell Hit Points	Shell Damage Reduction	Sponge Hit Points
20		50	175	275	15	425
21		55			16	468
22		60	210	330	17	510
23	+8	65			18	553
24		70	245	385	19	595
25		75			20	638
26		80	280	440	21	680
27	+9	85			22	723
28		90	315	495	23	765
29		95			24	808
30		100	350	550	25	850
x	(x+9)/4	n = 5x - 50	3.5n	5.5n	x - 5	8.5n

Changes towards v1

v0.9.1

General

Restructured the entire thing again.
Added a chapter on variant rules.

Added a Help Action variant that does not work through Advantage.

Aimed Strikes

Added a passage about targeting organs.

Classes

Rephrased the Monks Patient Defence.

Scene Checks

Introduced to encompass Surgery and the Rite of Regeneration.
Added Domestication and Grafting as further examples.

Equipment

Committed to having equipment only correlate with training and not with Proficiency or Expertise.

Objects

Added to give guidance on objects as targets.
Added a paragraph on disabling objects.
Introduced object parts similar to body parts.

Tools

Tools use Training instead of Proficiency now.

Tool usage with dual Proficiency thus no longer gives Advantage.

Added Improvised Tools.
Said a few things about how using tools works.

Magic Items

Introduced for new magical items interacting with the new rules.

Shields

Blocking checks with shields with the Light property can now only be rolled with Dexterity.
Blocking checks with shields with the Heavy property can now only be rolled with Strength.

Spell Scrolls

Added universal scrolls that can be used by all characters.
Rephrased spell scrolls a bit to fit the Spell Point system.

Feats

Caster Training

Changed Iron Will to give a bonus equal to your spellcasting ability modifier instead of Advantage.
Renamed Expectation to Hardened Conduits. Changed it to give a bonus equal to your Constitution modifier instead of Advantage.

Martial Training

Changed some Blocking and Parrying features to no longer mention requirements that were already checked in the sections on the reactions.
Changed Elegant Parry to give a bonus equal to your Wisdom modifier instead of Advantage.

Monsters

Added an introduction of the roughly three kinds of monsters.
Added a few paragraphs about body parts.
Restructured the section into multiple subsections.
Added some paragraphs about tracking various aspects.
Drafted a subsection about Spellcasting for monsters.
Explicated a few ways of customizing a monster.

Changes for v0.9

This version introduces the Spellcasting Rework.

v0.9.a1

Spellcasting

Reworked Spellcasting to work through Spell Points instead of Spell Slots.
Spellcasting is now only limited by the Casting Limit.
Added Overcasting to allow breaking the Casting Limit in exchange for damage and a debuff.
You now roll a Spell check every time you cast a spell to determine how forceful it is, the first attack roll, and the save DC for the targets.

Caster Training

Introduced Caster Training as a parallel to Martial Training for Spellcasters.
Merged multiple spellcasting-related feats into Caster Training.
Caster Training features can be acquired through Spellcaster levels, as described in Spellcasting, and through the new Spellcasting Adept feat.
Spell Manipulation is now a part of Caster Training.

Spellcasting Focus

A Spellcasting Focus now gives Proficiency in Spell checks for spells of three associated spell schools each. It is the primary way to be able to add the Proficiency Bonus to Spell checks, and thus spell attacks and spell save DC.

Rite of Regeneration

Now uses the Spell check of the Cure Wounds casting as a base value.

Spells

Changed Counterspell and Dispel Magic to work based on Spell checks.

Cover

Changed cover to work through changes to Hit DC based on the target size instead of degrees of cover.
Added cover cones to ease a visual derivation of when someone benefits from cover through shields or other small objects.

Shields

Made the Buckler Tiny again.

Surge Dice

Added a Free Reaction to allow the use of Surge Dice in response to any trigger without having to rely on another feature.
The Speed option now properly gives movement instead of movement speed.

Vision & Focus

Added descriptions for different fields of view.
Changed the indefinite articles in Switch Focus to prevent confusion.

Martial Training

Changed Interception to only work with Melee weapons and against Melee weapon attacks.
Added the Arrow Splitting feature to allow parrying Ranged weapon attacks.

v0.9.a2

General

Updated this file :)

Spellcasting

Explicated that it is now possible to cast multiple spells with Spell Point costs in a turn.

Caster Training

Added Cantrip Upcasting to upcast Cantrips.
Added Hoarder to gain more Spell Points.
Changed Expectation to give Advantage on the Overcast Saving Throw instead.
Added Insistence feature, doubling the effect of Emphasis.
Changed Vampiric Weavestrike to give twice as many Temporary Hit Points.
Added a subsection with Spellcasting Focus related features.
Changed Beyond The Medium to make a body part usable as a Spellcasting Focus associated with two spell schools.
Added Flexible Focus to allow adding more associated spell schools to a Spellcasting Focus.
Added Universal Focus to make a Spellcasting Focus be associated with all spell schools.

Sorcerer

Changed Sorcery Points so that they interface with Spell Points more intuitively.
Removed the Casting restriction from Quickened Spell.

Warlock

Changed the inner workings of Pact Magic to make a connection to a patron more apparent and embed the narrative into the mechanics.
Added a more narrative variant to allow customizing the Warlocks spellcasting alongside the state of their pact and relationship to their patron.

Spells

Changed Counterspell to be harder against more costly spells.

v0.9.a3

Spellcasting

Moved the Spell Points chapter into this chapter.
Explicated that these rules refer to initial Spell Point cost when speaking of a Spell Point cost and that they explicitly reference final costs otherwise. Changed the rules to actually fulfill this standard.
Explicated how features that aren't spells and use spell slots now also use Spell Points instead.
Turned Upcasting into its own subsection.
Clarified that Upcasting works through increasing the spells cost, and not through spending additional Spell Points separately.
Removed automatic cantrip scaling.
Cantrips can now be upcast.
Added a paragraph about preparing spells when multiclassing that is in line with base rules, but translated to use the Casting Limit.
Added a subsection on Sunken Spells & Depthcasting, describing what happens when a spells cost is below 0.

Spellcasting Focus

When using an unlisted Spellcasting Focus, you now choose two spell schools to associate that Spellcasting Focus with.

Overcasting

Named the number of Spell Points the Casting Limit was exceeded by Excess to simplify the descriptions of Overcast Damage and Overcast Saves.
Moved the Overcast Damage into the spellcast or use of the feature.
Failing the Overcast Save now makes the spell or feature fail, but no Spell Points are lost.
Weavestrain now reduces the Casting Limit by 1 per stack instead.

Caster Training

Added some introductory text.
Moved some features to their proper subsection.
Ritualist now allows a choice of spellcasting ability when the one who chooses the feature doesn't already have one.
Added By Any Means, allowing rerolls of the Overcast Save in exchange for more Overcast Damage.
Renamed Spell Specialization to Cheapskate and allows the choice of two spells instead of one.
Hoarder can now be picked multiple times.
Reworked Cantrip Upcasting into Trash Becomes Treasure, giving a limited amount of free upcasting to free spells.
Reworded Amplify a little.
Beyond The Medium now turns the chosen body part into a Spellcasting Focus instead of making it usable as if it was one, making it clear that it can be used for Double Up.
Renamed Dual Spellcasting Focus to Double Up.

Warlock

Explicated that Eldritch Invocation Options that allow free spellcasts practically set the cost of those spells to 0.
The Patronage now depends on uses of Spell Points instead of cast spells.

AC-less Defence

Critical Hits no longer automatically ignore Damage Reduction.

Martial Training

Renamed Combat Training to Martial Training.
Merged the three Enhanced Critical features into one and added the benefit that Critical Hits of the chosen damage type ignore Damage Reduction.

v0.9.a4

Caster Training

Turned Weavestrike into a spell.
Added Arsenal of Tricks as an option to get more cantrips.
Added Enhanced Critical to mirror the Martial version with non-physical damage types.
Added Force of Evil to increase necrotic damage and Force of Good to increase radiant damage.
Added Penetrating Element to allow bypassing Damage Reduction with a chosen element.
Changed Reactive Spell to Opportunistic Caster and changed its wording to make it independent from Opportunity Attacks. It now uses Opportunity Spells instead.
Added Reliable Casting to make a Spell check always result in at least a 10.
Doubled the Casting Limit increase of Cheat.
Reworked Vampiric Weavestrike into Weave Vampirism, now giving you Temporary Hit Points when Spell Points are spent or lost within 5ft. of you and not by you.
Changed Cheapskate to allow picking 0-cost spells again.
Changed Cheapskate so that when it reduces the cost of a healing or permanent creation spell to 0 the effects become temporary.
Changed Insistence to now automatically improve your Spell checks based on the cost of the corresponding spellcast.
Added an associated spell school to two of the Spell Manipulation features to clarify when a Spellcasting Focus allows the wielder to add their Proficiency Bonus to the Spell check.

Spell Check

Made Spell attack rolls a separate thing again.
The Spell check now influences Spell attack rolls, giving a bonus when good and a malus when bad.
Reduced the saving throw DC by another 2 when the spell affects more than one target.

AC-less Defence

Changed the Defence Action so that when you had more than three unspent Reactions at the start of your next turn, only three of them are converted into Surge Dice.

Dodging

Turned dodging an AoE into a Martial Training feature.
Reduced the armour-based dodging modifier.

When wearing light or no armour, it's now +2 instead of +5.
When wearing medium armour, it's now +0 instead of +2.
When wearing heavy armour, you now roll with Disadvantage instead of with +0.

Martial Training

Turned Opportunity Attacks into the Opportunist - Melee feature.
Added Opportunist - Ranged to allow for ranged Opportunity Attacks.
Turned Dodging an AoE with Dodge & Roll into the Areal Awareness feature.
Added Dodging Adept to give Proficiency in Acrobatics.
Added Dodging Expert to give Expertise in Acrobatics.
Added Happy Feet to increase the unarmoured and lightly armoured Dodging bonus back to +5.
Added Nimble Attack to allow throwing a Finesse weapon as a part of a Dodge & Roll.
Added Prediction to allow for an additional free dodge after dodging with Advantage.
Renamed Blocking Proficiency to Blocking Adept and Blocking Expertise to Blocking Expert and simplified their wording.
Changed Protection to require Proficiency in Blocking instead of training with Shields.
Renamed Parrying Proficiency to Parrying Adept and Parrying Expertise to Parrying Expert and simplified their wording.
Changed Arrow Splitting to also require Proficiency in Perception.
Turned Weapon Locking from Parrying into the Weapon Locking feature.
Turned multi-weapon Parrying into the Cross-parry feature.
Added Pattern Recognition to give Advantage on the next block, dodge or parry after a successful block, dodge or parry.

General

Turned all occurences of Proficiency, Expertise, Advantage and Disadvantage uppercase.
Now consistently uses Proficiency in ... and Expertise in ... instead of Proficiency with ... and Expertise with ....
Changed .md italics to use _ instead of *.

v0.9.a5

General

Renamed Other Combat Changes to Grappling & Shoving, as nothing else is in there.
Mentions the Spellcasting changes in the Content Overview now.

Spellcasting

Moved Spell Points, Spell Limits, Upcasting and Sunken Spells & Depthcasting to their own chapters.
Rephrased the introduction a bit.
Introduced a Caster Proficiency Bonus that depends on the spellcaster level, but otherwise mirrors the regular Proficiency Bonus progression.
Adjusted Spell Limits to properly fit thirdcaster scaling.
Increased the number of Caster Training features to match the Caster Proficiency Bonus and removed their entry from the Spellcasting Table.

Caster Training

Added a short passage about how many features a spellcaster has.
Added Consistent Casting as a stepping stone before Reliable Casting and changed the latter to affect the result instead of the roll.
Added Everyone's Problem to spread Overcast to other nearby creatures.
Added Flow to increase the Casting Limit throughout a combat.
Added Hubris to allow Wizards to write spells they cannot afford into their spellbook and prepare those.
Added Limitbreaker to force a successful Overcast Save once a short rest.
Added Recast to cheapen repeated casts of the same spell.
Added Snowball to improve spells when casting them repeatedly.
Turned Spell Manipulation features into spells.
Changed Cheat, Cheapskate, Hoarder and Trash Becomes Treasure to use the Caster Proficiency Bonus instead.

Spell Limits

Rephrased the paragraph on Multiclassing to not call two different things Casting Limit. Renamed one of them to Preparation Limit to ease understanding.
Reworked the entire section accordingly.
Renamed the section and references to it from Casting Limit to Spell Limits.

Spell Check

Distinguishes between spells with singular and multiple attack rolls now. The Spell check merges into the spell attack roll in the first case, and enhances the spell attacks in the other.

Spell Points

Elaborated a bit more.
Clarified that there is a Spell Point maximum and current Spell Points, similar to Hit Points.

Spells

Grouped them by new spells, spells reworked due to defence changes, spells reworked due to the introduction of Spell checks and spells with adjusted upcasting.
Counterspell and Dispel Magic are now 5 better.
Adjusted the Upcasting costs and power of a lot of spells.
Changed Haste to give Advantage on Reactions instead of an AC bonus.
Changed Mage Armour to give more Damage Reduction when upcast.
Changed Warding Bond to give Damage Reduction instead of an AC bonus. Also, it can now be upcast.
Adjusted the previous Spell Manipulation features that are now Cantrips so that they fit the spell format properly.
Renamed Weaken to Guard.
Added Chain to enable some binding and pulling action.
Added Gift to transfer Spell Points to another creature.
Added Rewind to convert Surge Dice back into action economy.
Added Weavestrike to the Paladin spell list.

Upcasting

Added a paragraph about other upcasting intervals.

Warlock

Clarified that Warlocks do not have Spell Points themselves.
Changed Patronage to only track when the patrons Spell Points are used.
Clarified that the Patronage can be used as a source for Spell Points for other features, too.
Changed free Eldritch Invocations spells to not spend Spell Points at all.
Clarified that free Eldritch Invocations spells are cast with a number of Spell Points equal to your Warlock Preparation Limit.

AC-less Defence

Changed the Dodge Action to now give additional Reactions and Advantage on Dodging instead of imposing Disadvantage on attack rolls.
Added more paragraphs to Damage Reduction and gave all distinct rulings there names.

Clarified that Damage Reduction only applies once per attack, not to each damage instance of an attack in case there are multiple instances or damage types dealt by that attack.
Described in which order damage of different types is reduced.
Added a paragraph about Damage Reduction that is limited to reducing damage of a specified damage type.

Martial Training

Added C-C-Combo, increasing damage output the more you've hit this round.
Added Untraceable, giving the next incoming attack Disadvantage after successfully dodging.

Vision & Focus

Being Unseen no longer gives Advantage on attack rolls. This feels narratively intuitive, as the advantage from being unseen lies in the target not being able to react to the attack, which is already implemented.
Removed Backstab Advantage accordingly.
Changed the Invisible and Blinded conditions to not give Advantage on attacks accordingly.
Changed the Rogues Sneak Attack to also be applicable when unseen.

Classes

Added Sudden Momentum to the Barbarian.
Changed the Wizards Arcane Recovery to use Spell Points.
Added a Fullcaster Table, Halfcaster Table and Thirdcaster Table to the Appendix and linked to them from each class.

v0.9

Casting Changes

Spellcasting

Added formulas to the tables again.

Caster Training

Made Arsenal of Tricks give two cantrips instead.
Changed Cheat and Limitbreaker to recharge on Long Rest, too.
Changed Cheapskate so that healing and creation spells regain their effects when cast for at least 2 Spell Points instead of at their initial cost. Also changed it so that the temporary effects vanish when casting the spell for 1 Spell Point or less instead of when casting it for free, similar to the other conditions there before.
Changed Cheapskate to only have you choose one spell.
Removed Consistent Casting, reduced Reliable Casting from 10 to 8 and clarified that it affects the roll of the d20.
Added Gambler and Money Shot.
Removed Bypass Cover as neither half-cover nor three-quarters cover affect attack rolls anymore.

Overcasting

Made Weavestrain restoration use the Caster Proficiency Bonus instead and moved it to Conditions.

Spell Limits

Clarified how to determine Casting Limit and Preparation Limit.

Spells

Added Inhibit and Zone of Inhibition to temporarily reduce Casting Limits.
Added Aura of Amplification to temporarily increase Casting Limits and allow free upcasting.
Changed Counterspell and Dispel Magic slightly to benefit more from being cheapened.
Made some wordings more consistent.

Sunken Spells & Depthcasting

Reworded Depthcasting a bit to be in line with other similar passages.

Warlock

Properly adjusted the Pact Magic table to fit the Spellcasting Table.

Wizard

Changed the Arcane Ward to interact with cheapened spells and Sunken Spells similarly to Cheapskate.

Other Changes

Armour

Changed the table to use the changed Dodging check modifiers from the last minor version. Adjusted the text above accordingly.
Added a paragraph explaining how Armour Pieces relate to the Dodging Modifier.

Contests

Changed them to refer to D20-Tests instead of ability checks to encompass situations such as contesting an attack roll.

Feats

Renamed Combat Adept to Martial Adept.

Grappling & Shoving

Adjusted Grappling to account for the entries on Grappling and the Grappled condition in the 2024 PHB.

Martial Training

Removed Bypass Cover as neither half-cover nor three-quarters cover affect attack rolls anymore.

Ranger

Reworded the Hunters Multiattack Defence a bit.

Surge Dice

Removed Overtake. It was too complicated, too strong and too disruptive to keep.

Vision & Focus

Removed the passage about treating creatures that can't see you as Blinded because that was practically irrelevant.

Changes for v0.8

Introduction was rewritten.

AC-less Defence

renamed Missing Threshold to Hit DC.
explicated that Damage Reduction applies before resistance and vulnerabilities.
added a passage explicating the relation between sizes and cover.

Aimed Strikes

added a paragraph describing how Aimed Strikes interact with cover.
added Surgery and the Rite of Regeneration to get rid of body part disabilities.
moved Wounded and Disabled to a new chapter on Conditions.
added a table offering example body part sizes for a Medium Humanoid.

Armour

added two new shields and rephrased how they work in terms of size. Moved them to the Shields chapter.
explicated that Damage Reduction from armour usually only works against attacks that aren't Aimed Strikes, unless the armour includes coverage of the targeted body part.
added some rudimentary rules for armour pieces to cover other body parts.

Classes

added some Bard subclass changes. The College of Dance Bard can now dodge with Performance, and the College of Valor Bard can allows the use of a Bardic Inspiration die instead of a Reaction to react to an attack.
revisited Battle Master changes.
rephrased the Monks Dexterous Attacks to use Grapple and Shove contests again.
the Oath of Glory Paladins Glorious Defence now decreases the attack roll instead of giving AC.
explicated how the Beast Masters beast AC is converted into Damage Reduction.
the Gloomstalker Rangers Shadowy Dodge now utilizes Dodging.
removed the paragraph about the Hunters Uncanny Dodge, as the Hunter no longer has that feature.
the Hunters Multiattack Defence is now cheaper.
the Rogue no longer gains Advantage on Dodging checks.
explicated how the Draconic Sorcerers AC is converted into Damage Reduction.

Blocking

moved acquisition of Blocking Proficiency and Expertise to Martial Training.
updated wording to require shield training instead of shield Proficiency, as the latter no longer exists as such.

Grappling & Shoving

updated the Grapple and Shove attacks to appropriately relate to Unarmed Strikes.

Martial Training

is new.
reworks how Proficiency and training with weapons, shields and armour works.
moved Fighting Styles here.
moved combat-oriented Feats here.
moved weapon mastery properties here.

Monsters

added some more guidance on how monsters are affected by the changes in these rules.

Parrying

moved acquisition of parrying Proficiency and Expertise to Martial Training.
updated wording to requite weapon training instead of Proficiency.

Action Economy

merged Evasive Stance, Defensive Stance, Protective Stance, and Parrying Stance into one singular Defence Action.
moved Prey on the Vulnerable to Martial Training.
removed Trip, as it is already possible through an Opportunity Attack with an Unarmed Strike.

Spells

added Shield of Faith changes.
made Cure Wounds and Inflict Wounds work with wounds.
Blur now no longer affects attackers that are blinded.

v0.8.1

General

Fixed some spelling mistakes.

Rite of Regeneration

gave more options to assist with the Rite.
clarified when the Rite is interrupted and what happens in that case.
added an example.

Surgery

changed the primary attribute to Intelligence.
added two skills, Sleight of Hand and Medicine, to Surgery.
explicated that when Proficiency in both the tools and one of the associated skills are present, the surgeon rolls with Advantage, in line with existing tool rules.
explicated how to assist and interrupt Surgery.
clarified what happens when Surgery is interrupted.

Species

added two drawbacks to being Small.

Classes

the Monks Patient Defence now references the Defence Action.

Blocking & Parrying

added a short introductory paragraph.

AC-less Defence

made cover its own subsection.
added a paragraph about crouching behind cover.
moved the Defence Action here and reworked it to be more like before.

Martial Training

moved the paragraph about starting weapon Proficiencies and starting weapon Training into the subsection on weapon Training to remove some confusion.
reworded Accuracy to make it clear that it cannot stack with itself.
added Immaculate Aim, Knowing the Spot, Overpower, and My Body is a Weapon.
reworded Heavy Armour Master, so that it now mentions its Blocking Modifier and is further improved by Blocking Expertise.
reworded Free Hand Enhancement so that it is more concise and clear about only negating Disadvantage imposed through the Free Hand property.

Action Economy

moved the Defence Action to AC-less Defence.
removed the paragraph about Reaction timing, as it was functionally equivalent to the existing base rule.

v0.8.2

General

rearranged the chapters to roughly align with the structure of the PHB.

Introduction

merged the section on values into the introduction.
reworded the introduction accordingly.
merged the previous chapter introductions into a Content Overview.

Surge Dice

renamed Speed to Overtake, because it does not give movement speed, but it does make you overtake others in the Initiative order.
renamed Swiftness to Speed, because it gives movement speed.
changed Overtake to make it weaker in encounters with fewer creatures and to make it a bit more legible.

Species

renamed from Character Creation.
Small creatures now only get -1 to their Constitution score instead of -2 to their Strength score.

Martial Training

changed Archery to depend on the Wisdom modifier.
changed Duelling to depend on the Dexterity modifier.
changed Heavy Weapon Master to depend on the Strength modifier.
changed Knowing the Spot to depend on the Intelligence modifier.
added Wounding Critical.
moved some Aimed Strike features to general features due to their lack of weapon dependence.
turned the Aimed Strikes option for Reliable Hits into a Martial Training feature.
some minor linking and wording changes.

Shields

the Buckler is now Diminutive.

v0.8.3

General

added new chapter introductions.
renamed the Combat section to Grappling & Shoving.
renamed the Magic chapter to Spellcasting.
added Miscellaneous Notes to the Appendix.
moved changelogs into their own folder.
fixed some spelling mistakes and changed some wordings.

Contests

slightly reformulated Dodging, Blocking and Parrying to mention in passing that they resemble contests.

Changes for v0.7

New

Aimed Strikes: Introduced to make attack rolls more meaningful.

Contests: Added a chapter about them, as they were removed from the 2024 rules.

Rogue: now gains a new Surge Die feature on level 5: Prepared Strike.

Spells: Added adjustments to Blur.

Feats: Added adjustments to Weapon Master.

Removed

from Surge Dice: Dying Struggle, Elation and Kill Rush.

Adjusted

General

Committed to 2024 rules. All changes are now in reference to 2024 rules.
Put the context and rationale for the rules at the start of each section again.
Moved Reflections to the Introduction.
Added a chapter for tables.
Added an appendix with past changelogs.

AC-less Defence

Added an example for Armor Class to Damage Reduction conversion.
Damage Reduction now applies to attacks instead, including spell attacks. This is meant to be a buff to Damage Reduction and meant to make it more intuitive when it applies and when it doesn't. This also restores the classic connection between attacks and armour.
Removed Dodging from the list of reactions that can reduce attack damage to 0 and thus make the attack count as a miss, because Dodging explicitly states that a dodged attack misses.
Added a new set of smaller sizes and changed multiple base Missing Thresholds.
Added a table as a reference for the sizes.

Action Economy

Free Reactions no longer reference Free Actions, as those are not part of the 2024 rules. They now refer to the free object interaction instead.
Using the Ready action now gives an additional Reaction.
Limited Prey on the Vulnerable to melee weapon attacks and tied it exclusively to the Incapacitated condition.

Vision & Focus

Focus can now be switched once at the end of your turn for free, instead of as a Free Action, because those no longer exist as of the 2024 rules.
Losing Focus now depends on the Incapacitated condition or loss of perception.

Spell Manipulation

Limited range to 60ft.

Parrying

Named the value by which a parried attacks damage is reduced Parrying Power and added a separate paragraph about it.
Explicated that temporary damage increases also increase Parrying Power.
Critical Parries now have increased Parrying Power.

Armour

Now features a table with armour stats.

Feats

Now offers the entire feat description.
Moved Fighting Styles to this chapter.
Rephrased and buffed Defensive Duellist.
Made the changed Dual Wielder a variant instead of a replacement.
Heavy Armour Master now uses the Proficiency Bonus, similar to the 2024 rules.
Shield Master now forces an Athletics contest instead of a saving throw.

Classes

Moved all class changes into their own chapter.
Moved the monk Surge Die feature to level 5.

Spells

Now offers the entire spell description.

Changes for v0.6

General

extracted Adjustments to their own chapter, featuring changes for Equipment, Class Features, Feats, Fighting Styles, Spells, and Monsters.

Shields no longer give damage reduction.
Buffed the Hunter's Multiattack Defence.
Changed Dual Wielder, Savage Attacker and Shield Master.
Added spell changes for Shield, Mage Armour, and Barkskin.

Renamed the Backstab Advantage & Focus chapter to Vision & Focus. Added two paragraphs about Vision and rephrased a few things.

Action Economy

Added a paragraph on general reaction timing and cleaned up other descriptions throughout the rules accordingly.

AC-less Defence

Removed the Constitution Modifier from the base Damage Reduction.
Defensive Reactions are now rolled with Disadvantage against critical hits.
Size now impacts Missing Threshold.

Dodging

Dodging Bonus is reduced when wearing medium armour or heavy armour.
Added passage that allows the use of the Evasive Stance as a Bonus Action for some characters.
Made much of the wording more concise.
Dodge & Roll can now also be used against area effects.

Blocking

Blocking is now a skill that depends on shields.
Moved the flat Blocking Bonus to shields themselves.

Parrying

a bit cleaner now and also skill-ish.
Now features a weapon lock mechanic.

Monk changes are new.

Spell Manipulation

Spell Manipulation is now a skill and thus no longer starts with a flat bonus.
Extracted reaction timing and line of sight to the caster to be prerequisites for all manipulation options. This is the same as before, but the options are now more quickly read.
Thwart can now be buffed by spending a spell slot.
Amplify can now fail, unless a spell slot is spent.
Weaken can now turn the saving throw into a success when a spell slot is spent.

Surge Dice

Added an option to improve Initiative.
Restricted Power to Attack Rolls and Damage.
Renamed Speed to Swiftness. You can now use the gained movement immediately.

Changes for v0.5

General

slightly better wording
a few more links
a bit more elaboration

Action Economy

Tripping up (new)

You can now make a shove attack as a Reaction to trip up a moving creature

AC-less Defence

Clarified intentions
adjusted the Battle Masters' Evasive Footwork and Riposte
adjusted the Hunters' Multiattack Defence
adjusted the Dual Wielder Feat

Dodging - Dodging Bonus

Now only takes Acrobatics (to buff DEX a bit)
adjusted the Rogues' and Hunters' Uncanny Dodge

Parrying

made multi-weapon-parrying possible
adjusted the Defensive Duelist Feat

Changes for v0.4

Spell Manipulation (new)

possibility to do stuff with and against spells
Thwart

make a spell attack miss

Weaken

improve the saving throw for a creature affected by a spell

Amplify

improve the spell of an ally

Changes for v0.3

General

reordered the chapters to make more sense

Action Economy - Reserving Actions

now only gives one Reaction per Action

Dodging

added elaboration on the idea
Dodging Bonus (new)

Value to add to a dodging ability check
= 5 + either Athletics or Acrobatics

Dodge & Roll

increased distance to 10 feet

Parrying (new)

you can now use a reaction to parry, nice
Parrying Bonus

value to add to a parrying ability check
= 5 + attack bonus of the parry weapon

Parry
Parrying Stance

allows you to parry more

Battle Master - Parry

reworked to fit

Monster Parries

adjusted existing parries accordingly

Surge Dice

usage needn't be announced at the start of an action anymore
removed Regeneration
Tenacity reintroduced

now only gives temporary HP until the start of your next turn

Speed

no longer scales with the roll
gives 10ft. of movement speed per die spent on this option

Skill (new)

add the roll to any one roll you make
replaces multiple other previous options

Last Stand -> Dying Struggle

now only triggers once when dropping below 25 maxHP

Elation

now triggers after applying the effects of the attack

Changes for v0.2

Action Economy - Free Reactions (new)

every turn, in addition to a Reaction, you also have one Free Reaction that can be used for some stuff.

Vision & Focus

More precise wording
Switch Focus now takes a Free Reaction instead of a Reaction
Switch Focus can also be used as a Free Action
Draw Focus (new)

You can draw the focus of a creature somewhere else through various means.

Losing Focus (new)

You now lose focus under certain circumstances.

AC-less Defence

Damage Reduction

now only reduces non-spell damage
cleaned up wording

Shields

cleaned up wording

Blocking

Blocking Bonus (new)

value to add to a blocking ability check
= 8 + either Strength mod or Dexmod + Proficiency (if proficient with shields)

Defensive Stance & Protective Stance

limited the uses to the Proficiency Bonus

Dodging - Evasive Stance

limited the uses to the Proficiency Bonus

Variable attack actions

tried to add it, but the PHB was faster

Changes for v0.1

Vision & Focus - Escape Focus

only against larger creatures
only Acrobatics, not Stealth

AC-less Defence - Damage Reduction

only reduces non-magical damage

Surge Dice

specified that their use has to be announced at the start of the action they are used with to clean up intent
removed Tenacity (temp HP)