A Few House Rules of the Grim North

“Let’s go over there and do adventuring or whatever”

Criticals and Fumbles: On an attack roll of natural 20 or natural 1 a further roll on the critical or fumble table will be required. (These are still works in progress but there were a few criticals rolled in the first session and I was pleased with how they resolved.)

Conan’s Rule: Once per session a PC may regain 1d4 hit points by imbibing a container  (be it flask, bottle, skin or large mug) of strong drink.

I Cut, You Choose: When performing combat manoeuvres the attacker states the desired result, makes their normal attack roll and the defender chooses whether to accept the manoeuvre or take normal damage

Shields Shall Be Splintered: This classic OSR rule means a PC may choose to absorb all the damage of an attack on their shield but it is destroyed in the process.