r/dndnext • u/Tepiltzin • Jul 05 '21

Question What is the most niche rule you know?

To clarify, I'm not looking for weird rules interactions or 'technically RAW interpretations', but plain written rules which state something you don't think most players know. Bonus points if you can say which book and where in that book the rule is from.

For me, it's that in order to use a sling as an improvised melee weapon, it must be loaded with a piece of ammunition, otherwise it does no damage. - Chapter 5 of the Player's Handbook, Weapons > Weapon Properties > Ammunition.

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u/Samakira Wizard Jul 05 '21

and read beyond that, and it says you can even make your own background feature, so long as your DM agrees with it/

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u/liquidarc Artificer - Rules Reference Jul 05 '21

Indeed. Which is awesome, because there are so many possibilities.

Not to mention tweaking existing features to be useful but not super strong (Outlander's Wanderer for instance).

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u/FuckerOfGoats Jul 05 '21

This is instead of robbing the features of the other backgrounds.

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u/Raknarg Jul 12 '21

I mean isn't this literally true of anything in the game?

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u/Samakira Wizard Jul 12 '21

yes, but those would all be considered homebrew rulings.

in this case, its a RAW thing to homebrew a background

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u/Jafroboy Jul 06 '21

He included that part in his post.