Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Well, I can't think of a rule that NO table applies. Some tables appreciate and enforce the more granular rules that I tend to forget/ignore. I'm thinking of the tables that are more survival/"hardcore" based, and so track encumbrance, rations, and daily living expenses. In my campaigns I very rarely track those things, or enforce the players tracking them. That's just not our fun, but I know it is for other tables and that's great for them!
The rules OP gave as examples, I know I always use at my tables. Sure, sometimes I (and the players) forget a rule now and again, but for the most part we play things as RAW/RAI as possible (though I do like to facilitate their fun with some "rule of cool" as well).
One "rule" I ALWAYS ignore (for 5e, we don't play 5.5e) is the suggestion/errata(?) that Dragon's Breath and Ice Knife cannot be Twin Spelled by a Sorcerer. I never feel like it is OP, and it follows the wording of the feature in the rulebook. If they want to make things less complicated, the devs can come up with words/phrasing to distinguish the Target of a spell (which is the creature/object/point in space a spell is being cast on) from things affected by a spell (i.e. creatures within the AOE of Fireball, or creatures who are affected by the AOE of Ice Knife versus the creature Ice Knife was cast upon).
Yeah, being able to use a hand holding a Spellcasting Focus as your “free hand” for Somatic components only when that spell also has a Material component is a rule I doubt anyone actually enforces at a table. Is that what you meant by “Somatic Bookkeeping”?
If a player breaks the rule and doesn’t free up a required hand, it is a very difficult thing for a DM to notice and seldom of consequence. So while it may be something players are expected to abide by, I doubt anyone is actually saying, “Hang on, that’s a V,S spell and you’re holding a torch. You gotta put your wand away first.”
I’d honestly be intrigued if anyone has counter examples where someone at their table brought up this rule and whether or not a particular spell has a Material component without needing to look it up.
There are probably no published rules that no table applies, though there are an infinite number of house rules that no-one uses.
Been making macaroni pictures of my character's deaths since first edition.
Joking aside, anecdotes are not evidence. If your hypothesis/statement/argument contains the words: everyone, nobody, etc. then you're almost certainly incorrect in whatever you are asserting.
I mean... technically if it's a house rule it means somebody uses it.
Okay, infinite number of possible house rules.