Variant Rules

While the rules presented in Player Core and the rest of this book are designed to give you and your group a baseline experience that's easy to learn and fun to play, sometimes you're looking for more customizable options. That's where variant rules come in: options to alter the game's rules to fit your needs. This section adds a collection of variant rules to your toolbox, often with additional options for how to use them. The variant rules in this chapter include the following. Automatic Bonus Progression presents a variant for playing the game without relying on runes and upgrades. Free Archetype presents a method of character generation that adds an archetype to a character's advancement without requiring them to spend their standard class feats. Level 0 Characters can play through the characters' adventures before they have character classes. Proficiency without Level changes the math of the proficiency system to tell stories where being outnumbered by weaker foes remains a challenge and high-level characters are less superhuman.