Thread: Tentative House Rules for Deluxe

The core book encourages us to warp the rules to our satisfaction, so I thought I'd throw out some stuff I've been mulling over, followed by explanations. My BRP pedigree is recent so I have few sacred cows.

Characters

Abilities: 3d6, treating 1's as 2's, arranged to taste. SIZ can be increased with improvement points.
Rationale: A modest bump. I'm also not keen on 2d6 + 6 abilities, they seems more of a legacy mechanic than anything and aren't reflected by NPC stats presented. Plus, people can and do gain mass, something I'm continually reminded of as I grow older.

Damage Bonus: Add Strength and Size. For every full ten points gain 1 point of damage bonus.
Rationale: Faster, more brutal combats on the human scale. Larger creatures are less instantaneously lethal.

Free skill points: Choose 12 skills and add 20 to each.
Rationale: Speeds up character generation and encourages more rounded PCs.

Connections add 5% to a non-combat skill. No skill may benefit twice from a connection.
Rationale: Softens min/maxing tendencies further.

Hero Points may be used to flip percentile results or reduce the damage of a successful attack to it's minumum rolled amount. Hero Points refresh per game day or per session, whichever comes first.
Rationale: Ameliorates combat lethality on the players' side. Makes each point spent count.


Combat

Charge or Great Attack: +20% to hit, double damage bonus, lose reaction. Great attack is available to two-handed wielders only.
Rationale: Changed to incorporate damage bonus changes, unified for simplicity.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

These all seem like sound house rules to me. Depending on my players, I'd possibly use the Abilities, and Free Skill points changes at character gen.