My house rules

[weirdjerod]

This will be an ongoing thread as I find and locate more of my house rules, lol. But for now, here is a couple really basic ones I use.

Pin Saves:

Not all teams function as well on this front, so, I take the total defensive (tag)s (Now, i have a friend who also odds offensive (tag) moves, up to you, lol) divide by 2 and that is the number of Pin Saves your team has for the match.

Additionally (this one I use mostly as it suits me for keeping a match going, preventing total crap upsets, etc) on the rare occasion you use all of your Pin Saves and desperately need to use one, You can roll your dq (+2 to represent the ref's lack of patience with your teams constant interfering). If no dq, take another Pin Save roll.

I also (for teams that have been together for a decent amount of time and that I recognize as "official" teams) roll the Pin BEFORE I roll the Pin Save. The rationale is that an experienced team knows each other better and will know when their partner is actually in trouble.


PINS

couple of house rules I use for PIN situations

Double 1's is ALWAYS an injury (even if not a pin). Injury is for the same length as number of tokens that wrestler has acquired in the match. This is done mostly to mimic the small legit injuries wrestlers get and to keep me on my toes in my booking.

Double 6's: The wrestler does NOT add a PIN token and the opp only rolls on L2O. For me this represents the "crowd adrenaline rush" type thing for faces and the "desperation vile act" for the heels. Doesn't overly affect outcomes in general, but adds a bit of fun and drama.

Rolling the exact number on a pin: I like controversy, lol, so I use this as an opportunity to get it.
If you roll the exact number of your PIN, I roll again immediately. If you roll under, PIN counts, match over (minor controversy for storylines, i.e. foot under the rope, ref missed, handful of tights, etc).
If you roll over, you get the "false finish". Wrestler on offense THINKS he won but didn't. Roll 1d6: Odd, Wrestler on defense recovers and rolls L2O. Even, Wrestler on offense realizes what happened in time and rolls L2O
If you roll the exact number again, this is where the fun happens, lol. I roll 2d6:
On a roll of doubles, match goes to a "double ending". I use my discretion to what seems appropriate at this point. Double DQ, Double CO, TLD, whatever feels right in the situation with the wrestlers involved (rematch here we come, lol).
Any (non-doubles) even, wrestler is pinned, match over.
Any odd, wrestler on defense kicks out at "2 and 99/100's!!!" and keep playing.

I know some of my rules seem a bit "big" lol, but honestly I have used them for so long now it only takes a few extra seconds for them. Anyways, that's what I have for now, any feedback would be great!!

[holland227]

I always re-roll DQ rolls. I hate when i have a match get a DQ roll on roll number three and boom its over. I like it back and forth

Some feds I run I use Champions Advantage where I lower the Champs pin by 1 and has to roll twice to be pinned.

[weirdjerod]

Speaking of DQ's and Champions advantage...

In feds where I do NOT want lots of dq's (obviously I do not use this in PNW, LMAO!!!) I use one of two different systems...

1) I use this one to loosely mirror the old Stampede "card system". The first dq roll for each person/team is ignored, the second is made at -2, the 3rd at -1 and the 4th and up is made regular.

2)All DQ starts at 2, and is treated like a PIN rating, each time you roll and are NOT dq'd, it goes up by 1. It takes a bit more "bookkeeping" during the match, but has worked really well for ECW type feds where dq's were almost unheard of.


Champion's advantage rules:

1) Champ's PIN is lowered by 1 at the beginning of the match

2) (optional depending if it fits the wrestler) DQ is raised by 1

3) Once per match a champion may roll his DQ. If failed, match continues as normal, If succeeds, something happens to stop the match (for a heel, it is the "blatant rules infraction designed to keep the belt". For a face, I picture it as the "accidental dq" that Dusty and Hogan and some of those types were famous for)

4) Once per match, if EITHER wrestler rolls (lv) on L3D, the champ can call for a "Double CO 6" roll. One roll, 6 or less and it goes to a double CO, 7 or higher, play as normal.

5) Once per match, the champ may re-roll his PIN.

I don't use all these all the time, but I use some/any/all as the situation dictates. I also allow for "Blow-off" matches (if it has been a long controversial title chase by a specific challenger) where the advantages are all ignored for that one match.

[holland227]

Tag Finishers:

If a tag team wrestler is wrestling a singles match, his tag finisher becomes (0). I feel he can still perform some form of the finisher

[neily]

I look at it the same way.

[Canadian Pittbull]

Aug 6, 2012 8:36:08 GMT -5 weirdjerod said:

This will be an ongoing thread as I find and locate more of my house rules, lol. But for now, here is a couple really basic ones I use.

Pin Saves:

Not all teams function as well on this front, so, I take the total defensive (tag)s (Now, i have a friend who also odds offensive (tag) moves, up to you, lol) divide by 2 and that is the number of Pin Saves your team has for the match.

Additionally (this one I use mostly as it suits me for keeping a match going, preventing total crap upsets, etc) on the rare occasion you use all of your Pin Saves and desperately need to use one, You can roll your dq (+2 to represent the ref's lack of patience with your teams constant interfering). If no dq, take another Pin Save roll.

I also (for teams that have been together for a decent amount of time and that I recognize as "official" teams) roll the Pin BEFORE I roll the Pin Save. The rationale is that an experienced team knows each other better and will know when their partner is actually in trouble.


PINS

couple of house rules I use for PIN situations

Double 1's is ALWAYS an injury (even if not a pin). Injury is for the same length as number of tokens that wrestler has acquired in the match. This is done mostly to mimic the small legit injuries wrestlers get and to keep me on my toes in my booking.

Double 6's: The wrestler does NOT add a PIN token and the opp only rolls on L2O. For me this represents the "crowd adrenaline rush" type thing for faces and the "desperation vile act" for the heels. Doesn't overly affect outcomes in general, but adds a bit of fun and drama.

Rolling the exact number on a pin: I like controversy, lol, so I use this as an opportunity to get it.
If you roll the exact number of your PIN, I roll again immediately. If you roll under, PIN counts, match over (minor controversy for storylines, i.e. foot under the rope, ref missed, handful of tights, etc).
If you roll over, you get the "false finish". Wrestler on offense THINKS he won but didn't. Roll 1d6: Odd, Wrestler on defense recovers and rolls L2O. Even, Wrestler on offense realizes what happened in time and rolls L2O
If you roll the exact number again, this is where the fun happens, lol. I roll 2d6:
On a roll of doubles, match goes to a "double ending". I use my discretion to what seems appropriate at this point. Double DQ, Double CO, TLD, whatever feels right in the situation with the wrestlers involved (rematch here we come, lol).
Any (non-doubles) even, wrestler is pinned, match over.
Any odd, wrestler on defense kicks out at "2 and 99/100's!!!" and keep playing.

I know some of my rules seem a bit "big" lol, but honestly I have used them for so long now it only takes a few extra seconds for them. Anyways, that's what I have for now, any feedback would be great!!

I love these ideas! Totally going to implement some of them.