NeBBLe House Rules

Clarifications

• A bomb, Stink bomb or Custard pie thrown into crowd is wasted (or depends on how you define wasted...)
• Casualties caused by crowd or falling are not counted in official casualties, but are counted as 'other casualties'. This includes casualties caused to own team. SPP's are awarded if a player is directly responsible (Wild Animal etc.). Domino casualties, however, are counted as official casualties and are worth SPPs.
• Catch can be used on bounces and scatters
• Any 'simultaneous' dice throws must be done in successively (even if the player has multiple sets of dice) and any rerolls must be used dimmediately after each roll. This applies mainly to dodge and going for it and multiple block. The order of any armour rolls, injury rolls, dodge and going for it is determined by the player who is doing the action.
• Diving tackle works only in opponent's turn, can only be used once, and cannot be combined with dauntless, frenzy or piling on. On the other hand, it works before any pick-up the ball action, and if target is pushed back, the ball scatters. Moreover, diving tackling a player into another player's diving tackle do not allow a new diving tackle!
• An empty square includes a square with a nonpicked ball.
• Follow-up is a free move and does not entitle opponent to use shadowing or diving tackle, and player can escape tentacles this way.
• Hypnotic Gaze cannot be used between stack of rolls. Thus it cannot be used before a player tries to pick up the ball after entering a square. Please also note that the player using the hypnotic gaze must be active.
• Injury time played just after touchdown in last turn of the match is useless for scoring team. Scoring team does not gain extra blitz! (so hit opponent in your last turn and then play injury time and score that TD)
• Inspired play makes player to succeed in everything during his action.
• In kick-off, ball is placed before roll is made. In addition, scatter (but not bounce) is rolled before quick snap or blitz is conducted, but after perfect defense is set.
• If kicking team has no players to field, opponent automatically gains a touchback. If offensive side has no players, other side must still attack normally. They may still be too excited and cause turnovers.
• Kidnap rival coach and robbed only 'steals' money from match (gate, big match bonus, winning bonus), not money giving cards.
• Leap and failed going for it drops player either into starting square (first square failed) or ending square (second failed).
• Magic hand of Jarkeld is used for automatic intercception, but safe throw skill can then be used to cancel that intercept.
• A player with Movement allowance less than 3 must 'go for it' in order to stand up. No other players than treemen must use those special rules.
• In Multiple block a player can give assist if it is adjacent to any opponent player involved in block and not adjacent to any other opponent player.
• If a team gains a new player during match and it already has 16 players, the coach may add that new player to roster and during next break kick away any player he wants to. This player kicked away may still gain a MVP from that match, however.
• Piling On cannot be used if the player falls down, nor it can be used with diving tackle.
• Pit trap causes loss of turn to defender if team carrying the ball was offensive.
• Pro skill can be used during opponent's turn to reroll once some roll that can be rerolled with skill. Such a roll can be intercept, catch from bounce or dodge (if pass block tried). Note that there is no skill rolls in diving tackle nor in any block or tackle.
• Prone player cannot do anything except stand up when eligible. This includes assists in a block, foul or using hypnotic gaze. Foul appearance does not affect others when the ugly player is prone. Note that leader-reroll only requires that the player is in the field. He may even be stunned!
• During push-back, if a player can only pushed to other player, coach of that other player may choose where that player is pushed back. Sidestep can be used normally. If the coach tries to push player into a player with stand firm, the coach of that player may prohibit that. If there is no eligible square, the pushed player remains where he is. He is still treated as pushed back, however.
• Scutt's Deluge of Despair puolittaa myös going for itit, joten ne on rajoitettu yhteen (kahteen pogo-stickilla)
• Skills cannot be combined into a same roll. This applies mainly to injury and armor rolls, you do not add up bonuses from piling on and mighty blow for armor roll, for instance. However, if that armor roll is successful with piling on, you may add mighty blow to injury roll... Moreover, coach may decline to use any skill, excluding frenzy in the block and negative skills.

Modifications

• Apothecary can be used on players injured in practise but is then unavailable for the match. Apothecary cannot heal coaching staff, nor heal players injured in pitch invasion or pushed into crowd. Players that get a rock thrown at them may be healed as normal.
• During blitz (kick-off result), ball is still in air, and will land at the end of blitzing coach's turn.
• Random play cards lasting 'until next touchdown is scored or half ends' are modified to 'until next kick-off'. This means that if kick-off is a riot or a pitch invasion, the effect ends immediately. (NEW)
• Hypnotic Gaze can only be used by a player which is active, just like passing the ball.
• Magic foot allows coach to set ball in any square after kick-off is thrown. Ball will not scatter or bounce.
• Any action (blitz, pass and foul mainly) is declared at the time it is used, not at the start of the player's movement.
• When passing the ball, first determine interceptors, then roll for accurate pass. Unless the pass is fumbled, the player designated to intercept the pass may now try to get it. If he fails, possible miss/hit is then handled.
• Pass is fumbled if the unmodified roll is 1 plus number of opponent player's tackle zones the player is in. Otherwise, it is either a hit or a miss. A roll of 6 always hits, however, regardless of tackle zones. Please also note that Nerves of Steel ignore those tackle zones. Moreover, the ball (or bomb or stunty guy) now scatters 1, 2, 3 or 4 times according to original range, not 3 times! Hail mary pass still scatters 3 times, however.
• Regeneration works only on 4+.
• If riot or pitch invasion is rolled from kick-off table, a new kick-off takes place after it has resolved. This new kick-off is conducter normally, so knocked out players may recover and defense and offense is set again etc.
• Shadowing does work on tie, the shadower does not need to beat the victim's roll.
• If star player roll is third stat raise, it is considered as normal skill instead. Of course with roll 12 or 10 with 5+5 a normal choice for any skill is available.
• Team re-rolls can only be used to reroll rolls possible to reroll with pro skill (on own turn, including armor rolls, injuries, hypnotic gaze etc.) and during own turn only. Thus you cannot reroll event cards nor argues with a referee.
• Throw team-mate can be taken and used only by Big Guys, and only stunty players can be thrown. If the big guy has ST less than 5, the range is reduced by yet another range step, thus maximum range being short pass. However, you can now aim at players, target square can be an occupied one!
• Winner adds +2 to prize money. In a case of draw, both add +1 (draw games are allowed unless noted otherwise).
• Wizard causes turnover only, if active player carrying the ball is knocked over. In addition, a wizard cannot cast lightning bolt-spell!

• Alchemist can, in addition to extra gold, produce one bomb during a match. This bomb is thrown by an assistant (AG 2) from any sideline at any time, and works otherwise exactly like standard bomb, but always ignites. If the bomb is fumbled, it completely explodes in the crowd. The bomb causes turnover as wizard fireball.
• An apothecarized player is moved to reserve box. If the apothecary failed, the player is moved to appropriate dug-out box, and to reserve box in a case of stunned result. However, healing scroll is still used on field!
• Diving Tackle does not end movement of the player blocked if the victim has skill stand firm and does not fall over as a result of the block.
• Extra handicap is awarded as one extra card for each 50 points in team rating difference, starting with 4 cards for 151-200 difference. No extra extra MVPs are awarded.
• Fan factor is harder to raise when it goes higher. Apply -1 to roll for each 5 fan factor already possessed, starting from 10. Fan factor losses for allies is added to fan factor, see rules! Winning team may not lose fan factor, however, regardless of the die roll.
• Freebooters can be used in any match, even in play-offs and finals. The full value of the freebooted player is added to effective rating, not the cash paid. In addition, used freebooter can be bought after the match by paying the full price (we all know, where that MVP goes otherwise...). If the team does not buy the freebooter, the other team may then do it, if it can hire player of that kind. Otherwise, the freebooter 'disappears'. Allied players can be freebooten, but the team then loses fan factor as explained in the allied teams. However, if the freebooter is hired after the match, fan factor do not drop for the second time.
• Hobgoblins are stupid players. On a roll of '1' at the start of the match they miss the first drive. Hobgoblins with pro skill may try to reroll that, and if test succeeds, may be fielded as normal but cannot do anything in their first turn as they chuckle 'oh I waz soo clever'
• Team Rating for handicap is calculated without players missing the entire match (known at the start of the handicap phase).
• Throw-inns can be intercepted, but not with pass block. No experience is awarded from successful intercept. Use standard range ruler to determine, which players can intercept.
• Value of each player is reducted by 1 for each permanent injury he or she has, and increased by 1 if the player has magic helmet. Likewise, the value of the possible secret weapon is added to value of the player.