diff --git a/src/lang/en.json b/src/lang/en.json
index 475a4aa1..21f2e4bf 100644
--- a/src/lang/en.json
+++ b/src/lang/en.json
@@ -613,6 +613,8 @@
   "DL.SettingInitMessageHint": "Show if player chooses Fast or Slow turn in Chat Log.",
   "DL.SettingInitRandomize": "Initiative Randomize",
   "DL.SettingInitRandomizeHint": "Makes your initiative more random and adds a d6 to your initiative value.",
+  "DL.SettingOptinalRuleLevelDependentBane":"Character level dependent horrifying bane",
+  "DL.SettingOptinalRuleLevelDependentBaneHint":"Creatures lose their frightening or horrifying traits for characters of a certain level or higher, according to the creature’s difficulty.",
   "DL.SettingLockAncestrHint": "Remove players access to change modifers, Speed, Insanity, Corruption and Health.",
   "DL.SettingLockAncestry": "Lock fields on Ancestry",
   "DL.SettingReplaceIcons": "Replace default icons",
diff --git a/src/module/actor/actor.js b/src/module/actor/actor.js
index 1b94c19f..6584441d 100644
--- a/src/module/actor/actor.js
+++ b/src/module/actor/actor.js
@@ -423,14 +423,14 @@ export class DemonlordActor extends Actor {
       (attacker.system.bonuses.attack.boons.weapon || 0)
 
     const horrifyingBane = game.settings.get('demonlord', 'horrifyingBane')
-
+    const ignoreLevelDependentBane = (game.settings.get('demonlord', 'optinalRuleLevelDependentBane') && ((attacker.system?.level >=3 && attacker.system?.level <=6 && defender?.system?.difficulty <= 25) || (attacker.system?.level >=7 && defender?.system?.difficulty <= 50))) ? false : true
     // The defender banes apply only if the defender is one target
     if (defendersTokens.length === 1)
       boons -=
         (defender?.system.bonuses.defense.boons[defenseAttribute] || 0) +
         (defender?.system.bonuses.defense.boons.all || 0) +
         (defender?.system.bonuses.defense.boons.weapon || 0) +
-        (horrifyingBane && !attacker.system.horrifying && !attacker.system.frightening && defender?.system.horrifying && 1 || 0)
+        (horrifyingBane && ignoreLevelDependentBane && !attacker.system.horrifying && !attacker.system.frightening && defender?.system.horrifying && 1 || 0)
 
     // Check if requirements met
     if (item.system.wear && parseInt(item.system.requirement?.minvalue) > attacker.getAttribute(item.system.requirement?.attribute)?.value)
@@ -604,12 +604,13 @@ export class DemonlordActor extends Actor {
         parseInt(talentData.action?.boonsbanes || 0)
 
       const horrifyingBane = game.settings.get('demonlord', 'horrifyingBane')
+      const ignoreLevelDependentBane = (game.settings.get('demonlord', 'optinalRuleLevelDependentBane') && ((this.system?.level >=3 && this.system?.level <=6 && target?.actor?.system?.difficulty <= 25) || (this.system?.level >=7 && target?.actor?.system?.difficulty <= 50))) ? false : true
 
       if (targets.length === 1)
         boons -= (
           (target?.actor?.system.bonuses.defense.boons[defenseAttribute] || 0) +
           (target?.actor?.system.bonuses.defense.boons.all || 0) +
-          (horrifyingBane && !this.system.horrifying && !this.system.frightening && target?.actor?.system.horrifying && 1 || 0))
+          (horrifyingBane && ignoreLevelDependentBane && !this.system.horrifying && !this.system.frightening && target?.actor?.system.horrifying && 1 || 0))
       const boonsReroll = parseInt(this.system.bonuses.rerollBoon1Dice)
 
       attackRoll = new Roll(this.rollFormula(modifiers, boons, boonsReroll), this.system)
@@ -690,13 +691,14 @@ export class DemonlordActor extends Actor {
         (this.system.bonuses.attack.boons.spell || 0)
 
       const horrifyingBane = game.settings.get('demonlord', 'horrifyingBane')
+      const ignoreLevelDependentBane = (game.settings.get('demonlord', 'optinalRuleLevelDependentBane') && ((this.system?.level >=3 && this.system?.level <=6 && target?.actor?.system?.difficulty <= 25) || (this.system?.level >=7 && target?.actor?.system?.difficulty <= 50))) ? false : true
 
       if (targets.length > 0)
         boons -=
           (target?.actor?.system.bonuses.defense.boons[defenseAttribute] || 0) +
           (target?.actor?.system.bonuses.defense.boons.all || 0) +
           (target?.actor?.system.bonuses.defense.boons.spell || 0) +
-          (horrifyingBane && !this.system.horrifying && !this.system.frightening && target?.actor?.system.horrifying && 1 || 0)
+          (horrifyingBane && ignoreLevelDependentBane && !this.system.horrifying && !this.system.frightening && target?.actor?.system.horrifying && 1 || 0)
 
       const modifiers = [parseInt(inputModifier) || 0, this.getAttribute(attackAttribute).modifier || 0]
       const boonsReroll = parseInt(this.system.bonuses.rerollBoon1Dice)
@@ -808,12 +810,13 @@ export class DemonlordActor extends Actor {
         parseInt(itemData.action?.boonsbanes || 0)
 
       const horrifyingBane = game.settings.get('demonlord', 'horrifyingBane')
+      const ignoreLevelDependentBane = (game.settings.get('demonlord', 'optinalRuleLevelDependentBane') && ((this.system?.level >=3 && this.system?.level <=6 && target?.actor?.system?.difficulty <= 25) || (this.system?.level >=7 && target?.actor?.system?.difficulty <= 50))) ? false : true
 
       if (targets.length === 1)
         boons -= (
           (target?.actor?.system.bonuses.defense.boons[defenseAttribute] || 0) +
           (target?.actor?.system.bonuses.defense.boons.all || 0) +
-          (horrifyingBane && !this.system.horrifying && !this.system.frightening && target?.actor?.system.horrifying && 1 || 0))
+          (horrifyingBane && ignoreLevelDependentBane && !this.system.horrifying && !this.system.frightening && target?.actor?.system.horrifying && 1 || 0))
       const boonsReroll = parseInt(this.system.bonuses.rerollBoon1Dice)
 
       attackRoll = new Roll(this.rollFormula(modifiers, boons, boonsReroll), this.system)
diff --git a/src/module/settings.js b/src/module/settings.js
index 3b59daf1..1294348c 100644
--- a/src/module/settings.js
+++ b/src/module/settings.js
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ export class OptionalRulesSettings extends FormApplication {
       h: game.i18n.localize('DL.SettingOptionalRuleInitiativeGroup'),
       },
       optinalRuleRollInitEachRound: game.settings.get('demonlord', 'optinalRuleRollInitEachRound'),
-      optinalRuleExceedsByFive: game.settings.get('demonlord', 'optinalRuleExceedsByFive')
+      optinalRuleExceedsByFive: game.settings.get('demonlord', 'optinalRuleExceedsByFive'),
+      horrifyingBane: game.settings.get("demonlord", "horrifyingBane"),      
+      optinalRuleLevelDependentBane: game.settings.get('demonlord', 'optinalRuleLevelDependentBane')
     }
   }
 
@@ -188,6 +190,15 @@ export const registerSettings = function () {
     config: false,
   })
 
+  game.settings.register('demonlord', 'optinalRuleLevelDependentBane', {
+    name: game.i18n.localize('DL.SettingOptinalRuleLevelDependentBane'),
+    hint: game.i18n.localize('DL.SettingOptinalRuleLevelDependentBaneHint'),
+    default: false,
+    scope: 'world',
+    type: Boolean,
+    config: false,
+  })
+
   game.settings.register('demonlord', 'optionalRuleDieRollsMode', {
     name: game.i18n.localize('DL.SettingOptionalRuleDieRollsMode'),
     scope: 'world',
@@ -372,7 +383,7 @@ export const registerSettings = function () {
     default: true,
     scope: 'world',
     type: Boolean,
-    config: true,
+    config: false,
   })
   game.settings.register("demonlord", "concentrationEffect", {
     name: game.i18n.localize('DL.SettingConcentrationEffect'),
diff --git a/src/templates/setting/optionalrules.hbs b/src/templates/setting/optionalrules.hbs
index d9acc477..12056297 100644
--- a/src/templates/setting/optionalrules.hbs
+++ b/src/templates/setting/optionalrules.hbs
@@ -22,9 +22,23 @@
     <label>{{localize "DL.SettingOptinalRuleRollInitEachRound"}}</label>
     <input type="checkbox" name="optinalRuleRollInitEachRound" {{checked optinalRuleRollInitEachRound}} data-dtype="Boolean" />
   </div>
+  <hr>
   <div class="form-group">
     <label>{{localize "DL.SettingOptinalRuleExceedsByFive"}}</label>
     <input type="checkbox" name="optinalRuleExceedsByFive" {{checked optinalRuleExceedsByFive}} data-dtype="Boolean" />
+    <p class="notes">{{localize "DL.SettingOptinalRuleExceedsByFiveHint"}}</p>    
+  </div>
+  <hr>
+  <div class="form-group">
+    <label>{{localize "DL.SettingHorrifyingBane"}}</label>
+    <input type="checkbox" name="horrifyingBane" {{checked horrifyingBane}} data-dtype="Boolean" />
+    <p class="notes">{{localize "DL.SettingHorrifyingBaneHint"}}</p>    
+  </div>  
+  <div class="form-group">
+    <label>{{localize "DL.SettingOptinalRuleLevelDependentBane"}}</label>
+    <input type="checkbox" name="optinalRuleLevelDependentBane" {{checked optinalRuleLevelDependentBane}} data-dtype="Boolean" />
+    <p class="notes">{{localize "DL.SettingOptinalRuleLevelDependentBaneHint"}}</p>
+    <a style="font-size: var(--font-size-12); color: var(--color-text-dark-secondary)" href='https://somniacdelusions.wordpress.com/2019/04/17/sotdl-house-rules/'>https://somniacdelusions.wordpress.com/2019/04/17/sotdl-house-rules</a>
   </div>
   <footer class="sheet-footer flexrow">
     <button type="submit" name="submit">