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Hit Points & Constitution Bonus
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:32 am
by Galannor
Hi, when charachters add a flat amount of hp to their total, usually after 10th level, do they still add theri Constitution Bonus? In the Original Game they didn't, but in C&C I couldn't find any clea rule about that: am I missing something?
Galannor
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:55 am
by ChaosImp
I believe they do add their constitution bonus, although no one in our group have got that far yet.
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:47 am
by anonymous
On p.133 of the PHB (p.120 in previous editions) the rules seem to say that you do add Con bonus to the fixed Hit Point addition after level 10. This is, of course, nuts.
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:25 pm
by Fiffergrund
Yes, add them. You're gonna need them.
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:43 pm
by CharlieRock
Fiffergrund wrote:
Yes, add them. You're gonna need them.
We did. Even in the old version D&D.
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:08 pm
by serleran
I do not have players add Constitution modifiers after fixed progression begins. At that point, the players have learned what the character can handle. And, if they have not, they don't need HP anyway.
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:51 pm
by Aladar
I always assumed that the CON bonus was just added to the hit die to 10th level, and after that you just got the class HP bonuses, be they +1, +2, etc. However, after re-reading the PHB I found the following on page 133 under Hit Points". --
Per the 4th printing PHB:
"Hit points for the classes are acquired by level. At each level, the hit die
type is rolled and added to the previous levels total. The constitution
modifier is added or subtracted from this roll. At 10th level and above, all
classes acquire hit points at a specified rate. Constitution modifiers are
added to or subtracted from this. In all cases, a character gains at least 1
hit point for each level advanced."
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Thanks!
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:28 am
by Galannor
Many thanks, you're absolutely right: Constitution Bonus hit points are always added!
Galannor