Calculating hit points per level

**Octavious** · May 26th, 2016, 08:56

As a PC levels up for hit dice it says ( I will use Ranger as example) 1d10( or 6) + Constitution per Ranger level. I think I may be interpreting this wrong. Does it mean you can take the 6 or if you choose not to, roll the 1d10 and you have to take the roll even if it is lower than 6 . Or does it mean you can roll the 1d10 and if you do not like the roll you can take the 6 . ?

**Zacchaeus** · May 26th, 2016, 09:14

It means that you either take the 6 or roll a d10 and accept whatever you get. The 'standard' method is to take the 6 whilst the d10 is an alternative so FG follows the standard and awards the 6 each time. In both cases you still add in your CON modifier and any racial bonuses.

**damned** · May 26th, 2016, 10:29

On average taking the dice roll will leave you worse off. But some players insist that they will beat the odds

**Octavious** · May 26th, 2016, 16:56

Thanks for the reply. I was doing it wrong.. before.. I was letting the players take the roll if it was higher or take the standard if they rolled low. Live and learn.. !

**Trenloe** · May 26th, 2016, 16:58

Originally Posted by Octavious

Thanks for the reply. I was doing it wrong.. before.. I was letting the players take the roll if it was higher or take the standard if they rolled low. Live and learn.. !

Hey, you're the GM - so you're not doing it wrong at all. Go with whatever you want for your group. My GM in a local Strahd game is doing it exactly this way too.

**Octavious** · May 26th, 2016, 20:56

Thanks for that info too Trenloe.. I think ill do it either ways depending on the game..

**Nyghtmare** · May 29th, 2016, 05:39

I also houserule it in my own campaign that they can roll and keep whichever is higher, that roll or the normal average.

**epithet** · May 29th, 2016, 06:18

That's how I do it - I let them roll every level with the average as a safety net. It helps me feel good about throwing extra bad guys at them whenever I feel like it.

**GunnarGreybeard** · May 29th, 2016, 08:33

I usually give them the choice but if they roll low, so be it. But I do allow them to reroll any 1, once. If they roll a 1 twice, its on them.

**tadkil** · May 29th, 2016, 21:12

Originally Posted by Trenloe

Hey, you're the GM - so you're not doing it wrong at all. Go with whatever you want for your group. My GM in a local Strahd game is doing it exactly this way too.

Word.

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