New Posts For Thread: Mathmatical Musings: On Con HP and HDhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29657865/Mathmatical_Musings:_On_Con_HP_and_HD5e has made a huge mistake with HP math. I am fearful of the designers having any modicum of sense when it comes to HP or if they are simply pandering to tradition. HP is a very important factor in the game, but must be dealt with carefully or you crWell I've done my first playtest with PCs where I've halved their attribute bonus to attack rolls and added an extra +1 to all PCs attack rolls to make up for it. So far with all the PCs their attack rolls are only 1 - 2 points apart but as a comparhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29657865/Mathmatical_Musings:_On_Con_HP_and_HD?post_id=528647247#528647247Well I've done my first playtest with PCs where I've halved their attribute bonus to attack rolls and added an extra +1 to all PCs attack rolls to make up for it. So far with all the PCs their attack rolls are only 1 - 2 points apart but as a comparThu, 31 Jan 2013 14:22:41 -0600Constitution hasnt been allowed to be anything much except for a hit point modifier or base hit points and it has a large impact either being your base hit points in 4e or a bonus that is as a big or bigger than the difference gained because of classhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29657865/Mathmatical_Musings:_On_Con_HP_and_HD?post_id=528642819#528642819Constitution hasnt been allowed to be anything much except for a hit point modifier or base hit points and it has a large impact either being your base hit points in 4e or a bonus that is as a big or bigger than the difference gained because of classThu, 31 Jan 2013 12:02:40 -0600Of course, I totally agree, as it has been since 1st Ed.http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29657865/Mathmatical_Musings:_On_Con_HP_and_HD?post_id=528642253#528642253Of course, I totally agree, as it has been since 1st Ed.Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:43:58 -0600Except one big problem, this is what you wrote in the first post and this is what everything after that has been based on:>a wizard goes down in 2 hits from a powerful attack and a fighter goes down in 3>the wizard goes down in 2-3 ... fighter shouldhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29657865/Mathmatical_Musings:_On_Con_HP_and_HD?post_id=528641601#528641601Except one big problem, this is what you wrote in the first post and this is what everything after that has been based on:>a wizard goes down in 2 hits from a powerful attack and a fighter goes down in 3>the wizard goes down in 2-3 ... fighter shouldThu, 31 Jan 2013 11:18:36 -0600Karnos (sorry about the name, blame auto correct), put you on ignore because you keep making stuff up. That being said, ideally fighter has 50% more HP than the wizard, not 100% more. That was my premise in the OP. That way a wizard goes down in 2 hihttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29657865/Mathmatical_Musings:_On_Con_HP_and_HD?post_id=528640255#528640255Karnos (sorry about the name, blame auto correct), put you on ignore because you keep making stuff up. That being said, ideally fighter has 50% more HP than the wizard, not 100% more. That was my premise in the OP. That way a wizard goes down in 2 hiThu, 31 Jan 2013 10:38:19 -0600