New Posts For Thread: Question about starting HPshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29768859/Question_about_starting_HPsSo my Bard died and I am making a new character! But my group and I are pretty new to DnD and kind of learning as we go. It has been a lot of fun so far.One thing I have noticed in a lot of the guides for various characters in the CharOP thread use aYeah CON my bad.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29768859/Question_about_starting_HPs?post_id=528980737#528980737Yeah CON my bad.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:14:10 -0600It's not CON Mod, it's CON. Classes get starting hit points equal to some modifier plus CON score. A Wizard with 10 CON and 20 INT to start gets 20hp at level 1 (10+CON score). A Wizard with 10 CON, 20 INT, and Auspicious Birth/Born Under a Bad Sihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29768859/Question_about_starting_HPs?post_id=528980455#528980455It's not CON Mod, it's CON. Classes get starting hit points equal to some modifier plus CON score. A Wizard with 10 CON and 20 INT to start gets 20hp at level 1 (10+CON score). A Wizard with 10 CON, 20 INT, and Auspicious Birth/Born Under a Bad SiTue, 12 Feb 2013 15:05:29 -0600It's not when it's 1-5, it's when it's 8-12 that it's overpowered. Most classes can't afford a high Con, and the ones taking this are also likely to have a 20 starting primary stat. If your primary is 20, and your Con is 11 at best and 8 at worst,http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29768859/Question_about_starting_HPs?post_id=528972469#528972469It's not when it's 1-5, it's when it's 8-12 that it's overpowered. Most classes can't afford a high Con, and the ones taking this are also likely to have a 20 starting primary stat. If your primary is 20, and your Con is 11 at best and 8 at worst,Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:28:36 -0600Well, not because something is best in its category that its overpowered necessarily, you have to compare it against the game overall. For exemple, Howling Strike is the best Barbarian At-will Attack but that doesn't make it overpowered.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29768859/Question_about_starting_HPs?post_id=528972195#528972195Well, not because something is best in its category that its overpowered necessarily, you have to compare it against the game overall. For exemple, Howling Strike is the best Barbarian At-will Attack but that doesn't make it overpowered.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:18:22 -0600When we speak of "overpowered" backgrounds, remember that we are comparing them to a character option that most commonly provides a +2 bonus to one skill, or adds a skill to your class skill list. That is a very minor benefit, roughly half to two-thihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29768859/Question_about_starting_HPs?post_id=528972123#528972123When we speak of "overpowered" backgrounds, remember that we are comparing them to a character option that most commonly provides a +2 bonus to one skill, or adds a skill to your class skill list. That is a very minor benefit, roughly half to two-thiTue, 12 Feb 2013 10:15:26 -0600