Emirikol
Adventurer
In an attempt to make 1st level more palatable, I used a common house rule where your 1st level hit points equals your constitution score. My thoughts are shared below. What are your thoughts?
It's made for a much more fun 1st level experience. It seems like before with regular HP's, 1st level was the ultimate in powergaming one-trick ponies. Everyone had their characters so maxed out, just to survive, that it KILLED the role-playing. That's right...the worst powergaming is at 1st level...
Anyways, with the new rule, there is better distribution of skills and abilities. Combats can take longer, but the PC's aren't over-munchkinized, leaving a more-fun experience...CON HP's at 1st level seems a lot more like 4th-6th level (the most fun in my experiences). You're not superpowerful, but you have enough hit points to play for a while before getting back to the boring part of the game..healing.
Another side-advantage is you don't need someone to play the cleric!
Here are the stats at 1st level for our Norse campaign:
Neanderthal barbarian - 20 hp's
Human druid - 14 hp's
Human fighter - 13 hp's
Human UA-Expert - 12 hp's
Human scout - 11 hp's
jh
It's made for a much more fun 1st level experience. It seems like before with regular HP's, 1st level was the ultimate in powergaming one-trick ponies. Everyone had their characters so maxed out, just to survive, that it KILLED the role-playing. That's right...the worst powergaming is at 1st level...
Anyways, with the new rule, there is better distribution of skills and abilities. Combats can take longer, but the PC's aren't over-munchkinized, leaving a more-fun experience...CON HP's at 1st level seems a lot more like 4th-6th level (the most fun in my experiences). You're not superpowerful, but you have enough hit points to play for a while before getting back to the boring part of the game..healing.
Another side-advantage is you don't need someone to play the cleric!
Here are the stats at 1st level for our Norse campaign:
Neanderthal barbarian - 20 hp's
Human druid - 14 hp's
Human fighter - 13 hp's
Human UA-Expert - 12 hp's
Human scout - 11 hp's
jh