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<blockquote data-quote="Kvantum" data-source="post: 5517345" data-attributes="member: 1905">Hit Die, hp, and leveling - every level you get your class's hit die in extra hp, plus your Constitution modifier. Example: A 4th level Ranger with 35 hp has gained enough XP to advance to 5th level. He has a 14 Constitution score, which gives him a +2 modifier, and as a Ranger, he has a d10 Hit Die. If our example Ranger rolls a 6 on that d10, he adds a +2 to it and gains 8 hp as he advances from 4th to 5th level, making his new hp total 43. (Note that you might also be adding a Favored Class bonus to every level, gaining 1 hp per level, or 1 skill point, or... well, the Advanced Player's Guide adds a whole bunch of different options, but that would just confuse you right now.)When it comes to spells, &quot;Hit Dice&quot; and &quot;levels&quot; are frequently used interchangeably for spell effects, but monsters usually do not have levels, they just have hit dice... unless they're a monster with class levels on top of its hit dice, for example an Ogre Barbarian 5. Ogres have 4 hit dice just as a part of being an ogre, but one that also has 5 levels of the Barbarian class has 9 total Hit Dice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kvantum, post: 5517345, member: 1905"] Hit Die, hp, and leveling - every level you get your class's hit die in extra hp, plus your Constitution modifier. Example: A 4th level Ranger with 35 hp has gained enough XP to advance to 5th level. He has a 14 Constitution score, which gives him a +2 modifier, and as a Ranger, he has a d10 Hit Die. If our example Ranger rolls a 6 on that d10, he adds a +2 to it and gains 8 hp as he advances from 4th to 5th level, making his new hp total 43. (Note that you might also be adding a Favored Class bonus to every level, gaining 1 hp per level, or 1 skill point, or... well, the Advanced Player's Guide adds a whole bunch of different options, but that would just confuse you right now.) When it comes to spells, "Hit Dice" and "levels" are frequently used interchangeably for spell effects, but monsters usually do not have levels, they just have hit dice... unless they're a monster with class levels on top of its hit dice, for example an Ogre Barbarian 5. Ogres have 4 hit dice just as a part of being an ogre, but one that also has 5 levels of the Barbarian class has 9 total Hit Dice. [/QUOTE]

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