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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 2950985" data-attributes="member: 8461">Thanks, I'm glad you liked the PDF!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> My reasoning was that it's not so much the amount of hit points that it grants, as it is the average hit points per die (or alternately, per Challenge Rating).Undead have, comparatively, the least hit points per die (or at least potential for hit points per die) of all creature types. Even most Constructs will edge them out due to their bonus hit points. Furthermore, even with their slew of immunities, many of those don't apply in most situations regarding fighting PCs - particularly in melee, making them relatively weak creatures.Giving them the same opportunity for bonus hit points didn't seem unbalancing (anymore than the MMIII Undead seemed unbalanced) - it just assures that they're on the same level as other kinds of monsters. The bottom line is that Undead have to pay a feat slot to get the same level of bonus hit points other creature types get for free.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 2950985, member: 8461"] Thanks, I'm glad you liked the PDF! :D My reasoning was that it's not so much the amount of hit points that it grants, as it is the average hit points per die (or alternately, per Challenge Rating). Undead have, comparatively, the least hit points per die (or at least potential for hit points per die) of all creature types. Even most Constructs will edge them out due to their bonus hit points. Furthermore, even with their slew of immunities, many of those don't apply in most situations regarding fighting PCs - particularly in melee, making them relatively weak creatures. Giving them the same opportunity for bonus hit points didn't seem unbalancing (anymore than the MMIII Undead seemed unbalanced) - it just assures that they're on the same level as other kinds of monsters. The bottom line is that Undead have to pay a feat slot to get the same level of bonus hit points other creature types get for free. [/QUOTE]

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