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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drakhe" data-source="post: 451662" data-attributes="member: 4930">The number of hit dice corresponds with the number of levels. So a fourth level bard would have 4 hit dice because every time a character levels you get to trow your hit die and add that number to your hit points. Each of the classes has a different type of hit die. Some (the more brainy types) have a D4 or D6 as hit die, others (the more muscely types) have D8 or D10 as hit die. A creatures strength is indicated by the number of hit dice since they have no levels per se (there are ways but that should not concern you as a player, your DM will be happy to play with creatures HD ;-) ) So a a creature with 3 HD is tougher than a creature with one HD. For a lot of stuff (notably spell effects and turning undead) the number of HD is used to determine the outcome. For instance casting a sleep spel will allow you to put a certain number of HD worth of creatures to sleep. If the targeted creature is tougher (has more hit dice than you could put to sleep) it will not be affected.Wizards of the Coast have a nice glossary prepared for DnD at <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnD_PH_Glossary_Intro.asp" target="_blank">>THIS LINK<</a> where you'll find lots of explanations and definitions!ENJOY!</blockquote>