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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1551724" data-attributes="member: 463">Bodybuilder would be good example of high-STR, low Fort-save.D&D has the problem that CON affects hit points, ie resistance to injury.  IRL the more muscle mass (ie STR) you have, the more resistant you are to direct physical injury, eg broken bones.  I remember training in the army reserve, instructors said several times that female recruits were injured far more often than male, due to less muscle mass sheathing their bones.  Yet for most of what CON represents (susceptibility to cold, fatigue, disease - Fortitude save stuff), women have on average higher CON than men!More realistic RPG systems tend to base hit points off a combination of STR & CON.  D&D gets around it a bit by giving different hit dice based on class - so a Fighter, who usually has high STR, will have decent hp even w low CON.</blockquote>