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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 272363" data-attributes="member: 545">After having mulled over this I see no real positive advantage in the PCs rolling for HPs at all.&nbsp; Give them max at first level.&nbsp; Give the wiz 3, rogue 4, fighter 5, barbarian 6, at each later level.&nbsp; The only real downside to not rolling is if the players can start guessing the HPs of the NPCs.&nbsp; Since the DM will fudge this anyway it is a non-issue whether he rolls or not.If the player comes up with a sound and reasonable concept for a character and the rules prevent him from roleplaying that character, then the rules are flawed.&nbsp; It is that simple in my book.Bad HP rolls make the character hopeless on the frontline if the DM is throwing out an interesting mix of challenges.&nbsp; Maybe the player has the luxury of turning him into an archer.&nbsp; Maybe not.&nbsp; That is not necessarily within the player's or PC's control.&nbsp; Did you ever consider well-played PCs might kick this character out of the party if he doesn't pull his weight by shying away from melee?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 272363, member: 545"] After having mulled over this I see no real positive advantage in the PCs rolling for HPs at all. Give them max at first level. Give the wiz 3, rogue 4, fighter 5, barbarian 6, at each later level. The only real downside to not rolling is if the players can start guessing the HPs of the NPCs. Since the DM will fudge this anyway it is a non-issue whether he rolls or not. If the player comes up with a sound and reasonable concept for a character and the rules prevent him from roleplaying that character, then the rules are flawed. It is that simple in my book. Bad HP rolls make the character hopeless on the frontline if the DM is throwing out an interesting mix of challenges. Maybe the player has the luxury of turning him into an archer. Maybe not. That is not necessarily within the player's or PC's control. Did you ever consider well-played PCs might kick this character out of the party if he doesn't pull his weight by shying away from melee? [/QUOTE]

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