D&D 5E [Hit Points] What method do you use to determine HP after level 1?

[Marc_C]

I was discussing this elsewhere and it seems not everyone is using the same method. Which is yours? This is not a discussion about what BTB is. It's a discussion about what methods individual groups have adopted.

Edit: I've added two more choices in the poll.

Results after 102 votes (July 4th):

 

[DemoMonkey]

After a brilliant suggestion in a thread last week, we have adopted: "You can roll, or take the class average. You must decide before you roll. If you roll, you must reroll 1s. You may make a different decision every level."

 

[jayoungr]

I always give them the choice, but nobody ever wants to risk it. So functionally, we always take the average.

 

[Maxperson]

I picked other. The method we have been using is max hit points at level 1. At levels 2+, you roll hit points. If you roll low on your hit die(1-2 on d6, 1-3 on d8, etc.), you have to roll high on the next level. This gets you around average. Too average for my liking. This next campaign we're going to try rolling hit points with advantage at levels 2+ and see how we like that method.

 

[billd91]

In the games I am running and playing in, we roll the hit die twice and take the better of the two. Chances of getting a 1 are greatly reduced, but not eliminated.

 

[Marc_C]

I picked other. The method we have been using is max hit points at level 1. At levels 2+, you roll hit points. If you roll low on your hit die(1-2 on d6, 1-3 on d8, etc.), you have to roll high on the next level. This gets you around average. Too average for my liking. This next campaign we're going to try rolling hit points with advantage at levels 2+ and see how we like that method.

Advantage? You roll two of the same die and take the best? Sounds fun.

 

[R_J_K75]

I cheat every time. JK I usually roll.

 

[loverdrive]

Generally I'm all for averages, since it makes things much easier if the character needs to be redone for some reason (for example, if the player forgot their sheet), but that's pretty much only reason I prefer that. In someone else's game, I'll roll with the rest of the table.

 

[CleverNickName]

We always roll 1dX (no option to choose "class average"). Strange that wasn't an option in the poll, but here we are.

 

[Nikosandros]

Class average, no option for rolling.