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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 8328277" data-attributes="member: 508">We've always been a &quot;let the dice fall as they may&quot; kind of group, we roll in the open, and that's carried over to our hit point rolls when leveling up.&nbsp; My current campaign includes an elf sorcerer with no Con bonus who rolled &quot;1&quot; for his hp increases at both level 2 and 3.&nbsp; So he had 4 hp (max) at 1st level, 5 hp at 2nd level, and would have had 6 hp at 3rd level had he not decided to take Toughness as his 3rd-level feat and bump it up to 9 hp.&nbsp; (We suggested taking a toad familiar would get him to the same total but he's holding out on an Improved Familiar.)In any case, we find the hit point variability to be just another factor in the game.&nbsp; That party's elf sorcerer is a bit on the weak side so he adjusts his actions accordingly and scrupulously avoids the front line at all costs.&nbsp; It helps that we have a 3rd-level dwarf cleric and a half-orc with one cleric level and two paladin levels in the party to keep him healthy.&nbsp; Heck, the elf usually has a virtue spell cast upon him as part of the group's &quot;battle prep&quot; to give him one extra hp so he can hang in the fight that much longer.Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 8328277, member: 508"] We've always been a "let the dice fall as they may" kind of group, we roll in the open, and that's carried over to our hit point rolls when leveling up. My current campaign includes an elf sorcerer with no Con bonus who rolled "1" for his hp increases at both level 2 and 3. So he had 4 hp (max) at 1st level, 5 hp at 2nd level, and would have had 6 hp at 3rd level had he not decided to take Toughness as his 3rd-level feat and bump it up to 9 hp. (We suggested taking a toad familiar would get him to the same total but he's holding out on an Improved Familiar.) In any case, we find the hit point variability to be just another factor in the game. That party's elf sorcerer is a bit on the weak side so he adjusts his actions accordingly and scrupulously avoids the front line at all costs. It helps that we have a 3rd-level dwarf cleric and a half-orc with one cleric level and two paladin levels in the party to keep him healthy. Heck, the elf usually has a [i]virtue[/i] spell cast upon him as part of the group's "battle prep" to give him one extra hp so he can hang in the fight that much longer. Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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