how do new scores affect hp, after polymorphing?

[FrankTrollman]

Actually, no. I was long ago banned from the WotC boards - and both quotes are on the WotC boards somewhere.

However, I believe someone has helpfully linked to one of the quotes by one of the people on this thread already. Which one I couldn't tell you, on account of the whole banned thing and all.

-Frank

 

[mikebr99]

Found it...

Question: Does a druid adjust their hit points to match their new Constitution when wild shaping?
Answer: In 3.0 there was a rule that said your hit points didn't change when your Constitution changed because of assuming a new form. That rule is absent from the current polymorph text (which is the basis for wild shape), so the letter of the rule implies that your hit points do indeed change with Constitution (so be careful if you take a lot of damage while polymorphed or wild shaped).

located within this thread...
http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104468

YMMV


Mike

 

[CRGreathouse]

The rule for Con loss - damage or drain - is that the hit point score cannot drop below 1 per hit die... not that an individual hit die cannot drop below 1.

Amazing as it is, I agree with Frank here -- the intent seems to be that each HD doesn't drop below 1 hp. A literal reading of the quoted passage would indeed allow (Con 10 hp 6+1=7 --2 Con damage--> Con 8 hp 5+0=5), but it would also allow (Con 10 hp 6+1=7 --4 damage--> hp 6+1-4=3 --2 Con damage--> hp 5+0-4=2), which everyone agrees shouldn't work.