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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 812149" data-attributes="member: 114">In all the campaigns I run and play in the hp die is rolled and the PC lives with the consequences.I've recently become quite disatisfied with this for the same kind of reasons that you outline - a single bad roll stays with you for ever.An interesting idea that Empire of the Petal Throne had back in the 1970's was that at each level you rolled your full number of HD and kept whichever was better - your current total or your last level. You were less likely to get really high or really low values, but if you rolled really well (probably at relatively low level) that could keep you above average for quite a few levels to come.I'd seriously consider going for a static portion of HD in the future though. After all, a barbarian might get 1d12 as his HD size, but if he rolls poorly he might be no better off in terms of hp gained than the sorcerer. It is a great boost at 1st level, but HD size is only a *potential* benefit, not necessarily a &quot;real&quot; benefit (they may roll poorly)Cheers</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 812149, member: 114"] In all the campaigns I run and play in the hp die is rolled and the PC lives with the consequences. I've recently become quite disatisfied with this for the same kind of reasons that you outline - a single bad roll stays with you for ever. An interesting idea that Empire of the Petal Throne had back in the 1970's was that at each level you rolled your full number of HD and kept whichever was better - your current total or your last level. You were less likely to get really high or really low values, but if you rolled really well (probably at relatively low level) that could keep you above average for quite a few levels to come. I'd seriously consider going for a static portion of HD in the future though. After all, a barbarian might get 1d12 as his HD size, but if he rolls poorly he might be no better off in terms of hp gained than the sorcerer. It is a great boost at 1st level, but HD size is only a *potential* benefit, not necessarily a "real" benefit (they may roll poorly) Cheers [/QUOTE]

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