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<blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 5575609" data-attributes="member: 34175">Yes, as a concept, the constitution score meant your general health and well being.&nbsp; In 1st edition when you rolled disease rolls as a DM like you drank Mountain Dew at the table, meaning all the time, a low con could be the difference between being alive in a dungeon or being alive on your way to an infectious mass of shambling death in a dungeon.Hit Points were NEVER meant to indicate health in a general sense but were an abstract conglomeration of health, combat experience and sheer luck.&nbsp; Of course, most people forgot to read that in the description.&nbsp; So when HP started to = health, it is easy to see why CON would suddenly = useless or at least redundant stat.Same in 2nd edition, but much less so.In 3rd edition as your CON was tied directly to your Fortitude save, it could be considered important, but much less so than in previous editions as your Saves increased based on level and Feat selection as much as stat boosts.Hope this helps.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/glasses.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="B-)" title="Glasses&nbsp; &nbsp; B-)" data-shortname="B-)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thunderfoot, post: 5575609, member: 34175"] Yes, as a concept, the constitution score meant your general health and well being. In 1st edition when you rolled disease rolls as a DM like you drank Mountain Dew at the table, meaning all the time, a low con could be the difference between being alive in a dungeon or being alive on your way to an infectious mass of shambling death in a dungeon. Hit Points were NEVER meant to indicate health in a general sense but were an abstract conglomeration of health, combat experience and sheer luck. Of course, most people forgot to read that in the description. So when HP started to = health, it is easy to see why CON would suddenly = useless or at least redundant stat. Same in 2nd edition, but much less so. In 3rd edition as your CON was tied directly to your Fortitude save, it could be considered important, but much less so than in previous editions as your Saves increased based on level and Feat selection as much as stat boosts. Hope this helps. B-) [/QUOTE]

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