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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Teataine" data-source="post: 5837739" data-attributes="member: 6678036">IMHOI'd say pretty much all the classes should be able to take one hit "for free". I wouldn't mind a game where one hit can take you down either, but for all intents and purposes "one hit for free" should work well for a standard level 1 D&D game.After that first hit...if you're a wizard-type, the next hit is likely to kill you, get the hell out.if you're a fighter-type, you can take two more with confidence before you need to bail.if you're one of the other dudes, you can probably take another one but a third is likely fatal.So, let's say the average foe deals 5 dmg on average.The wizard should have ~7hpThe cleric, rogue etc. should have ~12hpThe fighter should have ~17(And don't inflate much beyond that. High level characters and monsters should still be floating around 70 hp.)My favourite however would be that all those classes would have between 3 and 8 hp and when you hit 0 hp you don't die or fall unconscious but damage starts chipping away at your Constitution (which is harder to recover). So a hp that works as a buffer before you take "actual wounds". It's not easy to die but there's a real incentive to get away from the fight once you hit 0.</blockquote>