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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5839016" data-attributes="member: 59082">Here's one approach.Starting HP: CON + Max Hit Die (d4 for wizards, d6 for rogues/bards, d8 for clerics, d10 for fighters, d12 for barbarians). I like the idea that the starting range for ability scores is 3-18, with most racial modifiers being +1 (with the occasional +2 for extremes, like half-giant strength), so almost no starting character would have higher than a 19 CON to start. So given 3-19 starting CON, the starting range would be:d12 classes: 15-31d10 classes: 13-29d8 classes: 11-27d6 classes: 9-25d4 classes: 7-23Realistically no one is going to want to start with a really low Con, so you can add 3-6 HP to the lower ranges to get the numbers for 99% of PCs.I like re-introducing hit die, but with the minimum being CON bonus. So if a fighter has 18/+4 CON, their range is 4-10. That means that at 10th level the max HP would be:d12 classes: 139 HPd10 classes: 119 HPd8 classes: 99 HPd6 classes: 79 HPd4 classes: 59 HPSo that's a range of about x3 to over x4. I'll say x4.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5839016, member: 59082"] Here's one approach. Starting HP: CON + Max Hit Die (d4 for wizards, d6 for rogues/bards, d8 for clerics, d10 for fighters, d12 for barbarians). I like the idea that the starting range for ability scores is 3-18, with most racial modifiers being +1 (with the occasional +2 for extremes, like half-giant strength), so almost no starting character would have higher than a 19 CON to start. So given 3-19 starting CON, the starting range would be: d12 classes: 15-31 d10 classes: 13-29 d8 classes: 11-27 d6 classes: 9-25 d4 classes: 7-23 Realistically no one is going to want to start with a really low Con, so you can add 3-6 HP to the lower ranges to get the numbers for 99% of PCs. I like re-introducing hit die, but with the minimum being CON bonus. So if a fighter has 18/+4 CON, their range is 4-10. That means that at 10th level the max HP would be: d12 classes: 139 HP d10 classes: 119 HP d8 classes: 99 HP d6 classes: 79 HP d4 classes: 59 HP So that's a range of about x3 to over x4. I'll say x4. [/QUOTE]

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