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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8582079" data-attributes="member: 7032025">We are drifting a bit afar from the discussion here, but still relevant in what hit point lost to a spell like thunder step means, in a sense. So yes, constitution affects hit points, but so does your class, although this has changed a lot from AD&amp;D, HPs are much more average across classes. For me, constitution hit points have two reasons, one historical, and the other to give purpose to constitution as a stat, nothing more. Also, remember that my point is not that &quot;hit points is not meat&quot;, it's that &quot;hit points are not only meat&quot;, which I think people accept since it's written in plain letters in all editions of the game. After that, there are some debates as to whether all hit points represent the same &quot;percentage&quot; of the combination, of whether some of the hit points are meat and others something else, etc. whether you need to be at least scratched when losing hit points or not, etc. 5e leaves is probably even more vague than other editions, especially with the way natural healing works, and it's perfect for me, every DM and their table can find the explanation that they like best.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8582079, member: 7032025"] We are drifting a bit afar from the discussion here, but still relevant in what hit point lost to a spell like thunder step means, in a sense. So yes, constitution affects hit points, but so does your class, although this has changed a lot from AD&D, HPs are much more average across classes. For me, constitution hit points have two reasons, one historical, and the other to give purpose to constitution as a stat, nothing more. Also, remember that my point is not that "hit points is not meat", it's that "hit points are [U]not only[/U] meat", which I think people accept since it's written in plain letters in all editions of the game. After that, there are some debates as to whether all hit points represent the same "percentage" of the combination, of whether some of the hit points are meat and others something else, etc. whether you need to be at least scratched when losing hit points or not, etc. 5e leaves is probably even more vague than other editions, especially with the way natural healing works, and it's perfect for me, every DM and their table can find the explanation that they like best. [/QUOTE]

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