Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Inspire Greatness -- Bonus Hit Dice?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 4168237" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>I don't know. The primary use is to assign additional hit points. I don't know why they didn't want to just add 2d10 temporary hit points, aside from the fact that they wanted to add your Con modifier to the temporary hit points.</p><p></p><p>You raise an interesting question though. Are the hit points gained by this ability actually "temporary hit points" in the sense that such a phrase is usually used in this game?</p><p></p><p>One could argue that Inspire Greatness grants extra temporary hit dice, not temporary hit points (at least, not directly): "A creature inspired with greatness <strong>gains 2 bonus Hit Dice</strong> (d10s), the <strong>commensurate</strong> number of temporary hit points (apply the target's Constitution modifier, if any, to these bonus Hit Dice)".</p><p></p><p>"Commensurate" number of "temporary" hit points could be referencing back to the gained hit dice, not actual temporary hit points. They are temporary in the sense that they come from the gained hit dice, and the gained hit dice are temporary because they only last as long as you are under the effect of Inspire Greatness. But in this interpretation they are not actual "temporary hit points" as that term is usually used (because they come from hit dice, and are related to your Constitution score for example, like hit dice). </p><p></p><p>Therefore, they would stack with actual "temporary hit points" as that term is normally used. And, might they not be healable while you are still under the effects of Inspire Greatness, since the hit points are only commensurate with the hit dice, and you still have the extra hit dice?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 4168237, member: 2525"] I don't know. The primary use is to assign additional hit points. I don't know why they didn't want to just add 2d10 temporary hit points, aside from the fact that they wanted to add your Con modifier to the temporary hit points. You raise an interesting question though. Are the hit points gained by this ability actually "temporary hit points" in the sense that such a phrase is usually used in this game? One could argue that Inspire Greatness grants extra temporary hit dice, not temporary hit points (at least, not directly): "A creature inspired with greatness [b]gains 2 bonus Hit Dice[/b] (d10s), the [b]commensurate[/b] number of temporary hit points (apply the target's Constitution modifier, if any, to these bonus Hit Dice)". "Commensurate" number of "temporary" hit points could be referencing back to the gained hit dice, not actual temporary hit points. They are temporary in the sense that they come from the gained hit dice, and the gained hit dice are temporary because they only last as long as you are under the effect of Inspire Greatness. But in this interpretation they are not actual "temporary hit points" as that term is usually used (because they come from hit dice, and are related to your Constitution score for example, like hit dice). Therefore, they would stack with actual "temporary hit points" as that term is normally used. And, might they not be healable while you are still under the effects of Inspire Greatness, since the hit points are only commensurate with the hit dice, and you still have the extra hit dice? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Inspire Greatness -- Bonus Hit Dice?
Top