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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8950461" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Yes, in fact, it was so common, I never played a AD&amp;D character that had to roll their hit points at level 1.&nbsp; When 4e came out and basically said &quot;uh, why don't we start characters out with 20-30 hit points?&quot;, I damn near applauded.But tastes vary, as I said, some people prefer PC's who are always one die roll away from bleeding out on Death's Door, lol.&nbsp; Heck, I wish I had the link; a few months back, there was a poster who felt the hit points an AD&amp;D Fighter could have was downright ludicrous!&nbsp; One of my longest running characters started with an 18 Con, and when he passed the 100 hit point mark, suddenly several of my DM's started getting very grumpy about it.Nothing has changed much though, a few years back, I was running a Fighter/Rogue archer in Adventurer's League, and I ended up with an Amulet of Health, boosting my 14 Con to 19.&nbsp; One session, the DM got it into their head that they were tired of me shooting arrows at monsters with impunity, and decided to pressure me.&nbsp; I just drew my short sword and held them off, and after a few turns, the DM gave me this odd look and said &quot;uh, how many hit points do you have left?&quot;.&quot;Well, last turn got me down to 57, I figure I'll Second Wind this turn and start taking the Dodge action until the rest of the party can get to me.&quot;&quot;That can't be right, let me see your character sheet.&quot;slides it over&quot;ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN HIT POINTS?!&quot;&nbsp; hands the sheet back in disgust</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8950461, member: 6877472"] Yes, in fact, it was so common, I never played a AD&D character that had to roll their hit points at level 1. When 4e came out and basically said "uh, why don't we start characters out with 20-30 hit points?", I damn near applauded. But tastes vary, as I said, some people prefer PC's who are always one die roll away from bleeding out on Death's Door, lol. Heck, I wish I had the link; a few months back, there was a poster who felt the hit points an AD&D Fighter could have was downright ludicrous! One of my longest running characters started with an 18 Con, and when he passed the 100 hit point mark, suddenly several of my DM's started getting very grumpy about it. Nothing has changed much though, a few years back, I was running a Fighter/Rogue archer in Adventurer's League, and I ended up with an Amulet of Health, boosting my 14 Con to 19. One session, the DM got it into their head that they were tired of me shooting arrows at monsters with impunity, and decided to pressure me. I just drew my short sword and held them off, and after a few turns, the DM gave me this odd look and said "uh, how many hit points do you have left?". "Well, last turn got me down to 57, I figure I'll Second Wind this turn and start taking the Dodge action until the rest of the party can get to me." "That can't be right, let me see your character sheet." [I]slides it over[/I] "ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN HIT POINTS?!" [I]hands the sheet back in disgust[/I] [/QUOTE]

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