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<blockquote data-quote="AdamBank" data-source="post: 679945" data-attributes="member: 6009">Hello! I've just started my first D&amp;D3e campaign, and we've already enouncered &quot;hit point envy.&quot; Specifically, our ranger and wizard levelled up to 2nd. The ranger rolled a 10 for hp, and (you guessed it) the wizard rolled a 1. So our ranger's hp is in the low 20s while our wizard's at 5.Yeah, I know that's the way it's supposed to be, but you should've seen the look on the wizard's player's face! (It didn't help that the ranger's player kept gloating). Anyway, I want to introduce a little equity into the hit point increase system without substantially devaluing having a high Constitution. I've come up with a mimimal hit point increase threshold, and I'd greatly value any opinion's on it:A PC's minimum hp increase per level is the average result of your hit die, rounded up. Thus:Hit Die&nbsp; &nbsp; Minimum IncreaseD4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3D6&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4D8&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5D10&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6D12 7So, after randomly determining your new hp (roll hit die, add your Con mod), if the total result is lower than the minimum increase, give yourself the minimum increase instead.Example:Zippy the wizard with a Con of 12 (modifier of +1) reaches level two. He rolls his d4 hit die,. He rolls a 1. His roll plus his Con modifier totals 2 hit points. However, if we implement this rule, he gets3 hp instead.Tal the fighter with a Con of 14 (modifier of +2) reaches level two. He rolls his d10 hit die. He rolls a 5. His roll plus his Con modifier equals 7 hit points. 7 is greater than the minimum of 6 (duh), so Tal adds 7 hit points to his total hp.The tricky bit about this rule is that the actual die roll result doesn't matter; you compare the minimum to the die + Con modifier instead.Can you tell I'm a tax lawyer?Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AdamBank, post: 679945, member: 6009"] Hello! I've just started my first D&D3e campaign, and we've already enouncered "hit point envy." Specifically, our ranger and wizard levelled up to 2nd. The ranger rolled a 10 for hp, and (you guessed it) the wizard rolled a 1. So our ranger's hp is in the low 20s while our wizard's at 5. Yeah, I know that's the way it's supposed to be, but you should've seen the look on the wizard's player's face! (It didn't help that the ranger's player kept gloating). Anyway, I want to introduce a little equity into the hit point increase system without substantially devaluing having a high Constitution. I've come up with a mimimal hit point increase threshold, and I'd greatly value any opinion's on it: A PC's minimum hp increase per level is the average result of your hit die, rounded up. Thus: Hit Die Minimum Increase D4 3 D6 4 D8 5 D10 6 D12 7 So, after randomly determining your new hp (roll hit die, add your Con mod), if the total result is lower than the minimum increase, give yourself the minimum increase instead. Example: Zippy the wizard with a Con of 12 (modifier of +1) reaches level two. He rolls his d4 hit die,. He rolls a 1. His roll plus his Con modifier totals 2 hit points. However, if we implement this rule, he gets3 hp instead. Tal the fighter with a Con of 14 (modifier of +2) reaches level two. He rolls his d10 hit die. He rolls a 5. His roll plus his Con modifier equals 7 hit points. 7 is greater than the minimum of 6 (duh), so Tal adds 7 hit points to his total hp. The tricky bit about this rule is that the actual die roll result doesn't matter; you compare the minimum to the die + Con modifier instead. Can you tell I'm a tax lawyer? Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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