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<blockquote data-quote="Ondath" data-source="post: 9325892" data-attributes="member: 7031770">I certainly don't mean to argue that the way my players play is the only true, modern way. However, I have experienced this with different groups rather consistently. Someone rolls a 1 or a 2 with their Hit Die and they immediately regret rolling for Hit Points. Initially what I did was &quot;Either take the PHB average or roll, but once you make your choice you can't change it for that level&quot;. What happened was that a player would roll low for one level and never stray from the PHB average ever again. And that's boring, I don't want want that. Which is what led me to my current rendition of the HP roll rules. They mean everyone rolls for HP, but nobody complains.And I wasn't trying to make a judgement! While there are bound to be players who started recently and like the &quot;casino&quot; style, that's not the current mainstream style of playing D&amp;D. The current mainstream style is the character-oriented long-form storytelling that wants to emulate Critical Role. Getting random hit points does not work with that style (I know CR themselves roll for HP, but I think it works even to their own detriment there). I also run a concurrent Old School Essentials table, and people who like that style (who can be old and new, but what I mean by old-school and modern is that the gritty deadly playstyle was more prominent back in the day and is a niche now), and there I think getting random HP would be much more appreciated. It's not a value judgement on my part, I actually really like both playstyles. But I try to cater to my players depending on which style they prefer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ondath, post: 9325892, member: 7031770"] I certainly don't mean to argue that the way my players play is the only true, modern way. However, I have experienced this with different groups rather consistently. Someone rolls a 1 or a 2 with their Hit Die and they immediately regret rolling for Hit Points. Initially what I did was "Either take the PHB average or roll, but once you make your choice you can't change it for that level". What happened was that a player would roll low for one level and never stray from the PHB average ever again. And that's boring, I don't want want that. Which is what led me to my current rendition of the HP roll rules. They mean everyone rolls for HP, but nobody complains. And I wasn't trying to make a judgement! While there are bound to be players who started recently and like the "casino" style, that's not the current mainstream style of playing D&D. The current mainstream style is the character-oriented long-form storytelling that wants to emulate Critical Role. Getting random hit points does not work with that style (I know CR themselves roll for HP, but I think it works even to their own detriment there). I also run a concurrent Old School Essentials table, and people who like that style (who can be old and new, but what I mean by old-school and modern is that the gritty deadly playstyle was more prominent back in the day and is a niche now), and there I think getting random HP would be much more appreciated. It's not a value judgement on my part, I actually really like both playstyles. But I try to cater to my players depending on which style they prefer. [/QUOTE]

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