Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf 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 Nest
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, OSR, & D&D Variants
*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!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
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, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Starting Bonus HP
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="Horwath" data-source="post: 6921319" data-attributes="member: 6801299"><p>I think that low HPs at 1st level are great.</p><p></p><p>Because HPs does not represent just "meat" to cleave through but your own knowledge of combar, rolling with the blows, even dumb luck.</p><p></p><p></p><p>A 1st level fighter is just a dumb grunt that finnished 8 week boot camp and knows which end of a sword to grasp(hence proficiency).</p><p>And he will get chopped down with a swing or two just beacause he has almost no footwork and more likely than not just walk in a swing of an oponenent.</p><p></p><p>if you want you can describe martial classes levels by ranks in the army, from private to 6 star general.</p><p></p><p>1st level fighter/ranger/paladin : private</p><p>2nd lvl: private 1st class</p><p>3rd lvl: Corporal</p><p>4th lvl: Sergeant</p><p>5th lvl: Master Sergeant</p><p>6th lvl: Sergeant Major</p><p>7th lvl: 2nd Lieutenant</p><p>8th lvl: 1st Lieutenant</p><p>9th lvl: Captain</p><p>10th lvl: Major</p><p>11th lvl: Lt. Colonel</p><p>12th lvl: Colonel</p><p>13th lvl: Brigadier General</p><p>14th lvl: Major General</p><p>15th lvl: Lt. General</p><p>16th lvl: General</p><p>17th lvl: General of the Army</p><p>18th lvl: General of the Armies</p><p></p><p>ofc these ranks can go up or down for a level or two. Someone can become an trained officer at lvl5 and someone can stay a private to lvl3.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horwath, post: 6921319, member: 6801299"] I think that low HPs at 1st level are great. Because HPs does not represent just "meat" to cleave through but your own knowledge of combar, rolling with the blows, even dumb luck. A 1st level fighter is just a dumb grunt that finnished 8 week boot camp and knows which end of a sword to grasp(hence proficiency). And he will get chopped down with a swing or two just beacause he has almost no footwork and more likely than not just walk in a swing of an oponenent. if you want you can describe martial classes levels by ranks in the army, from private to 6 star general. 1st level fighter/ranger/paladin : private 2nd lvl: private 1st class 3rd lvl: Corporal 4th lvl: Sergeant 5th lvl: Master Sergeant 6th lvl: Sergeant Major 7th lvl: 2nd Lieutenant 8th lvl: 1st Lieutenant 9th lvl: Captain 10th lvl: Major 11th lvl: Lt. Colonel 12th lvl: Colonel 13th lvl: Brigadier General 14th lvl: Major General 15th lvl: Lt. General 16th lvl: General 17th lvl: General of the Army 18th lvl: General of the Armies ofc these ranks can go up or down for a level or two. Someone can become an trained officer at lvl5 and someone can stay a private to lvl3. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Starting Bonus HP
Top