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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thazar" data-source="post: 4602188" data-attributes="member: 66734">I agree with the racial hit die and class hit die at first level.  If you feel you need to increase the hit points of starting characters the is a nice way to incorporate it.  If you use the fixed method there is little variation... and a little variety is a good thing.  If you add constitution score there is going to be too large of a difference between the starting characters possible.  Letting dwarves and half orcs get a extra D10.  Humans and half elves get an extra d8.  And the "frailer" races (Elf, Gnome, Halfling) get and extra d6.  These are in addition to the class hit die and the con modifier.  This allows the Half Orc Barbarian player to be pretty tough and scary at first level without having to completely overshadow the halfling wizard.</blockquote>