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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 77983" data-attributes="member: 1656">Think of temporary hit points as being like a &quot;Protection from Elements : Damage&quot; spell.If you have Protection from Elements and Resist Elements up at the same time, and get hit for 6 points of fire damage in one round, then Protection from Elements absorbs 6 and Resist Elements absorbs 6... but they're the same 6.In the next round, if you get hit for 13 points, PfE absorbs 6 of them and is dispelled.&nbsp; RE absorbs 12 of them.&nbsp; But 6 of the points it absorbs are the same 6 the PfE took, so you take a point of damage.If you have 30 hit points, with one spell granting 5 temporary hit points and another granting 7, you have an effective total of 37.&nbsp; If the second spell is dispelled (area dispel magic, say), then the first is still in effect, and your effective total drops to 35.When both spells are up, if you are hit for two points of damage, then your effective total drops to 35.&nbsp; If you were hit for three, it drops to 34.&nbsp; In this case, both spells are now granting you 4 temporary hit points.&nbsp; If you are hit for 3 more points, your effective total drops to 31 - the 3 points came off both spells at the same time.Does that make sense?-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 77983, member: 1656"] Think of temporary hit points as being like a "Protection from Elements : Damage" spell. If you have Protection from Elements and Resist Elements up at the same time, and get hit for 6 points of fire damage in one round, then Protection from Elements absorbs 6 and Resist Elements absorbs 6... [i]but they're the same 6[/i]. In the next round, if you get hit for 13 points, PfE absorbs 6 of them and is dispelled. RE absorbs 12 of them. But 6 of the points it absorbs are the same 6 the PfE took, so you take a point of damage. If you have 30 hit points, with one spell granting 5 temporary hit points and another granting 7, you have an effective total of 37. If the second spell is dispelled (area dispel magic, say), then the first is still in effect, and your effective total drops to 35. When both spells are up, if you are hit for two points of damage, then your effective total drops to 35. If you were hit for three, it drops to 34. In this case, both spells are now granting you 4 temporary hit points. If you are hit for 3 more points, your effective total drops to 31 - the 3 points came off both spells at the same time. Does that make sense? -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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