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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 3526363" data-attributes="member: 158">For me, yes, because it's one of the &quot;gamist&quot; aspects that I've always liked. Besides, there are CON-boosting items in default D&amp;D that help make up for it, so I've nver seen it as a big deal. (My current 12th level cleric in fact has 48 hit points, before CON bonuses. It's a shade below average, but my CON bonuses help me there.)But yep, it's an artifact of the &quot;game&quot; roots as much as saving throws are. It wouldn't be bad to assume average hit points, OR if the group wanted variety in their hit points take average plus a 1d4 roll, or to take the better of two rolls, or to take the average if you didn't roll above it, or any other method. For me, though, I like the random element -- the only time you notice it badly is in the d10 and d12 hit dice classes, like Warblades and Barbarians. It really does feel sucky to roll that &quot;1&quot; or &quot;2&quot; on a d12, I'll admit. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 3526363, member: 158"] For me, yes, because it's one of the "gamist" aspects that I've always liked. Besides, there are CON-boosting items in default D&D that help make up for it, so I've nver seen it as a big deal. (My current 12th level cleric in fact has 48 hit points, before CON bonuses. It's a shade below average, but my CON bonuses help me there.) But yep, it's an artifact of the "game" roots as much as saving throws are. It wouldn't be bad to assume average hit points, OR if the group wanted variety in their hit points take average plus a 1d4 roll, or to take the better of two rolls, or to take the average if you didn't roll above it, or any other method. For me, though, I like the random element -- the only time you notice it badly is in the d10 and d12 hit dice classes, like Warblades and Barbarians. It really does feel sucky to roll that "1" or "2" on a d12, I'll admit. :) [/QUOTE]

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