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    Dwarf in the Playground
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    Default Should I go for fixed hp?

    I was rolling my hp dice for my barbarian for reaching level 6

    we get max hp at level 1 as house rule. So 12 hp first

    (d12) Then I rolled the first time: 7
    (d12)then a second time: 1
    (d12) then a third time: 1
    then a forth time with a d10: 6

    Should I go for average rolls, next time?

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    GnomeWizardGuy

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    Default Re: Should I go for fixed hp?

    I would say it depends on what you want.
    If you want to have as much HP as possible, I would say go for average rolls IF average is considered to be rounded up (7 on a d12) or true average (6.5 on a d12).
    Go for rolls if your table rounds down (6 on a d12).

    If you don't mind the craziness of rolls, they can be fun, but as you've seen they can be problematic.
    My personal houserule for this is to have HD be roll 1/2HD+1/2HD (so D12 is d6+6). This keeps some random element to the HP rolls, but ensures that aberrations like the 16 Con Barbarian with less health than the 14 Con Wizard simply can't happen.
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    Default Re: Should I go for fixed hp?

    FYI, getting max HP at 1st level is not a house rule.

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    RogueGuy

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    Default Re: Should I go for fixed hp?

    Quote Originally Posted by frogglesmash View Post
    FYI, getting max HP at 1st level is not a house rule.
    This, also the general rules for average HP (IIRC) follow a "Odd high/Even low" pattern.
    That is, with your HD as the example:
    Level 1 = 12
    L2 = 6
    L3 = 7
    L4 = 6
    L5 = 6 (since you had a D10 as your fourth roll, which would be level 5, the average is 5.5, and all odd numbered levels are "high".)
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    d20 Re: Should I go for fixed hp?

    I typically go with true average results* …mainly 'cause I'm lazy. Also in the off chance the character is level-drained it makes calculation easier.

    *As such I tend to also go average with the spell, false life, rounding up or down depending on the mathematical result of the hit points.
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    PaladinGuy

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    Default Re: Should I go for fixed hp?

    I'd recommend going with average. My experience is that getting above average rolls doesn't help you as much as getting below average rolls hurts you.

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    Default Re: Should I go for fixed hp?

    Quote Originally Posted by Elder_Basilisk View Post
    My experience is that getting above average rolls doesn't help you as much as getting below average rolls hurts you.
    This is also written in the DMG, a rare case of Wizards understanding how their own game works.

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