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Jeffrie
Acolyte
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 Posted - 16 Sep 2010 : 19:21:18
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I'm probably looking in the wrong place.
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I'd love to try some pbp, but never have. PM me a game i could lurk at. I think it would be fun to play with someone who has tabletop software. |
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4503 Posts |
Posted - 16 Sep 2010 : 20:18:11
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As Xysma said, you gain them retroactively as in 1 hp per level of an ability modifier increase. Meaning a +1 mod bonus at 15th level would net you an extra 15 hp.
4E's hit points don't rely on Con, they are static bonuses gained per level. (well they do, but just at first level and it's done by your CON score, not modifier). |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 16 Sep 2010 : 21:03:05
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In 4e, if your CON score rises, you get additional hit poitns equal to the rise (regardless of what level you might be). So a 1st level wizard with a con of 10 and 16 hit points gets 4 extra hit points if his con suddently becomes 14, just like a 14th level swordmage with 18 con and 116 hit points gains 2 extra hit points if her con increases to 20.
In 2e, I'm pretty sure you did *NOT* get extra hit points retroactively, but it's been a long time since I played that edition, so you'll want to consult a 2e expert.
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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EltonJ
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 16 Sep 2010 : 21:14:40
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
In 2e, I'm pretty sure you did *NOT* get extra hit points retroactively, but it's been a long time since I played that edition, so you'll want to consult a 2e expert.
Cheers
Or you could check the rules yourself in 2e. That depends if you still have your books or not. I'm conservatively inclined to say . . . no.
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IngoDjan
Learned Scribe
Brazil
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Posted - 16 Sep 2010 : 21:58:30
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Ingo Djan
DUNGEON MASTER AO OF THE DIAMONDS!"I see the future repeat the past. It all is a museum of great news. The Time do not stop." |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 Sep 2010 : 23:41:57
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
In 4e, if your CON score rises, you get additional hit poitns equal to the rise (regardless of what level you might be). So a 1st level wizard with a con of 10 and 16 hit points gets 4 extra hit points if his con suddently becomes 14, just like a 14th level swordmage with 18 con and 116 hit points gains 2 extra hit points if her con increases to 20.
Doh, yea I totally forgot about that. |
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 17 Sep 2010 : 00:05:53
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Doggedly converting 3e back to what D&D should be...
Sigh... And now 4e as well. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 17 Sep 2010 : 04:55:08
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Originally posted by EltonJ
Or you could check the rules yourself in 2e. That depends if you still have your books or not. I'm conservatively inclined to say . . . no.
Can't, actually.
In fact, I played 2e for five years and never actually owned a PHB myself. Mostly, I was the DM, so i didn't really need it. 
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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When i raise my CON, do i gain hp retroactively?
