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orcmonk220
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 | | 01/18/2006 2:10 PM |
| Is this just for HP levelling? I wondered, cause if not, then I can't find the information for it anywhere.
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wolfsbane114
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327 Posts
| | 01/18/2006 3:14 PM |
| Hmm, what exactly are you talking about?
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reezel
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| | 01/18/2006 3:32 PM |
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Originally posted by wolfsbane114
Hmm, what exactly are you talking about?
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glumag
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5968 Posts
| | 01/18/2006 3:33 PM |
| | A creature’s Hit Dice total is also treated as its level for determining how spells affect the creature, its rate of natural healing, and its maximum ranks in a skill. | |
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orcmonk220
Underboss
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| | 01/18/2006 4:37 PM |
| | Thanks Glumag. I meant to ask if Hit dice are used when levelling, for determining HP, and wondered, if not, where the information was. | |
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wolfsbane114
Warrior
327 Posts
| | 01/18/2006 4:42 PM |
| ok so like if your using a monster for a pc instead of regular races right?
I'm not sure but i think you revert to the class hit dice. | |
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jgsugden
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| | 01/18/2006 4:55 PM |
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Originally posted by orcmonk220
Thanks Glumag. I meant to ask if Hit dice are used when levelling, for determining HP, and wondered, if not, where the information was.
You're really not being very clear here.
The Hit Dice line of a creature's description will indicate the type of dice rolled when determining the monster's non-class HD, and how many of those dice that you roll to determine the total hit points (as well as any bonus hps from high constitution or feats).
If you make a tougher (commonly refered to as advanced) version of the monster, you roll additional dice of the same type. This is not the same as advancing the creature. Creatures do not grow into tougher versions using the monster 'advancement' rules in the back of the DMG.
However, some monsters can gain class levels. When they gain class levels, they use the class features, such as the hit point dice specified for the class, to determine how many additional hit points they gain.
As an example, a troll normally has 6d8+36 hit points. Trolls do not come in 'advanced versions', like many other creatures. Instead, trolls gain class levels to make them tougher. If our example troll was assigned 3 fighter levels, it would have its normal 6d8+36 hit points, plus an additional 3d10+18 hit dice for the fighter levels. As it advanced to 8 HD, it would also gain an additional ability point to distribute. If it put that point in constitution, it would then have 6d8 + 3d10 + 63 hit points instead of 6d8 + 3d10 + 54. | |
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IanB
Commander
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| | 01/18/2006 5:13 PM |
| | Note that everything has HD, not just monsters. There's no differentiation between characters and "monsters" in that respect in 3E. | |
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