hit dice etc

[vorondil]

Is it weird that my dwarf warrior character seems to have about 10 HP less than my human warriors of equivalent level, or were his HP gains just unluckily rolled? (He gained *2* HP levelling to cl3 :-\)

[Zikke]

It rolls a die and then adds your CON bonus, so if your CON is the same between the two characters you probably just got unlucky on the roll.

[RogerN]

Don't worry, your HP ought to catch up as you gain more levels. The game will not your character to roll too many low values for HP gains.

[starstealer]

Unless you are unlucky... my 5th level human mage was up to 14hp before he died...

[buzzkill]

Unless you are unlucky... my 5th level human mage was up to 14hp before he died...

Mages... defying nature by resisting extinction despite obvious genetic deficiencies.

[vorondil]

Unless you are unlucky... my 5th level human mage was up to 14hp before he died...

Wow.

I intend not to play mages for a long time.

[pndrev]

I'd play mages exactly because of this.

Not only is throwing magic spells around with a potential for great carnage good fun, the low hitpoints and the management of yet another resource (spell points) teaches me a lot about tactics in *band. Evading enemies, knowing when and how to retreat, etc.

[Zikke]

I can't play anything besides mages now because I am spoiled by having ID, detects, teleport, teleport other, light room, blink, cure poison, recharge, genocide, massive damage spells, sleep, etc. etc. available any time I want them without rods or staves.


I tried to play a warrior the other day and it made me cry on the inside.

[vorondil]

To me mage attack spells seem really weak compared to the damage dealt a good melee fighter with multiple blows, =dmg and a fine weapon.

Am I wrong about this? Isn't most of the game with a mage spent using your tricks to avoid combat?