4th edition D&D is very different...
Jun. 18th, 2008 03:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jcfialaSo, my D&D group got together last night, and as we tend to do these days, we kibbitzed about 4th edition, which lead to an amusing exchange:
Him: It was a total party kill. In the first round, my wizard was hit by a fire beetle - it breathed for 18 points of damage.
Me: How many hit points did you have? (as that's not enough to kill a 1st level character in 4th by default)
Him: 13
Me: How much Con do you... no, you add your Constitution SCORE. Not the bonus, the Score.
It turns out he had a Wizard with a 16 Con, and instead of going 10 + 16 = 26 hit points, he (and the entire table) had given themselves 10 + 3 = 13 hit points.
4th edition D&D is very different, and it really helps to try and leave your assumptions at the door.
Him: It was a total party kill. In the first round, my wizard was hit by a fire beetle - it breathed for 18 points of damage.
Me: How many hit points did you have? (as that's not enough to kill a 1st level character in 4th by default)
Him: 13
Me: How much Con do you... no, you add your Constitution SCORE. Not the bonus, the Score.
It turns out he had a Wizard with a 16 Con, and instead of going 10 + 16 = 26 hit points, he (and the entire table) had given themselves 10 + 3 = 13 hit points.
4th edition D&D is very different, and it really helps to try and leave your assumptions at the door.
