This is probably something i should know by now but, what does it mean exactley when it says "creatures with "X" Hit Dice or less ... etc. etc.

Hit Dice - What is it?
The answer is prolly obvious but i like too be sure.http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Thx

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Bristowe, Master Assassin
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Hit Dice (HD) is a convention carried over from PnP Dungeons & Dragons. Every character class, and monsters, roll a different sided die to determine their total hit points (HP). For instance, Rangers generally have the highest HP totals (at least in PnP they do). This is because they roll a 12-sided ("d12" for short) die to figure out their HPs. Basically, you get to roll whatever die your character is allowed once for each level attained. For instance, Mages only roll a 4-sided die (d4)for HP calculations as they are generally physically weaker than fighters. Now, Fighters roll 10-sided die, Clerics roll an 8-sided die, Thieves roll a 6-sided die, etc.

Monsters all roll an 8-sided die (d8)

Now...

What this means is that a 9th level Fighter rolls a 10-sided die 9 times to total up how many HPs they have (they also get to include any bonuses for having a high Constitution score). The shorthand for this is "9d10". Make sense so far???

So...if a monster is classified as a 12HD monster...that means that his HPs are 12d8. They could be anywhere between 12 and 96 (plus any CON bonuses and magical bonuses that might apply). The convention of HD merely determines the relative "toughness" of a given monster. For instance, I think goblins have 1HD and stone golems may have, like, 8HD. Does that help?

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yup..what he said...cept for rangers rolling d12's. Thats news to me. Barbarians maybehttp://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...les/tongue.gif

Hey, that clears things up for me, thanks dude http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif




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Bristowe, Master Assassin
"Everyone dies sooner or later, why not sooner?"

Yep, Rangers used D8 in Pen and Paper, but started with 2 rather than 1 at level 1.

Yep as stated per above.

I could have sworn though, that a 2 handed sword did 3 to 18 damage instead of 1 to 10 like in BG2... any comments on that???

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IIRC, 2-handers do 1d10 damage to small or medium creatures and 3d6 to large in PnP. Been a long time though...

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