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Level 1 Hp for a Ranger Cleric

AwainAwain Member Posts: 2
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Hey Guys I just created a half elf Ranger Cleric with 18 Con and he started with 17 HP. This doesn't make sense at all as a level 1 fighter with 18 con only starts with 14 HP. Is this a bug or am I looking at this wrong? Thanks!

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  • AwainAwain Member Posts: 2
    Also if it helps it says +4 HP per level in the character information screen. I though it wouldn't get that being a multi class?
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    It should be 10 + 4

    But there is an exploit in character selection where you go back and forth I think between options and it will double the con bonus.

    I would guess you did this once, so you are getting the +4 for your con bonus twice. 10 +4 +4

    Reroll it and see if it starts correctly at 14.
  • AwainAwain Member Posts: 2
    Wow, that is it as i did go back and forth to change my weapon speculations. I re did it and got 13 HP now which is 4 less then i got the first time. However why am i getting the full 4 points from the CON bonus. The ranger portion should get the max but the cleric should only get up to +2 as over 16 CON does nothing for a cleric. How i see it:

    Ranger max 10 - half of which is 5
    Cleric max 8 - half of which is 4
    Ranger con bonus 4 - half of which is 2
    Cleric con bonus 2- half of which is 1

    Which adds up to 12 instead of 13

    Any advice to this question, oh wise one :)
  • moopymoopy Member Posts: 938
    As I recall in a multi class, each class gets the con bonus that is the best.

    If you look at your character it says HP / Level + 4

    So each Ranger level at max HP is going to get (10 + 4) / 2 = 7
    Each Cleric level at max HP is going to get (8 + 4) / 2 = 6

    So 1 level from both of them is going to be 13, and at Ranger 2 / Cleric 2 you will have 26.

    I don't believe that is how it should work according to pen and paper, but I assume it is a system limitation thing where each character only has ONE con bonus, instead of 2 or 3, and it takes that ONE con bonus from the best option.

    (I think) I did just test this with Ranger / Cleric and it is working as I described.
  • AlsnAlsn Member Posts: 97
    edited December 2012
    There is something weird with level 1 HP I think. I managed to start a dwarf barbarian with 19 con and he had *22* hp at level 1. Should have had 17. It felt like the con bonus was doubled for some reason, but I can't be sure.

    Edit: Oh, I see @moopy made a post about doubled con bonuses, seems to account for both of our issues perfectly.
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