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From: dstage@u.washington.edu (D. Stage)
Subject: HP calculation
Date: 1 Nov 1998 17:25:37 GMT

>Thanks for the help!  I was also wondering how the game calculates the
>amount of hit points that are gained with each level advancement in a
>class.

 At game start, you get fixed HP dependant on class:
  HP    13 16 16 15 13 16 14 12 15 10 16 12
  class  A  B  C  E  H  K  P  R  S  T  V  W

 Until level n, you get 1 hit die per level.  Barbarians use d12, all
 others d10.  n is class-dependant:
  n     14 10 10 11 20 10 10 11 11 14 10 12
  class  A  B  C  E  H  K  P  R  S  T  V  W

 At and after level n, you get a fixed number of HP per level:
  +HP   2  3  3  2  2  3  2  2  2  1  3  1
  class A  B  C  E  H  K  P  R  S  T  V  W

 At each level, you also get a CON bonus, class-independant:
   CON    bonus
   3-5     -2
   6       -1
   7-14     0
   15-16    1
   17       2
   18       3

 If the total is 0 or less, you get 1.

 Note that higher values of n give more HP, since HD average 5.5/6.5,
 more than the static bonuses.