To roll or not to roll? (This is a companion to the other thread).
Good lord that's going to increase hit points. A single roll is already on average more than the averaging in the book, and rolling with advantage is just going to pump that up even more.We roll twice, take better roll of the two at level-up.
The HP they got, the more you can throw at them.Good lord that's going to increase hit points. A single roll is already on average more than the averaging in the book, and rolling with advantage is just going to pump that up even more.
Expected value ends up around 60-66% of max depending on hit die. Hardly a “good lord”, pearl-clutching moment.Good lord that's going to increase hit points. A single roll is already on average more than the averaging in the book, and rolling with advantage is just going to pump that up even more.
??? The average given in the PHB is greater than the average of the roll given in the PHB. For example, the Bard entry says "1d8 (or 5) + your constitution modifier ..." The average of 1d8 is 4.5, which is less than 5. Or am I misunderstanding what you said?A single roll is already on average more than the averaging in the book