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=== Changes to Hit Points ===

At lower levels, characters have more Hit Points than their standard counterparts do. At higher levels, they will have much, much less Hit Points. Characters do not roll dice to determine their HP totals. They receive only a small amount of HP as they progress in levels.

The size of the character or monster has great impact on its HP. The larger the creature, the more HP it will possess. Monsters tend to have more HP than a humanoidcharacter. This makes monsters extremely tough, moving them towards the literary ideal of Monster.

(The GnG system assumes that the primary conflict of the campaign will be character v. character, rather than character v. monster. A monster can decimate even a well-armed and armored party.)