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From: nick@utcsrgv.UUCP (T.C. Nicholas Graham)
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Subject: Re: The Dark Knight - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 24-Aug-84 17:14:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 24 17:14:55 1984
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> >>Name: Dekith            Class: Fighter/Magic User       Race:Human
> >>Level: 11/15(current)   Alignment:Lawful Evil   Hit Points:117

> How does a F/MU 11/15 get 117 hit points with only a 15 con?

Note two things:  (1), the race is human, and (2), the magic user
level has the notation 'current' beside it.  These two points would
tend to imply that the character is dual-classed, not multi-classed.
Dual classed characters operate in one class at a time, gaining levels
first in one class, then switching to the second, and proceding to
gain all experience toward the new class.  After the switch, he will
never gain experience in the original class again.  (Incidentally, 
the skills of the original class are not usable until a higher level
is reached in the new class than was held in the original class.)
This means that Dekith started out as a fighter, did 11 levels at fighter
hit points, and then 4 levels (12 through 15) at magic user hit points.
This would put his maximum hit points at:

	11 * 1d10 + 4 * 1d4 + 15 * 1 (con bonus)
	     = 141 (if my addition is on)

This still seems like an unusually high hit point total, but is at
least possible.  On the other hand, it is not necessarily a statistical
anomoly.  Characters who are lucky with their hit points are more likely
to survive.  Hence, the higher the level one goes, the more likely
one is to see high hit points per die.  This is just in the same way
that one would not be too surprised to meet a lot of smart people around
a university.  (NO smart comments required...)  Just consider it the
Teela Brown complex as applied to D&D.

					Nick Graham,
					University of Toronto