trey-kirk-sp
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3 years ago For this value to be re-rollable at a later point (or continue to roll within range for new hit dice), it'll have to be a property that lives on the token, but it doesn't have to be a campaign property. It can be edited it either via the Setup Monster macro or by a future CR Scaling macro. When we roll hit dice, we'll use that value to reduce the size of the die actually being rolled and increase the resulting roll by that value.
- [ ] Add a "Minimum hit die roll" to Monster Input. Make it a select (list), makes validation automatic.
- [ ] Define a token property to store this value on. Define another one to store a JSON array of current hit dice rolls. Might as well keep track of them. These are O5e-specific properties; DnD5 doesn't need to be aware of these. That might change some day, if we start putting NPC builder macros in DnD5e.
- [ ] Create a macro to roll all hit dice on the token; It should return an array of rolls. Might consider having it delegate to a single-roll macro we can later leverage for CR scaling. This delegate macro will leverage the minimum die roll value to convert the die roll to an expression that guarantees the minimum result. These macros are also O5e.
- [ ] Refactor Monster_applyProperties to use all hit dice roller for rolled HD. Rolls hit dice, sums up the array and adds BonusHP.
Rolling HP for monsters is a great addition!
However, I can't help asking for one feature which would make my day. I do like to tip the scales for my critters when I deem it appropriate.
I think the best way to do this, is to have an option when rolling the HP to set a minimum number, and reroll until the value is at least at the minimum.
For example, a random critter has 6d8 HP. As a mid-boss, I want it tougher so I select 3 as it's minimum HP per die. The hp are then in a range of 3-8 (effectively d6+2).