How to calculate your pet’s HP

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A simple equation that only requires you to observe your pet for years without any interaction

Brian Gilbert

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Sep 9, 2019, 11:00am EDT

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What is a hit point?

This question has confounded scholars and philosophers for nearly a century. HP is a concept that, on its surface, seems relatively simple, but when you get into the business of quantifying a creature’s life energy, the ramifications are terrifying. If you knew the inner machinations of life’s algorithm, would you use that knowledge for good?

I wouldn’t! I would use it to create an equation to calculate my pet’s HP, which is exactly what I did in this video.

If you’d like to calculate your own pet’s HP, you’ll need a pet behavior data sheet and the table of values. You can find both of these materials below.

Then, all you have to do is add your pet’s class base (b) to their user level (u) multiplied by the pet type modification (m). Put more simply:

HP = b+(um)

A blank version of the pet behavior data sheet I used to calculate Zuko’s HP

HP Table of Values

TYPE

DOG

CAT

FISH

REPTILE

BIRD

EQUINE

SMALL MAMMAL

BUG

AMPHIBIAN

FARM ANIMAL

EXOTIC

PLANT

TYPE

DOG

CAT

FISH

REPTILE

BIRD

EQUINE

SMALL MAMMAL

BUG

AMPHIBIAN

FARM ANIMAL

EXOTIC

PLANT

MODIFICATION (m)

2.4

3.1

2.8

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.8

2.2

ROGUE BASE (b)

CLERIC BASE (b)

PALADIN BASE (b)

116

110

126

How to calculate your pet’s HP

126

116

126

114

126

130

106

RANGER BASE (b)

156

144

178

173

154

166

131

115

150

163

177

143

BARBARIAN BASE (b)

196

179

231

221

191

206

171

152

187

201

224

181

The table of values for HP calculation

Have fun bonding with your pet while you quantify their value!

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