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When restoring a character's hit point maximum lost from exhaustion, does the character also regain hit...
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When restoring a character's hit point maximum lost from exhaustion, does the character also regain hit points?
For example, the fourth level of exhaustion reduces a character's hit point maximum to half. Normally, a long rest will remove one level of exhaustion and conveniently allows a character to regain hit points. However, what happens when a character uses a spell like greater restoration to undo the effect? Does the character regain half their hit points or do they stay at half hit points?
I took a quick look through the PHB but cannot find anything on the effects of regaining maximum hit points. Wording for spells like aid imply hit point maximums and hit points are entirely separate.
dnd-5e conditions healing hit-points
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When restoring a character's hit point maximum lost from exhaustion, does the character also regain hit points?
For example, the fourth level of exhaustion reduces a character's hit point maximum to half. Normally, a long rest will remove one level of exhaustion and conveniently allows a character to regain hit points. However, what happens when a character uses a spell like greater restoration to undo the effect? Does the character regain half their hit points or do they stay at half hit points?
I took a quick look through the PHB but cannot find anything on the effects of regaining maximum hit points. Wording for spells like aid imply hit point maximums and hit points are entirely separate.
dnd-5e conditions healing hit-points
edited Jan 18 at 22:05
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Is your question specifically about the case with exhaustion, or are you interested in whether curing any effect affecting your hit point maximum will affect current hit points?
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– V2Blast
Jan 15 at 23:41
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Related: Do you gain current HP when you level up?
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– enkryptor
Jan 18 at 17:39
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The “from exhaustion” part is central to the question, and therefore belongs in the title. (There are other ways to lose maximum HP that this shouldn’t be mistaken for in our titles list.)
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– SevenSidedDie♦
Jan 18 at 22:06
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@SevenSidedDie: I assume OP's edit to their own question was in response to my question in my earlier comment. I guessed that they intended to ask about the general case to begin with since they used "for example" in introducing the exhaustion example, and since their original title didn't mention exhaustion (that was added in your edit). I don't think the "from exhaustion" part is central to the question at all - it just happens to be the example they used to illustrate what they mean by their broader question.
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When restoring a character's hit point maximum lost from exhaustion, does the character also regain hit points?
For example, the fourth level of exhaustion reduces a character's hit point maximum to half. Normally, a long rest will remove one level of exhaustion and conveniently allows a character to regain hit points. However, what happens when a character uses a spell like greater restoration to undo the effect? Does the character regain half their hit points or do they stay at half hit points?
I took a quick look through the PHB but cannot find anything on the effects of regaining maximum hit points. Wording for spells like aid imply hit point maximums and hit points are entirely separate.
dnd-5e conditions healing hit-points
edited Jan 18 at 22:05
SevenSidedDie♦
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asked Jan 15 at 22:09
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When restoring a character's hit point maximum lost from exhaustion, does the character also regain hit points?
For example, the fourth level of exhaustion reduces a character's hit point maximum to half. Normally, a long rest will remove one level of exhaustion and conveniently allows a character to regain hit points. However, what happens when a character uses a spell like greater restoration to undo the effect? Does the character regain half their hit points or do they stay at half hit points?
I took a quick look through the PHB but cannot find anything on the effects of regaining maximum hit points. Wording for spells like aid imply hit point maximums and hit points are entirely separate.
dnd-5e conditions healing hit-points
dnd-5e conditions healing hit-points
edited Jan 18 at 22:05
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Is your question specifically about the case with exhaustion, or are you interested in whether curing any effect affecting your hit point maximum will affect current hit points?
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– V2Blast
Jan 15 at 23:41
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Related: Do you gain current HP when you level up?
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– enkryptor
Jan 18 at 17:39
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The “from exhaustion” part is central to the question, and therefore belongs in the title. (There are other ways to lose maximum HP that this shouldn’t be mistaken for in our titles list.)
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– SevenSidedDie♦
Jan 18 at 22:06
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@SevenSidedDie: I assume OP's edit to their own question was in response to my question in my earlier comment. I guessed that they intended to ask about the general case to begin with since they used "for example" in introducing the exhaustion example, and since their original title didn't mention exhaustion (that was added in your edit). I don't think the "from exhaustion" part is central to the question at all - it just happens to be the example they used to illustrate what they mean by their broader question.
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Is your question specifically about the case with exhaustion, or are you interested in whether curing any effect affecting your hit point maximum will affect current hit points?
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– V2Blast
Jan 15 at 23:41
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Related: Do you gain current HP when you level up?
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– enkryptor
Jan 18 at 17:39
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The “from exhaustion” part is central to the question, and therefore belongs in the title. (There are other ways to lose maximum HP that this shouldn’t be mistaken for in our titles list.)
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– SevenSidedDie♦
Jan 18 at 22:06
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@SevenSidedDie: I assume OP's edit to their own question was in response to my question in my earlier comment. I guessed that they intended to ask about the general case to begin with since they used "for example" in introducing the exhaustion example, and since their original title didn't mention exhaustion (that was added in your edit). I don't think the "from exhaustion" part is central to the question at all - it just happens to be the example they used to illustrate what they mean by their broader question.
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– V2Blast
Jan 19 at 5:36
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Is your question specifically about the case with exhaustion, or are you interested in whether curing any effect affecting your hit point maximum will affect current hit points?
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– V2Blast
Jan 15 at 23:41
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Is your question specifically about the case with exhaustion, or are you interested in whether curing any effect affecting your hit point maximum will affect current hit points?
$endgroup$
– V2Blast
Jan 15 at 23:41
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Related: Do you gain current HP when you level up?
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– enkryptor
Jan 18 at 17:39
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Related: Do you gain current HP when you level up?
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– enkryptor
Jan 18 at 17:39
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The “from exhaustion” part is central to the question, and therefore belongs in the title. (There are other ways to lose maximum HP that this shouldn’t be mistaken for in our titles list.)
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– SevenSidedDie♦
Jan 18 at 22:06
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The “from exhaustion” part is central to the question, and therefore belongs in the title. (There are other ways to lose maximum HP that this shouldn’t be mistaken for in our titles list.)
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– SevenSidedDie♦
Jan 18 at 22:06
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@SevenSidedDie: I assume OP's edit to their own question was in response to my question in my earlier comment. I guessed that they intended to ask about the general case to begin with since they used "for example" in introducing the exhaustion example, and since their original title didn't mention exhaustion (that was added in your edit). I don't think the "from exhaustion" part is central to the question at all - it just happens to be the example they used to illustrate what they mean by their broader question.
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– V2Blast
Jan 19 at 5:36
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@SevenSidedDie: I assume OP's edit to their own question was in response to my question in my earlier comment. I guessed that they intended to ask about the general case to begin with since they used "for example" in introducing the exhaustion example, and since their original title didn't mention exhaustion (that was added in your edit). I don't think the "from exhaustion" part is central to the question at all - it just happens to be the example they used to illustrate what they mean by their broader question.
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Current hit points are unaffected by hit point maximum increases
A character's hit point maximum is only the upper limit on the creature's current hit points:
A creature's current hit points (usually just called hit points) can be any number from the creature's hit point maximum down to 0.
This is reinforced in the section on healing:
When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are added to its current hit points. A creature's hit points can't exceed its hit point maximum, so any hit points regained in excess of this number are lost. For example, a druid grants a ranger 8 hit points of healing. If the ranger has 14 current hit points and has a hit point maximum of 20, the ranger regains 6 hit points from the druid, not 8.
Things that increase your hit point maximum (or remove an effect that was reducing your hit point maximum) have no effect on your current hit points unless stated otherwise.
This is reinforced by the wording of the aid spell:
Each target's hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 5 for the duration.
Note that aid separately increases your max HP and your current HP. If increasing your max HP automatically increased your current HP as well, it would be redundant and potentially confusing to state both parts separately. However, because your max HP is just an upper limit, and increasing it doesn't increase current HP automatically, it's necessary to state in the spell description that both are increased.
In short: max HP increases don't change your current HP unless stated otherwise (as aid's description does).
(Note that hit point maximum decreases can decrease your current hit points, because your current HP can never be above your max HP.)
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You don't automatically gain HP
Crawford answered a question on Twitter regarding what happens when the max-HP-reducing effect of Life Drain wears off:
When Life Drain wears off, the subject's hp maximum is no longer reduced, but there is no automatic restoration of hp.
This supports the fact that when an effect that reduces your maximum HP is removed, you don't automatically gain HP. Since exhaustion and life drain reduce maximum hit points in the same manner, this ruling also works for exhaustion.
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Current hit points are unaffected by hit point maximum increases
A character's hit point maximum is only the upper limit on the creature's current hit points:
A creature's current hit points (usually just called hit points) can be any number from the creature's hit point maximum down to 0.
This is reinforced in the section on healing:
When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are added to its current hit points. A creature's hit points can't exceed its hit point maximum, so any hit points regained in excess of this number are lost. For example, a druid grants a ranger 8 hit points of healing. If the ranger has 14 current hit points and has a hit point maximum of 20, the ranger regains 6 hit points from the druid, not 8.
Things that increase your hit point maximum (or remove an effect that was reducing your hit point maximum) have no effect on your current hit points unless stated otherwise.
This is reinforced by the wording of the aid spell:
Each target's hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 5 for the duration.
Note that aid separately increases your max HP and your current HP. If increasing your max HP automatically increased your current HP as well, it would be redundant and potentially confusing to state both parts separately. However, because your max HP is just an upper limit, and increasing it doesn't increase current HP automatically, it's necessary to state in the spell description that both are increased.
In short: max HP increases don't change your current HP unless stated otherwise (as aid's description does).
(Note that hit point maximum decreases can decrease your current hit points, because your current HP can never be above your max HP.)
answered Jan 16 at 0:11
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Current hit points are unaffected by hit point maximum increases
A character's hit point maximum is only the upper limit on the creature's current hit points:
A creature's current hit points (usually just called hit points) can be any number from the creature's hit point maximum down to 0.
This is reinforced in the section on healing:
When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are added to its current hit points. A creature's hit points can't exceed its hit point maximum, so any hit points regained in excess of this number are lost. For example, a druid grants a ranger 8 hit points of healing. If the ranger has 14 current hit points and has a hit point maximum of 20, the ranger regains 6 hit points from the druid, not 8.
Things that increase your hit point maximum (or remove an effect that was reducing your hit point maximum) have no effect on your current hit points unless stated otherwise.
This is reinforced by the wording of the aid spell:
Each target's hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 5 for the duration.
Note that aid separately increases your max HP and your current HP. If increasing your max HP automatically increased your current HP as well, it would be redundant and potentially confusing to state both parts separately. However, because your max HP is just an upper limit, and increasing it doesn't increase current HP automatically, it's necessary to state in the spell description that both are increased.
In short: max HP increases don't change your current HP unless stated otherwise (as aid's description does).
(Note that hit point maximum decreases can decrease your current hit points, because your current HP can never be above your max HP.)
answered Jan 16 at 0:11
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Current hit points are unaffected by hit point maximum increases
A character's hit point maximum is only the upper limit on the creature's current hit points:
A creature's current hit points (usually just called hit points) can be any number from the creature's hit point maximum down to 0.
This is reinforced in the section on healing:
When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are added to its current hit points. A creature's hit points can't exceed its hit point maximum, so any hit points regained in excess of this number are lost. For example, a druid grants a ranger 8 hit points of healing. If the ranger has 14 current hit points and has a hit point maximum of 20, the ranger regains 6 hit points from the druid, not 8.
Things that increase your hit point maximum (or remove an effect that was reducing your hit point maximum) have no effect on your current hit points unless stated otherwise.
This is reinforced by the wording of the aid spell:
Each target's hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 5 for the duration.
Note that aid separately increases your max HP and your current HP. If increasing your max HP automatically increased your current HP as well, it would be redundant and potentially confusing to state both parts separately. However, because your max HP is just an upper limit, and increasing it doesn't increase current HP automatically, it's necessary to state in the spell description that both are increased.
In short: max HP increases don't change your current HP unless stated otherwise (as aid's description does).
(Note that hit point maximum decreases can decrease your current hit points, because your current HP can never be above your max HP.)
answered Jan 16 at 0:11
V2BlastV2Blast
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$endgroup$
Current hit points are unaffected by hit point maximum increases
A character's hit point maximum is only the upper limit on the creature's current hit points:
A creature's current hit points (usually just called hit points) can be any number from the creature's hit point maximum down to 0.
This is reinforced in the section on healing:
When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are added to its current hit points. A creature's hit points can't exceed its hit point maximum, so any hit points regained in excess of this number are lost. For example, a druid grants a ranger 8 hit points of healing. If the ranger has 14 current hit points and has a hit point maximum of 20, the ranger regains 6 hit points from the druid, not 8.
Things that increase your hit point maximum (or remove an effect that was reducing your hit point maximum) have no effect on your current hit points unless stated otherwise.
This is reinforced by the wording of the aid spell:
Each target's hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 5 for the duration.
Note that aid separately increases your max HP and your current HP. If increasing your max HP automatically increased your current HP as well, it would be redundant and potentially confusing to state both parts separately. However, because your max HP is just an upper limit, and increasing it doesn't increase current HP automatically, it's necessary to state in the spell description that both are increased.
In short: max HP increases don't change your current HP unless stated otherwise (as aid's description does).
(Note that hit point maximum decreases can decrease your current hit points, because your current HP can never be above your max HP.)
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You don't automatically gain HP
Crawford answered a question on Twitter regarding what happens when the max-HP-reducing effect of Life Drain wears off:
When Life Drain wears off, the subject's hp maximum is no longer reduced, but there is no automatic restoration of hp.
This supports the fact that when an effect that reduces your maximum HP is removed, you don't automatically gain HP. Since exhaustion and life drain reduce maximum hit points in the same manner, this ruling also works for exhaustion.
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You don't automatically gain HP
Crawford answered a question on Twitter regarding what happens when the max-HP-reducing effect of Life Drain wears off:
When Life Drain wears off, the subject's hp maximum is no longer reduced, but there is no automatic restoration of hp.
This supports the fact that when an effect that reduces your maximum HP is removed, you don't automatically gain HP. Since exhaustion and life drain reduce maximum hit points in the same manner, this ruling also works for exhaustion.
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You don't automatically gain HP
Crawford answered a question on Twitter regarding what happens when the max-HP-reducing effect of Life Drain wears off:
When Life Drain wears off, the subject's hp maximum is no longer reduced, but there is no automatic restoration of hp.
This supports the fact that when an effect that reduces your maximum HP is removed, you don't automatically gain HP. Since exhaustion and life drain reduce maximum hit points in the same manner, this ruling also works for exhaustion.
edited Jan 16 at 4:29
V2Blast
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answered Jan 16 at 4:05
VylixVylix
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You don't automatically gain HP
Crawford answered a question on Twitter regarding what happens when the max-HP-reducing effect of Life Drain wears off:
When Life Drain wears off, the subject's hp maximum is no longer reduced, but there is no automatic restoration of hp.
This supports the fact that when an effect that reduces your maximum HP is removed, you don't automatically gain HP. Since exhaustion and life drain reduce maximum hit points in the same manner, this ruling also works for exhaustion.
edited Jan 16 at 4:29
V2Blast
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answered Jan 16 at 4:05
VylixVylix
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V2Blast
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V2Blast
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Is your question specifically about the case with exhaustion, or are you interested in whether curing any effect affecting your hit point maximum will affect current hit points?
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– V2Blast
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Related: Do you gain current HP when you level up?
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The “from exhaustion” part is central to the question, and therefore belongs in the title. (There are other ways to lose maximum HP that this shouldn’t be mistaken for in our titles list.)
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– SevenSidedDie♦
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@SevenSidedDie: I assume OP's edit to their own question was in response to my question in my earlier comment. I guessed that they intended to ask about the general case to begin with since they used "for example" in introducing the exhaustion example, and since their original title didn't mention exhaustion (that was added in your edit). I don't think the "from exhaustion" part is central to the question at all - it just happens to be the example they used to illustrate what they mean by their broader question.
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