What is the precise relationship between Fighting and HP?

[monkeytor]

Followup: how does training more Fighting earlier than later affect a character's eventual max HP?

[VeryAngryFelid]

It does not matter. You will have the same max HP no matter if you started training Fighting at XL 1 or 27. The same holds true for all other skills, there is no memory/history in crawl, just current skills matter.

[asdu]

Learndb says the hp formula is Floor[(8 + Floor[(1+3*Fighting)/2]+Floor[11*XL/2]+Floor[Fighting*XL/14])*(1+Aptitude/10)]. Have fun with that.

[MainiacJoe]

It does not matter. You will have the same max HP no matter if you started training Fighting at XL 1 or 27. The same holds true for all other skills, there is no memory/history in crawl, just current skills matter.

While this is true for the effect of current skill values at the point in game-time when a function that needs that value is called, if I recall correctly the experience-point-to-skill-point conversion factor does change throughout the game, with skill points becoming progressively more expensive. So I think the most precise answer to OP is that the number of HP you have at Fighting = X is the same whenever you train it, but that the later you train it, the more expereince points it takes to get to Fighting = X. So you will get more HP/XP earlier than later, but you will always get the same HP/SP.

[Fingolfin]

It does not matter. You will have the same max HP no matter if you started training Fighting at XL 1 or 27. The same holds true for all other skills, there is no memory/history in crawl, just current skills matter.

While this is true for the effect of current skill values at the point in game-time when a function that needs that value is called, if I recall correctly the experience-point-to-skill-point conversion factor does change throughout the game, with skill points becoming progressively more expensive. So I think the most precise answer to OP is that the number of HP you have at Fighting = X is the same whenever you train it, but that the later you train it, the more expereince points it takes to get to Fighting = X. So you will get more HP/XP earlier than later, but you will always get the same HP/SP.

That may be true, but you also get LOTS more XP in the later game, which probably offsets this mechanism

[Implojin]

Learndb says the hp formula is Floor[(8 + Floor[(1+3*Fighting)/2]+Floor[11*XL/2]+Floor[Fighting*XL/14])*(1+Aptitude/10)]. Have fun with that.

Here's the code, which also handles temporary HP boosts not listed in the above formula:
https://github.com/crawl/crawl/blob/mas ... r.cc#L3855

[monkeytor]

Learndb says the hp formula is Floor[(8 + Floor[(1+3*Fighting)/2]+Floor[11*XL/2]+Floor[Fighting*XL/14])*(1+Aptitude/10)]. Have fun with that.

Here's the code, which also handles temporary HP boosts not listed in the above formula:
https://github.com/crawl/crawl/blob/mas ... r.cc#L3855

What is "Floor"?

[Sprucery]

What is "Floor"?

It means always rounding down, e.g. Floor(5.8) = 5.

[Siegurt]

Learndb says the hp formula is Floor[(8 + Floor[(1+3*Fighting)/2]+Floor[11*XL/2]+Floor[Fighting*XL/14])*(1+Aptitude/10)]. Have fun with that.

Here's the code, which also handles temporary HP boosts not listed in the above formula:
https://github.com/crawl/crawl/blob/mas ... r.cc#L3855

What is "Floor"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKupOsaJmk