How is Undead Bonus HP calculated with no Con Mod


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I am looking at these undead in the beatiary

Allip
Devourer
Ghost
Ghoul
Huecuva
Lich
Mohrg
Mummy
Shadow
Shadow, greater
Skeleton, champion
Wight
Wraith

Grand Lodge

Using their CHA bonus.

Undead Type wrote:

Traits: An undead creature possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature's entry).

• No Constitution score. Undead use their Charisma score in place of their Constitution score when calculating hit points, Fortitude saves, and any special ability that relies on Constitution (such as when calculating a breath weapon's DC).


TriOmegaZero wrote:

Using their CHA bonus.

Undead Type wrote:

Traits: An undead creature possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature's entry).

• No Constitution score. Undead use their Charisma score in place of their Constitution score when calculating hit points, Fortitude saves, and any special ability that relies on Constitution (such as when calculating a breath weapon's DC).

Thanks for your help. Where in the rule book can I find that.

Grand Lodge

Pages 309-310 of the Bestiary, not the Core Rulebook. No problem, happy to help.


Some later undead from 3.5 had unholy toughness, which gave them bonus hp based on their Cha mod. If I'm pathfinderizing some of those guys should I just double up on that bonus? What do people think on this?

Silver Crusade

Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

The unholy toughness was an attempt to rectify the fact that Undead HP was laughable in 3.5. Take a stock 3.5 Dracolich - without Unholy Toughness it wasn't even barely a threat.

My advice is to rebulid 3.5 undead HD and HP in line with PF Bestiary guidelines.


When running templated or homebrewed undead, i just give undead a Con score, and attribute it instead of being healthy life force to 'actual strength of the composition of the material it is built from'.

Undead are also immune to effects that lower or damage their con scores.

when running undead from the book, i run them as written.

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