Q 206 Can someone explain to me how the dragolich Aurgloroasa's hit points are 387 with only 31d12 when the maximum should be 372? She's from Dragon Magazine 344. I see no Toughness of any kind on her.
While I am AFB at this time it is possible that this is just a mistake....
It wouldn't be the first time they have made typos.....
That said I seem to remember that Dracoliches gain bonus hit points based on their charisma.....
But as I said I am AFB so I could be mistaken.....
That's what I thought too. Until I looked up the dracolich in Draconomicon. The ancient blue dracolich in that has 33d12, and 214 HP. If you take 214 and divide it by the standard 6.5 half HD that you increase an NPC by, it's 32.9 HD (so they rounded it up).
All the Charisma does now is get used for its breath weapons, and other Con based attacks. It does not help with hit points, unfortunately. This is what Unholy Toughness is for in the later Monster Manuals. Or Undead Blessing, but that's a 3rd Party Splat book.