Learn how to get beefy and survive another round against those pesky ghouls your DM is throwing at you. Want to be a tanky wizard or a hit eating Warlock? Read on to learn if the tough feat might be right for your build.

What Is Tough 5e?

The tough feat helps your character get more hit point the more you level. The amount of hitpoint you get is not related to your CON stat or your character’s hit dice. So even if you are a tiny Wizard or a giant Barbarian you will still get the same amount of extra hit points.

Your hit point maximum increases by an amount equal to twice your level when you gain this feat. Whenever you gain a level thereafter, your hit point maximum increases by an additional 2 hit points.

How Does Tough Work?

The Tough feat has two main components.

1. Whenever you choose this feat you immediately get two times your level amount of hitpoints. If you are level four you get eight extra hit points. If you choose this at level eleven you get a staggering twenty two extra hit points.
2. For each level you gain after you have chosen this feat you get an additional two hitpoint on top of your normal hit point increase.

Classes for whom this feat will be great are the ones that will not gain that many hit points with each level up such as the Wizard and Sorcerer class.

Is Tough Good?

The tough feat is a very niche feat. If you are a barbarian or a fighter you might not notice the amount of extra hit points that much. If you are playing a low CON or class with a low hit dice, like the wizard the extra hit points do stack up. This feat might be the difference between going down and getting that clutch misty step off to escape a close encounter.

Learn more about all the feats you can choose in D&D 5e by taking a look at our Feats list

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