Apr 05 2010

“Page 42” for Pathfinder (Revisited)

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(Note: This is an update of material originally posted to my LiveJournal.)

If you’re familiar with D&D 4E, then you’re probably familiar with the famous “page 42” of the DMG, which contains your “go to” table for quickly figuring skill DCs, improvised hazard damage, and whatnot. This is a GM’s second best friend (after +2/-2), and I was a bit disappointed that there wasn’t something similar for Pathfinder. So I put this together using the “Monster Stats by CR” as my starting point.

Traps/Hazards/Skill Challenges by CR
Desired
CR 		Trap/Hazard Attacks
Low Saving
Throw DC 		High Saving
Throw DC 		Low Attack
Bonus 		High Attack
Bonus 		Low
Damage 		Medium Damage High
Damage
1 9 12 +1 +2 1d6+2 1d6+2 2d6
2 9 13 +3 +4 2d6+1 2d6+2 3d6
3 10 14 +4 +6 3d6 3d6 3d6+2
4 10 15 +6 +8 3d6+2 4d6 4d6+2
5 11 15 +7 +10 4d6+1 5d6 5d6+2
6 11 16 +9 +12 5d6+2 6d6 7d6
7 12 17 +9 +13 6d6+2 7d6+2 8d6+2
8 12 18 +11 +15 7d6+2 8d6+2 10d6
9 13 18 +12 +17 8d6+2 9d6+2 11d6+2
10 13 19 +13 +18 9d6+2 11d6 13d6
11 14 20 +14 +19 11d6 12d6+1 14d6+1
12 15 21 +15 +21 11d6+2 13d6+2 15d6+2
13 15 21 +16 +22 13d6 14d6+2 17d6
14 16 22 +17 +23 14d6 15d6+2 18d6+2
15 16 23 +18 +24 15d6 17d6 20d6
16 17 24 +19 +26 17d6 19d6+2 23d6
17 18 24 +20 +27 19d6+2 22d6 25d6+2
18 18 25 +21 +28 21d6+2 24d6+1 28d6+2
19 19 26 +21 +29 23d6+2 27d6 31d6+2
20 20 27 +22 +30 25d6+2 29d6 34d6+1


Skill Challenge DCs
Desired CR Ability Check/
Very Easy 		Easy Medium Moderate Hard Heroic
1 10 12 16 16 20 30
2 11 13 16 17 21 31
3 11 13 17 18 22 32
4 11 13 17 19 23 33
5 11 14 18 20 24 34
6 12 14 18 21 25 35
7 12 14 19 22 26 36
8 12 15 19 23 27 37
9 12 15 20 24 28 38
10 13 15 20 25 29 39
11 13 16 21 26 30 40
12 13 16 21 27 31 41
13 13 16 22 28 32 42
14 14 17 22 29 33 43
15 14 17 23 30 34 44
16 14 17 23 31 35 45
17 14 18 24 32 36 46
18 15 18 24 33 37 47
19 15 18 25 34 38 48
20 15 19 25 35 39 49

(larger, printable version –>)

The skill check values are based on the following assumptions:

Very Easy: No skill ranks, low or no ability score bonus, etc.
Easy: Minimal skill ranks, +2 in buffs/aid another help.
Medium: 1/2 level skill ranks (or high ability scores, buffs, aid another, etc.).
Moderate: 1/2 level skill ranks, +5 in training/buffs/aid another help.
Hard: Full skill ranks, +9 in training/buffs/aid another help.
Heroic: Full skill ranks, +14 in training/buffs/aid another help, roll 15+.

The attack rolls, damage, etc., are all taken from the monster stats by CR. Generally speaking, you should stick to a CR 2-3 points lower than your average party level.

Thoughts?

-The Gneech

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10 responses to ““Page 42” for Pathfinder (Revisited)”

  1. Cobalt says:
    April 6, 2010 at 5:14 am

    It looks solid to me, but I’m not sure how much pathfinder differs from D&D 3.5 rules if at all.

    If my desk wasn’t a horrible mass of papers I would certainly print it up to reference for the game I’m about to start running.

  2. Alcamtar says:
    April 15, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    very cool!

  3. John Reyst says:
    December 6, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    Hey Gneech! I’d like to discuss something with you regarding your table above but am unable to find an email address to contact you via. Can you email me back when you have a moment?

    Thanks!

    –john

  4. Monele says:
    July 10, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    Cool stuff and great for improvising!

    • The Gneech says:
      July 10, 2011 at 1:58 pm

      Thanks! :) I’d love to hear any play reports if you get a chance to use it.

      -TG

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  6. Kenneth Newquist says:
    September 4, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    Excellent — this is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I used skill challenges extensively in my Star Wars: Saga Edition campaign, relying on the Skill DCs table of Scum and Villainy (and Galaxy at War, Galaxy of Intrigue, etc.).

    It was my best friend at the table, and I’ve been searching for a similar chart to use in my upcoming Pathfinder campaign.

    Many thanks!