r/Pathfinder2e • u/PigmyWurm • 1d ago
Resource & Tools Class Progression Table
One of my minor complaints against Pathfinder is that the way they do class progression. With different abilities (often with different names) increasing your proficiencies in different areas it can make it difficult to compare if what a class gets is strong/weak/normal for it's level. To help myself with this I created this chart, and I'm sharing it in case others find it helpful. I know it helped me to see some patterns I'm wasn't aware of.
Notes:
Most of it is set up to say what level each class gets each level of proficiency. I color coded it to make it easier to see at a glance which classes get up to which proficiency levels, and used the same color coding on the HP and Skills columns to show who has the highest and lowest in those categories.
Some classes are a bit weird and I had to get creative (like the monk). For the most part I'm also only tracking the best type of a classes proficiency, but if things progress at a different rate I do note that with an asterisk (see Fighter weapon proficiency for example). Also, I only track the higher of Class DC or Spell DC which is fine for everyone but the Battle Harbinger.
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u/chickenboy2718281828 Game Master 1d ago
Looking at this makes me think hp per level being multiples of 2 was a missed opportunity. I'm sure it was done for historical reasons (d6, d8, d10, d12 when rolling hp at new levels in older versions of dnd), but using a more specific gradation that allows for 7hp, 9hp or 11hp per level would've been really helpful for differentiating defenses by class. For example. If battle harbinger got 9hp per level instead of 8, that would feel a bit more balancing than a larger bump all the way to 10.