Defenses

If there’s a physical component that a character could break, you’ll need to determine the hazard’s AC, Fortitude save, and Reflex save, using the extreme, high, and low values (preceded by E, H, or L on the table) as well as its Hardness, HP, and Broken Threshold (BT). When building a purely magical or formless hazard, you can skip this section.

Table 2–15: Defenses

		Level EAC HAC LAC E Save H Save L Save Hardness HP
–1	18 15	12 +9	+8	+2	2–4 11–13
0	19 16 13	+10	+9	+3	3–5 15–17
1	19 16 13	+11	+10	+4	5–7 23–25
2	21 18 15	+12	+11	+5	7–9 30–34
3	22 19	16 +14	+12	+6	10–12 42–46
4	24 21	18 +15	+14	+8	11–13 46–50
5	25 22 19	+17	+15	+9	12–14 50–54
6	27	24 21 +18	+17	+11	13–15 54–58
7		28 25 22 +20	+18	+12	14–16 58–62
8	30	27 24 +21	+19	+13	15–17 62–66
9	31	28 25 +23	+21	+15	16–18 66–70
10	33 30 27	+24	+22	+16	17–19 70–74
11	34	31 28 +26	+24	+18	19–21 78–82
12	36	33 30 +27	+25	+19	20–22 82–86
13	37 34 31	+29	+26	+20	21–23 86–90
14	39	36 33 +30	+28	+22	22–24 90–94
15	40	37 34 +32	+29	+23	23–25 94–98
16	42	39 36 +33	+30	+25	25–27 101–107
17	43	40 37 +35	+32	+26	27–29 109–115
18	45	42 39 +36	+33	+27	29–31 117–123
19	46	43 40 +38	+35	+29	31–33 125–131
20	48	45 42 +39	+36	+30	33–35 133–139
21	49	46 43 +41	+38	+32	36–38 144–152
22	51	48 45 +43	+39	+33	39–41 156–164
23	52	49 46 +44	+40	+34	44–46 168–176
24	54	51 48 +46	+42	+36	46–50 180–188

• The Broken Threshold is usually half the hazard’s HP.

Some hazards, even high-level ones, don’t make sense with a high Hardness value. In those cases, you can skip the Hardness and use the HP values from table 2–7: Hit Points on page 63. Especially for complex hazards, you might want to divide the durability over multiple sections, located in different positions, to encourage teamwork and mobility.