Specific Checks
Pathfinder Core Rulebook (Second Edition), page 446
While most checks follow these basic rules, it’s useful to know about a few specific types of checks, how they’re used, and how they differ from one another.
In this section
- Attack Rolls When you use a Strike action or any other attack action, you attempt a check called an attack roll.
- Spell Attack Rolls If you cast spells, you might be able to make a spell attack roll. These rolls are usually made when a spell makes an attack against a creature’s AC.
- Perception Perception measures your ability to be aware of your environment. Every creature has Perception, which works with and is limited by a creature’s senses (described on page 464).
- Saving Throws There are three types of saving throws: Fortitude
- Skill Checks Pathfinder has a variety of skills, from Athletics to Medicine to Occultism. Each grants you a set of related actions that rely on you rolling a skill check.
- Notating Total Modifiers When creating your character and adventuring you’ll record the total modifier for various important checks on your character sheet.