Task | Profession Skill | DC |
Determine hardness and hitpoints of a structure | Architect or engineer | 20 |
Prepare trail rations (takes 1 hour per day’s worth of rations) | Baker or cook | 10 |
Obtain a legal permit | Barrister or clerk | 15 |
Get someone released from jail who has been imprisoned for a minor crime1 | Barrister | 20 |
Ask a special favor from a judge (such as arresting someone) | Barrister | 30 |
Brew alcohol of exceptional quality | Brewer | 20 |
Notice poison in a beverage | Brewer | 25 |
Skin an animal and tan the hide | Butcher, shepherd, or tanner | 10 |
Slaughter and butcher an animal | Butcher, cook, or shepherd | 15 |
Reduce a legal fine or tax by half the result of the check in gp2 | Clerk | 20+ |
Cook a meal of exceptional quality | Cook | 20 |
Notice poison in food | Cook | 25 |
Find potential clients within an establishment or large group | Courtesan | 10 |
Assess a social hierarchy | Courtesan | 15 |
Continue steering a vehicle when you take damage | Driver or sailor | 5 |
Take cover (as the Ride skill) while steering a vehicle | Driver or sailor | 15 |
Identify a non-creature plant | Farmer or gardener | 10 |
Rejuvenate dying plants | Farmer or gardener | 15 |
Provide 1 day’s worth of food for yourself and others in the wild or trapper | Fisherman or trapper | 153 |
Recall the rules of a game of chance | Gambler | 10 |
Get a hunch regarding whether a game is rigged | Gambler | 20 |
Reduce an average or lower cost of living by 50% | Innkeeper | 153 |
Sate hunger or thirst for 1 day | Herbalist | 10 |
Identify common medicinal herbs | Herbalist | 10 |
Identify rare medicinal herbs | Herbalist | 15 |
Aid another on a Knowledge check using reference material | Librarian | 5 |
Recall the name of a rare book | Librarian | 15 |
Determine where an item was manufactured | Merchant | 104 |
Recall where a common good fetches a higher price | Merchant | 15 |
Safely deliver a child | Midwife | 15 |
Safely deliver a child despite complications | Midwife | 20 |
Grind a small piece of a nonmagical substance into powder hardness | Miller | 10+hardness |
Identify common metal or semiprecious stone | Miner | 5 |
Identify rare metal or precious gem | Miner | 15 |
Ignore half hardness when attacking a stone or metal object | Miner | 20 |
Increase carrying capacity for 8 hours as if Strength were 2 higher | Porter | 15 |
Unload a vessel in half the normal time | Porter | 20 |
Navigate a ship in fair conditions | Sailor | 20 |
Pilot a ship safely through a hazardous seaway | Sailor | 25+ |
Determine which scribe wrote a document | Scribe | 104 |
Copy a document (30 minutes per page; requires a blank book) | Scribe | 10 |
Illuminate a manuscript (1 hour per page) | Scribe | 20 |
Determine the quality of woolen textiles | Shepherd | 10 |
Determine whether a weapon or armor is of masterwork quality | Soldier | 10 |
Estimate the size of a military force | Soldier | 15 |
Identify advantages and disadvantages of a military formation | Soldier | 20 |
Keep horses fed in the wild | Stable master | 10 |
Fit or remove barding in half the normal time | Stable master | 15 |
Recognize damaged or sabotaged horse tack | Stable master | 20 |
Determine the quality of leatherwork (and tell if it’s masterwork quality) | Tanner | 10 |
Aid another on an Escape Artist check to get out of a trap or snare | Trapper | 5 |
Reset a trap in half the normal amount of time | Trapper | 20 |
Scavenge wood suitable for campfire or shelter | Woodcutter | 5 |
Ignore half hardness when attacking wooden object | Woodcutter | 20 |
1 A major crime typically requires a trial involving a series of Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, Profession (barrister), and Sense Motive skill checks, as well as appropriate Knowledge checks.