How is a monster's breath weapon calculated in Starfinder?
The only place I can find any discussion of DCs for breath weapons is in the write-up for the dragon gland, where the DC is equal to 10 + half your level + your Constitution modifier. I thought perhaps that for monsters it would be a DC equal to 10 + half the monster's CR + the monster's Constitution modifier, but that doesn't jive with the blue dragon entry.
Any ideas? Did I miss something?
How is a monster's breath weapon calculated in Starfinder?
The only place I can find any discussion of DCs for breath weapons is in the write-up for the dragon gland, where the DC is equal to 10 + half your level + your Constitution modifier. I thought perhaps that for monsters it would be a DC equal to 10 + half the monster's CR + the monster's Constitution modifier, but that doesn't jive with the blue dragon entry.
Any ideas? Did I miss something?
It's based on their CR and Array, possibly modified by certain grafts.
AA1 127
"Ability and Spell DCs: Use the Ability DC entry for all
the NPC’s abilities, such as a breath weapon or poison,
that don’t function as spells."
Monsters abilities aren't calculated based on stats.
However, they should probably have a reference to what stat it's attached to, in the event something reduces their stats. Although I'm not sure if effects that do that exist anymore (don't remember off the top of my head). Such that a -4 to the stat attached to the ability, should reduce the DC by 2.