You can't really learn the formula for the DC by level chart, unfortunately. So, yeah, it's an important one.
I'd personally keep the characters information (saves, perception, recall knowledge skills) at hand for Secret checks.
If it's your first time, I'd certainly also make a cheat sheet about basic actions and what DC they face. Like Perception for Feint, Reflex for Trip and so on. This sheet can be equally useful for you and your players.
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I'm asking because I'm blind, so things like GM screens and such are less help to me, and I tend to make a slew of notepad docs with the information copied down and jiggered to fit better with how I read stuff.
If you are okay with reading off screens in a pinch, this page is an honest to goodness wonder.
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If you are okay with reading off screens in a pinch, this page is an honest to goodness wonder.
I'm asking because I'm blind, so things like GM screens and such are less help to me, and I tend to make a slew of notepad docs with the information copied down and jiggered to fit better with how I read stuff.
Creature Identification is a big one but also something you could just improvise worst case.
XP Rewards for encounters you can look up in advance and note down but that table + the encounter budget are essential for any encounters you want to change or create from scratch.
Simple DCs are the same as the Treat Wounds DC and Treat Wounds is something that happens a lot in my experience, so that's 2 tables for the price of one and it's a good value for improvising DCs that aren't tied to levels but difficulty of a task.
Adjusting DC I think you can always just make up on the spot, I was surprised to find there's actually a table for it.
Go for it OP, GMing is a considerable amount of work but it's really rewarding and fun in an entirely different way to playing.