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[AbdulAlhazred]

There is no such table in the RC, nor any mention of either monster design or 'page 42'. The RC (mostly) tends to stick to describing only the 'closed' sections of the rules which don't require interpretation (IE the parts which aren't guidelines). Anything that relates to purely DM preparation type stuff is going to be only in the DM's Kit. Guidelines like "page 42" are also likely to be found there. Presumably this is not a 'rule' but a framework and set of guidelines for the DM to use. Now, why the rules for skill challenges are in the RC and page 42 isn't? Beats me...

 

[Zaran]

There is no such table in the RC, nor any mention of either monster design or 'page 42'. The RC (mostly) tends to stick to describing only the 'closed' sections of the rules which don't require interpretation (IE the parts which aren't guidelines). Anything that relates to purely DM preparation type stuff is going to be only in the DM's Kit. Guidelines like "page 42" are also likely to be found there. Presumably this is not a 'rule' but a framework and set of guidelines for the DM to use. Now, why the rules for skill challenges are in the RC and page 42 isn't? Beats me...

Maybe they needed to pad it out.

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

Maybe they needed to pad it out.

Yeah, it is hard to say. I could have suggested plenty of other thing that they could have padded it out with, like say the general Ritual Casting rules (true they are not really utilized by Essentials classes, but plenty of other non-Essentials stuff is at least defined in the RC).

I'd guess though it is basically one of those things. You have a bunch of people working on several books, with several ideas of what should be in which one, and a different team/editor in charge of each one, plus page count juggling, etc. Things are never perfectly logical.

 

[Saracenus]

Can any of you guys tell me whether the "damage by level" table is inside the rules compendium? As far as I found out the DC by level has made it, right?

Actually, the table you are looking for is in the Essentials Dungeon Master's Book, page 108, from the Dungeon Master's Kit.

You can also find it on the deluxe DM screen.