Saving Throws¶

Saves are a d20 roll — equal or exceed the listed value to succeed. Multi-class characters use the best save of any of their classes at its respective level.

The five save categories:

Save vs. Death — paralysis (any source), poison (any strength), spells/items that kill outright.
Save vs. Wand — rods, staves, and wands, when no higher-priority save applies.
Save vs. Polymorph — petrification and forced shape-change.
Save vs. Breath — dragon-breath-style cones and similar AoEs.
Save vs. Spell — magical attacks not classified elsewhere; the catch-all.

Warrior¶

Fighter, Ranger, Paladin, Barbarian.

Level	Death	Wand	Polymorph	Breath	Spell
1–2	14	16	15	17	17
3–4	13	15	14	16	16
5–6	11	13	12	13	14
7–8	10	12	11	12	13
9–10	8	10	9	9	11
11–12	7	9	8	8	10
13–14	5	7	6	5	8
15–16	4	6	5	4	7
17+	3	5	4	4	6

Monk¶

Level	Death	Wand	Polymorph	Breath	Spell
1–3	10	14	13	16	13
4–6	9	13	12	15	12
7–8	7	11	10	13	10
9	6	10	9	12	9
10–12	5	9	8	11	8
13–15	4	8	7	10	7
16–18	3	7	6	9	6
19+	1	5	4	7	4

Priest¶

Cleric, Druid, Paladin (technically saves as a Priest at low levels but uses Warrior tables).

Level	Death	Wand	Polymorph	Breath	Spell
1–3	10	14	13	16	15
4–6	9	13	12	15	14
7–9	7	11	10	13	12
10–12	6	10	9	12	11
13–15	5	9	8	11	10
16–18	4	8	7	10	9
19+	2	6	5	8	7

Wizard¶

Mage, Sorcerer.

Level	Death	Wand	Polymorph	Breath	Spell
1–5	14	11	13	15	12
6–10	13	9	11	13	10
11–15	11	7	9	11	8
16–20	10	5	7	9	6
21+	8	3	5	7	4

Rogue¶

Thief, Bard.

Level	Death	Wand	Polymorph	Breath	Spell
1–4	13	14	12	16	15
5–8	12	12	11	15	13
9–12	11	10	10	14	11
13–16	10	8	9	13	9
17–20	9	6	8	12	7
21+	8	4	7	11	5

Short-race Constitution bonuses¶

Halflings and dwarves add this bonus to saves vs. Death, Wand, and Spell. Gnomes add it only to Wand and Spell saves.

Constitution	Bonus
≤3	—
4–6	+1
7–10	+2
11–13	+3
14–17	+4
18+	+5

Source: iwdee/original_manuals/IWDEE - Mastering Melee & Magic.pdf — "Appendix 5: Saving Throws", "Saving Throws by Class", "Saving Throws for Short Races".