diff --git a/include/d/actor/d_a_passer_mng.h b/include/d/actor/d_a_passer_mng.h
index aa2a55c00f..981eff33b9 100644
--- a/include/d/actor/d_a_passer_mng.h
+++ b/include/d/actor/d_a_passer_mng.h
@@ -251,12 +251,13 @@ public:
         return paramLow << 8;
     }
 
+    // SizedGroup in d_a_passer_mng.cpp relies on this layout, any changes here should also be changed there
     struct Group {
         u8 field_0x00;
         int field_0x04[0];
     };
 
-    static Group* mGroupTbl[4];
+    static const Group* mGroupTbl[4];
 
 private:
     /* 0x568 */ fpc_ProcID* childProcIds;
diff --git a/src/d/actor/d_a_passer_mng.cpp b/src/d/actor/d_a_passer_mng.cpp
index b83c96a319..55a191ebe2 100644
--- a/src/d/actor/d_a_passer_mng.cpp
+++ b/src/d/actor/d_a_passer_mng.cpp
@@ -38,33 +38,40 @@ int daPasserMng_c::execute() {
     return 1;
 }
 
-static u8 const groupA[32] = {
-    0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x06, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07,
-    0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x05, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1B, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1D,
+// this is based off of daPasserMng_c::Group, any changes here should also be changed there
+template <int N>
+struct SizedGroup {
+    u8 field_0x00;
+    int field_0x04[N];
 };
 
-static u8 const groupB[36] = {
-    0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x11,
-    0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 0x12, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x13, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09,
-    0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0A, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0B,
+static SizedGroup<7> const groupA = {
+    7,
+    {0x11000004, 0x50000006, 0x01000007, 0x01000005, 0x0100001B, 0x0100001C, 0x0000001D},
 };
 
-static u8 const groupC[36] = {
-    0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
-    0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x17,
-    0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x19, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1A,
+static SizedGroup<8> const groupB = {
+    8,
+    {0x01000010, 0x10000011, 0x11000012, 0x10000013, 0x40000009, 0x40000008, 0x5000000A,
+     0x0100000B},
 };
 
-static u8 const groupD[32] = {
-    0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00, 0x15, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x16,
-    0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0F, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0D,
+static SizedGroup<8> const groupC = {
+    8,
+    {0x11000000, 0x11000001, 0x50000002, 0x01000003, 0x21000017, 0x10000018, 0x01000019,
+     0x1000001A},
 };
 
-daPasserMng_c::Group* daPasserMng_c::mGroupTbl[4] = {
-    (Group*)groupA,
-    (Group*)groupB,
-    (Group*)groupC,
-    (Group*)groupD,
+static SizedGroup<7> const groupD = {
+    7,
+    {0x01000014, 0x21000015, 0x00000016, 0x1100000C, 0x5000000E, 0x4000000F, 0x0100000D},
+};
+
+const daPasserMng_c::Group* daPasserMng_c::mGroupTbl[4] = {
+    (const Group*)&groupA,
+    (const Group*)&groupB,
+    (const Group*)&groupC,
+    (const Group*)&groupD,
 };
 
 int daPasserMng_c::getPasserParam() {
@@ -84,7 +91,7 @@ int daPasserMng_c::getPasserParam() {
     } else {
         groupInd = 0;
     }
-    Group* pGroup = mGroupTbl[groupInd];
+    const Group* pGroup = mGroupTbl[groupInd];
     int iVar5;
     do {
         iVar5 = cLib_getRndValue(0, (int)pGroup->field_0x00);