Yeah, true! Maybe even just looking for characters that have different values for "created on" and "last time edited" will filter out lots of characters that were never played. There still is an argument to be made for people printing sheets but I doubt that can be included. DDB probably knows...
So, "last time edited" is a thing that I did find. I'm sure they have more detailled info interally on that. However I think it's difficult to just assume that people not using hit points means that they aren't actively using the character. Obviously printing a sheet completely takes it out of...
Hi, I created the dataset. I don't think custom lineage is represented well at all. "Lineage" is there as a race but I also filtered out any class with less than 5 occurrences since people use homebrew ones as well. I'm not sure if custom lineage is simply not used much (at least in my sample...
Hi, I created the dataset. I did not have any info on the "active status" (if they even have such a thing). There is a "date_modified" but it doesn't tell you more than that.
Hi, I created the dataset and I am realizing that I really should have had a "total" column for the classes/races so you wouldn't have to do the maths.
Hi, I'm the creator of the dataset. I think you are absolutely correct that people create characters without playing them. I'm not sure how much of an impact this has since free accounts only get a limited number of slots. I'm not sure how to filter them out though.
Levels don't work because...