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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9383216" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I don't disagree, but there are two other considerations. 1) Player's who are new enough will still understand that higher numbers are good, and they may NOT know what the most common ability score pairings are. A character with a high wisdom, might not know that Insight, Medicine, Animal Handling, and Perception are all wisdom options. Organizing it this way does make it easier for them to see what the most common skills are for their strengths. 2) Filling out the sheet this way is far far far easier. The point of listing the skills is often to combine your mod and the prof. By having your modifier in the same place as your skills, it simplifies the effort of going through and writing down your skill values. You can even forgo writing down skills you don't have, and you just need to look at the header for the box to see your modifier for the roll. I have seen enough people struggle with the alphabetical listing of skills, and trying to find things, that I am willing to give this one a shot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9383216, member: 6801228"] I don't disagree, but there are two other considerations. 1) Player's who are new enough will still understand that higher numbers are good, and they may NOT know what the [B][U]most common[/U][/B] ability score pairings are. A character with a high wisdom, might not know that Insight, Medicine, Animal Handling, and Perception are all wisdom options. Organizing it this way does make it easier for them to see what the most common skills are for their strengths. 2) Filling out the sheet this way is far far far easier. The point of listing the skills is often to combine your mod and the prof. By having your modifier in the same place as your skills, it simplifies the effort of going through and writing down your skill values. You can even forgo writing down skills you don't have, and you just need to look at the header for the box to see your modifier for the roll. I have seen enough people struggle with the alphabetical listing of skills, and trying to find things, that I am willing to give this one a shot. [/QUOTE]

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