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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 9786360" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>Thanks folks so much for engaging with the topic. So a quick and dirty summary of the data shared. With this huge sample of 16.</p><p></p><p>I've assigned each skill a number between 1 and 18 depending on each poster's ranking. Apologies to the two posters that only ranked some of the skills. I've removed them from the data.</p><p></p><p>Perception and Investigation are clearly the high point - with Perception clearly ahead. Mainly due to DM inconsistency with investigation checks being folded into Perception.</p><p></p><p>Of the Influence skills Persuasion was solidly ahead with most posters placing it in the top 6. Deception was also a solid choice. Intimidation the least so, with some players putting it mid table and the others placing it very low.</p><p></p><p>The knowledge skills have fared quite badly, ranking from mid table to low. Arcana best placed in 8th place. Followed by Nature, History and Religion.</p><p></p><p>Athletics as described as a super stat ranging mid table but with some players placing it high. Acrobatics on the other hand was ranked opposite with some ranking it mid and some ranking it very low.</p><p></p><p>Medicine and Performance were ranked consistently the worst. Which is interesting as these could both be considered to vocational skills. It feels like other vocational skills are considered tool proficiencies - stone-working, alchemy etc. I wonder if Medicine and Performance couldn't have been considered like this instead. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]420518[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 9786360, member: 6879661"] Thanks folks so much for engaging with the topic. So a quick and dirty summary of the data shared. With this huge sample of 16. I've assigned each skill a number between 1 and 18 depending on each poster's ranking. Apologies to the two posters that only ranked some of the skills. I've removed them from the data. Perception and Investigation are clearly the high point - with Perception clearly ahead. Mainly due to DM inconsistency with investigation checks being folded into Perception. Of the Influence skills Persuasion was solidly ahead with most posters placing it in the top 6. Deception was also a solid choice. Intimidation the least so, with some players putting it mid table and the others placing it very low. The knowledge skills have fared quite badly, ranking from mid table to low. Arcana best placed in 8th place. Followed by Nature, History and Religion. Athletics as described as a super stat ranging mid table but with some players placing it high. Acrobatics on the other hand was ranked opposite with some ranking it mid and some ranking it very low. Medicine and Performance were ranked consistently the worst. Which is interesting as these could both be considered to vocational skills. It feels like other vocational skills are considered tool proficiencies - stone-working, alchemy etc. I wonder if Medicine and Performance couldn't have been considered like this instead. [ATTACH type="full" size="1282x945"]420518[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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