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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 7562397" data-attributes="member: 67296">The immediate breakdown that comes to my mind is that, taking your example:10 levels out of 20 (50%) are fighter1 level out of 20 (5%) is cleric9 levels out of 20 (45%) are wizardYou’d need to compare for each character level (i.e. 20 times) so that a 10th level fighter doesn’t “weigh” ten times as much as a 1st level fighter, but that’s not out of scope of what D&D beyond can do.The science of statistics is not my forte, but it is a well established one. It should be easy(ish) to apply since they possess all the data and shouldn’t have to do much projection past active vs test characters (which even with their method surely imply a certain margin of error). Therefore, I tent to trust the presentation of this data.If there is any pitfall, it would be to believe that D&D beyond, regardless how accurate the presentation of their data, provides an accurate reprensentation of all gaming circles. I don’t think the D&D beyond statistics are very representative of the tendencies of these forums, but then again, I don’t think the tendencies of these forums are representative of the majority of D&D players.At any case, none of the data that was presented seemed out of place for me, and I wouldn’t dismiss the popularity of the champion fighter (and life cleric, and berserker barbarian) as skewed because they are easily accessible and available. Those factors must be part of the statistics.</blockquote>

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