If you could have one skill...

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If you could have one skill, what would it be?

Animal Empathy
25
9%
Appraise
24
9%
Heal
44
16%
Hide/MS
62
23%
Listen/Spot
15
5%
Open Lock
11
4%
Pickpocket
10
4%
Persuade
61
22%
Preform
14
5%
Intimidate/Taunt
7
3%
 
Total votes: 273

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Emotionaloverload
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If you could have one skill...

Post by Emotionaloverload » Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:13 pm

What would it be?

I would pick animal empathy so I wouldn't feel like such a butt whenever I have to betray my kitty to the vet.


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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Grunf » Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:35 pm

Shame on you, no one would heal and do good to other ppl but would persuade others to do nasty things, Arelith is Lawfull evil server haha.

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by WanderingPoet » Sun Nov 26, 2017 5:55 am

Search, its not on the list but being able to find missing things would be nice!
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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by TimeAdept » Sun Nov 26, 2017 6:26 am

WanderingPoet wrote:Search, its not on the list but being able to find missing things would be nice!
If you had higher Search you could vote for it.

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Ozzy.nl » Sun Nov 26, 2017 8:52 am

I would go for heal.
Broken bone, grab the first aid and good to go.
Internal bleeding, grab the first aid kit and you be jumping in no time.

Definitly the way to go!

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by azrael_athing » Sun Nov 26, 2017 1:04 pm

Does "listen/spot" comes with a sidedish of "paying attention", I think it would do wonders for my grades.

Edit: On second thought, that would be covered by Concentration/Dicipline

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Bashagain » Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:50 pm

For my character: Heal. Save a friend from dying and you won’t have to persuade them. They listen.
For myself: Heal. Save some lives and git monay~
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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Diilicious » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:19 pm

Pursuade is easily the most applicable to the real world unless you are a specialist in a particular field.

you can ace any interview, win any arguement with your spouse, reach the highest levels of society, own anything you want, pick any partner you want.

I mean heal is good but how many people break bones or suffer internal bleeding? if you're a surgeon or other medical practitioner then yea. but youd probably end up being killed by people because you would basically be performing miracles and there are plenty of wackos out there.

listen/spot, is good if you want only meagre skills and be as close to a normal person as possible without only a slight advantage. but if you could just convince the lecturer that you deserve to get full marks, and they give you full marks... *shrugg* who wins in the end?
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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Lorkas » Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:45 pm

pfft an NPC with no class levels can't deal damage fast enough to kill someone with ranks in heal

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by High Primate » Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:27 pm

Maxed out persuade with Epic Skill Focus.
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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Waddles » Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:25 am

Picked perform in the poll because, heck, that could scoot over into a lot.

But I'd be picking lore if it were available with no hesitation.
Because understanding all languages would be amazing!

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by If Valor Were Inches » Wed Dec 27, 2017 5:52 pm

Animal Empathy, an incredible skill to have as a pet owner.

Persuade is a close second though.

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by MoreThanThree » Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:07 pm

Discipline
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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Echohawk » Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:47 pm

If you ever knew me in RL intimidation is like.. the last thing I will ever be known for.

Ever.
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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by PenguinNinja » Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:26 pm

Hide/MS. Because I'm a weird creep.

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Poolbrain » Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:21 am

Concentration

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by ActionReplay » Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:35 pm

But where's the Discipline? hmm...

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Yellena » Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:49 am

*Approaches quietly*

Lore... Epic Focus on it.

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by WinkinBlinkin » Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:20 pm

Maxed out appraise, please.

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Dalek Caan » Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:45 pm

Perform is fun.

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Zaravella » Fri Aug 24, 2018 1:20 pm

Heal... definately.
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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Artenides » Wed Aug 29, 2018 7:31 am

Persuade.... to persuade everyone around me that I have maxed skills for everything else. :) Or too much?
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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by darthkitteh » Tue Sep 04, 2018 4:52 pm

Real Life or for a character?

Parry? (for both? XD)
Cus its actually fun to use most of the time in game...

and in RL just imagine being THAT good, would be amazing especially at LARP =^.^=
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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Vrass » Tue Sep 04, 2018 6:01 pm

Hide/Move-Silently. Because sneaking around is fun and occasionally useful.

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Re: If you could have one skill...

Post by Commissar » Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:28 am

Concentration.
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