Merudo
2019-01-29, 05:00 PM
I've searched through the adventure Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and counted the number of times that a given skill is used in an ability check.
Here are my results:
Athletics: 48
Acrobatics: 6
Sleight of Hand: 3
Stealth: 9
Arcana: 6
Investigation: 15
History: 3
Nature: 3
Religion: 4
Animal Handling: 3
Insight: 10
Medicine: 0
Perception: 56
Survival: 3
Deception: 9
Intimidation: 16
Performance: 1
Persuasion: 22
So the main skills are Perception (56), Athletics (48), Persuasion (22), Intimidation (16), and Investigation (15).
Note that some of these skills will actually show up more often than listed in the book, simply because the checks are a result of player actions. That's especially the case for social skills, Stealth, and Sleigh of Hand.
Here are my results:
Athletics: 48
Acrobatics: 6
Sleight of Hand: 3
Stealth: 9
Arcana: 6
Investigation: 15
History: 3
Nature: 3
Religion: 4
Animal Handling: 3
Insight: 10
Medicine: 0
Perception: 56
Survival: 3
Deception: 9
Intimidation: 16
Performance: 1
Persuasion: 22
So the main skills are Perception (56), Athletics (48), Persuasion (22), Intimidation (16), and Investigation (15).
Note that some of these skills will actually show up more often than listed in the book, simply because the checks are a result of player actions. That's especially the case for social skills, Stealth, and Sleigh of Hand.