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Hello everyone!

So 2 years ago I made a poll to analyze the power of all of the classes (Results can be found here). I asked people to rate their class from 1 to 10, and while the results were interesting, it wasn't easy to compare them to one another.

So to make the polls slightly easier to draw conclusions from, I made a new poll!

In this one I'd like you to take the character classes in your party, and sort them from most effective to least effective (considering overall performance, in and out of combat).

I also added questions about people's ancestries and how fun their characters are, cuz why not.

The poll can be found here.

I've given everyone access to the results so you can view them WHILE THE POLL IS STILL LIVE. Here's the link.

You can use the RESULTS tab to view the raw results and filter them as you like, and then use the GRAPHS tab to see graphs relating to your filtered results table.

Please answer once per character you own, and don't skew the results on purpose.

A link to the corresponding reddit post can be found here.

Edit1: I added GM as an option so GMs can contribute

Okay so my players are constantly trying to shut their opponents up so they won't call for help or cast spells. In order to handle this and make gagging mechanically interesting, I tried making homebrew rules for that, but I'm really unsure whether these rules are too harsh on spellcasters, whether it's spellcasting monsters or spellcasting players being gagged by intelligent monsters:

GAGGED - CONDITION

Your mouth is blocked by another creature’s wrist, a piece of cloth or by some other means. Only creatures within 5 feet of you can hear your voice, and you can’t eat or drink anything – including elixirs and potions. If you attempt an action with the auditory trait while gagged, you must succeed at a DC 5 flat check or it is lost.

Creatures with no mouth or multiple mouths are immune to this condition (At the DM’s discretion, one may gag all the creature’s mouths independently).

GAG ◆ (Attack) - ATHLETICS SKILL ACTION

Requirements: Your target is grappled or restrained. You have at least one free hand or you are currently using a hand to grapple/restrain your target. Your target isn’t more than one size larger than you.

You attempt to gag a creature using your free hand or the hand you are currently using to grapple/restrain that creature. Attempt an Athletics check against their Fortitude DC. If you choose to use the hand you are currently using to grapple/restrain the creature, you take a -2 circumstance penalty to this check.

Success Your target is gagged until the end of your next turn, until the target stops being grabbed/restrained or until you move away. If you used the hand you are currently using to grapple the creature, your Athletics DC versus your target’s attempts to Escape takes a -2 penalty for the same duration.
Critical Failure If you used the hand you are currently using to grapple/restrain your target, this has the same effect as the Critical Failure of the Grapple action (CRB 242).

RESTRAINER (General, Skill) - ATHLETICS SKILL FEAT 7

Creatures grappled or gagged by you that attempt an action with the manipulate or auditory traits respectively, must succeed at a DC 9 flat check instead of a DC 5 flat check, or lose their action.

Hello fellow players,

I was wondering what's the current meta of classes and ancestries in the game, so I created a google form:

google form

Here's a link to the results spreadsheet:

results

You can filter the results in the "Responses" tab and then view the relevant graphs in the "Graphs" tab.

This was also posted on the unofficial pathfinder 2e subreddit (reddit post)