Which is the best Speech Skill to roll into?

[Leo Major]

I decided to make a character that was 5 7 5 8 10 8 with the gifted feat

I am going to pick 1 speech skill to tag and plus 1. I decided to go with Persuasion but I was wondering which speech skill comes up the most in the game? Would it be better to tag Streetwise or Impersonate?

[skaudus]

Streetwise is generally more used. If you tag both Persuasion and Streetwise you can pass almost every speech check in the game without breaking a sweat.

[LDiCesare]

I don't really get why there are 3 skills by the way.
Most of the time, you will increase both streetwise and persuasion (and often impersonate) if you use even just one of them.
They don't lead to different outcomes either, so they are just kind of fluff.
A few tests require one of them specifically, streetwise being the most common, but it's rare.

[Blackdragon]

With high Charisma I found Persuasion to be a more reliable choice. However, a lot of dialogues rely on two social skills. And all three level up when you succeed on a diplomatic solution (or use a teaching module). So, if you want to have a "talker" character, the best way is to level all three, and use the highest checks for the most learning points.

As for tags, if you build a talker character then you will have high charisma (probably 10 and Cult Leader/Master Trader to boot). In that case tags may not even be necessary. However, you will have to at least invest 1 skill point in every social skill you want to develop, otherwise you'll be stuck failing checks to get enough learning points to even reach level 2.

[stadtpark-hartmut]

Since all Speech checks give 3x lp (for all speech skills) just for solving the talk, you can go without Impersonation tag. - It will level itself.

There are no real high Impersonate checks, if I remember correctly. (The early ones like Hank / Outskirts are tame; for Morgan you can even bring the stolen Sheriffs Badge (from the Regulators HQ).

Just invest the "free" level 2 skills from character creation into the Speech skills, to get you started (as even the lowest speech skill checks start at level 2).

[xarfaks]

I would say streetwise seems to have the most uses.

[Leo Major]

Thanks for all the responses!