I'm not sure if this is an attempt to troll, but it seems like it is. What 3 aoe skills are you talking about? There were only two encounter powers that I remember from my level 20 cleric that had aoe... the one centered on the caster that damages enemies and heals nearby allies, and chains of light that damages and binds…
The skills seemed more like resource gathering methods than social skills like Diplomacy, Intimidate and Bluff. Unless the resource was a person standing there instead of a book and orb (arcana), or backpack (thievery), my guess is that classes will have overlapping skills... primal classes mostly getting nature skill,…
Pretty sure the Trickster Rogue Paragon was the Master Infiltrator. If memory serves me right, the scoundrel was in the feats category with saboteur and one other I can't remember.
I know when playing pen and paper at the table, a Rogue's ability to steal is most pronounced when out questing... even someone you'd trust your life with, you can't let near the loot. So maybe if a Rogue personally collects a loot bag he has two or three seconds where only he can see the loot before anyone else, and he…