Speechcraft
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Speechcraft is a stealth arts skill that allows the player to influence and persuade NPCs to like and trust him or her, sometimes divulging vital information that they would not normally reveal to the average person.
- Governing attribute: Personality
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[edit] Skill levels
- Novice: Can offer bribes to increase disposition.
- Apprentice: Gains a free rotation of wedge in the Persuasion minigame.
- Journeyman: The falling disposition in the Persuasion minigame falls 50% slower.
- Expert: Disposition loss from "Hate it" results in the Persuasion minigame are only -100% (down from -150%)
- Master: Bribes cost half as much.
[edit] Speechcraft trainers
- Refer to the Trainers page.
[edit] Books that permanently increase the Speechcraft skill
[edit] Speechcraft training tips
- To quickly train your speechcraft, persuade someone and keep finishing as fast as possible. When you're done simply max out the disposition.
- A good way to train this skill without the use of bribing is to just use the same option all the time on one person. Your skill goes up regardless of whether you bring their disposition up or down or it stays the same. If you keep their disposition low you can keep training on the one person without moving on
[edit] General tips
- You can lower someone's current disposition by 10 by having your weapon drawn while you talk to them. Persuade someone to their maximum, exit the conversation, unsheathe your weapon and talk to them again. Easy +10.
- You level up simply by choosing actions on the wheel, not by sucessfully persuading people. So by randomly selecting choices as quickly as possible, which should keep the disposition about the same, you can gain many levels in a short amount of time using only one person.
[edit] Leveling text
Apprentice-level text:
- Persuasion, wheedling, cajoling, and coercing are all tools of speechcraft. They are tools you seek to excel in. You are now an Apprentice of Speechcraft. When persuading a character, you now get one chance to rotate the response wedges without having to select an action.
Journeyman-level text:
- Persuasion, wheedling, cajoling, and coercing are all tools of speechcraft. They are tools you seek to excel in. You are now a Journeyman of Speechcraft. When trying to persuade a character, his or her disposition now decreases much slower.
Expert-level text:
- Persuasion, wheedling, cajoling, and coercing are all tools of speechcraft. They are tools you seek to excel in. You are now an Expert of Speechcraft. When trying to persuade a character, you suffer less disposition penalty from the most disliked action.
Master-level text:
- Persuasion, wheedling, cajoling, and coercing are all tools of speechcraft. They are tools you seek to excel in. You are now a Master of Speechcraft. When trying to persuade a character, bribery costs half of what it would normally.
[edit] NPC Dialogue
When your Speechcraft skill is 70 or higher, NPCs will say: "You've got quite the silver tongue."
[edit] Usefulness
Speechcraft is not considered very useful. This is because Illusion spells can raise NPCs' personality ratings just as easily, and there are few occasions when it is necessary to do so anyway.
