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slam123
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Achievement won on 04 Jan 12TA Score for this game: 731
Posted on 04 January 12 at 14:02, Edited on 09 January 12 at 04:00
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| My speech wasn't very high, but i found it very easy to do each of the three requirements during The Foresworn Conspiracy Side Quest in the hold of Markarth. You have to investigate the murder of a lady in the market and it is very easy to do each of the three requirements during the quest when talking to the inn keeper as well as the man in slums. I was able to persuade the innkeeper, intimidate the guy in the slums, and bribe the secretary in the Treasury. Bribing is obviously the easiest one as it doesn't really require any speech skill and these NPCs in this game are all greedy! My speech skill was only at 23 when I completed this quest. |
SlayingADragon
90,580
Achievement won on 15 Nov 11TA Score for this game: 932
Posted on 19 November 11 at 02:24, Edited on 19 November 11 at 02:30
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Video credits go to ClaytonKills.
These achievement requires you to complete three components:
Persuading someone to tell you something or to step down.
Bribing someone for information
Intimidating someone into releasing information about the topic or stepping down.
The persuading and intimidating parts are based upon your Speech skill. The actual persuasion and intimidation parts show up during a conversation with an NPC. Most likely, you will not obtain this achievement very early on, but it is certainly possible at the lower levels.
To improve your speech skill:
1. Sell a large number of items.
2. Buy a large number of items.
3. Attempt persuading/intimidating because I believe unsuccessful tries do improve your speech skill.
4. Run through a lot of the miscellaneous/side quests where speech parts are heavily prevalent.
That part takes care of the persuading/intimidating. Now onto bribing. Just as mentioned in the other parts, bribing will show up as an option in the dialogue with an NPC. The money options usually are in the range of 150-400 gold for the bribe.
I believe you can check your progress in each category in the stats portion of the pause menu. After you have completed all three parts, the achievement will unlock.
For more information on the speech skill, go here:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Speech
Here is a video showing examples of all three components of the achievement:
If there are any mistakes here, please let me know. I will fix them. If anything needs to be added, please message me.
Video credits go to ClaytonKills. |
Jammy32
142,759
Achievement won on 16 Nov 11TA Score for this game: 1,388
Posted on 19 November 11 at 02:32
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This is just to add onto R4iLRO4D D3AGL3 's guide.
There is also the Amulet of Articulation which has the effect "Persuade checks in dialogue will almost always suceed and Speechcraft is 10% better".
It is received when you finish the thieve's guild quest line and become the guild leader. This is not when you complete "Darkness Returns" achievement but the "One with the shadows" achievement.
Just as an FYI in case persuade is the harder one for you, which i found almost never worked for me while intimidating almost always worked.
Also in the speech tree, there are the perks:
Bribery - Can bribe guards to ignore crimes.
- This just gives you extra opportunities to get the bribe finished.
Persuasion - Persuasion attempts are 30% easier.
Intimidation - Intimidation is twice as successful. |