Small Talk Speechcraft

Beta version, only download for beta testing purposes. In my testing it has been stable and functioning as intended, but more testing is necessary (and greatly appreciated). Be sure to see the 'Technical Details' section.

Update: I've uploaded version 0. 1. 1, which just adds a simple disposition cap: 50 + (1/2 Speechcraft). If you have your weapon drawn it will be reduced by ten. I put the file in the 'Updates' category, but it's not necessary to download 0. 1. 0; the archive just lacks a readme. I did a cursory upgrade test without a clean save and didn't see any issues, plus the 'last spoken times' were maintained. Apologies for taking so long to implement this; it was dead simple and should have been included in the initial release. The next version will definitely require a clean save due to script optimization. At the moment I'm still focused on the basics, so feedback on the disposition gain, disposition cap and the Speechcraft experience gain (eg. too high/too low) are appreciated.

Requirements

• []OBSE[/]

Conflicts/Incompatibility None that I'm aware of. The .esp doesn't modify any records, and the script only modifies NPC disposition.

Description The primary goal of this mod is to provide a passive method of raising NPCs' disposition towards the player and leveling the Speechcraft skill. In other words, an alternative to the Persuasion mini-game (which is not modified in any way). As currently implemented, engaging in dialogue with a persuadable NPC will raise the NPC's disposition by 5 and provide Speechcraft experience equal to one round of the Persuasion mini-game (these values are temporary and will be made dynamic) if one of the following is true:

• []You haven't talked to the NPC today.[/] []At least 12 hours have passed since you first talked to the NPC today.[/]

So basically the disposition/Speechcraft increase will occur at most twice per day for each persuadable NPC. But due to scheduling and the 12 hour 'cool-down', in most cases it will occur only once. For testing purposes, a message about the outcome will print to the top of the screen shortly after entering dialogue. The are five possible message types:

[]"Small Talk Failure: Persuasion Disabled"[/] []"Small Talk Failure: <name> spoken to recently (now <current game hour> last <hour first talked today>)"[/] [*]"Small Talk Success: <name> not sp