Smooth talking, combat avoiding persuasion build?

[barkbomes9]

I’m planning in finally finishing the game for once, and want to do it with as little combat as possible, and basically talk my way through all situations. Is there a specific race/background combination that works extremely well for this?

I know you can’t persuade you’re way through a pack of wolves but I want to avoid it as much as possible, not because I dislike the combat, but because it sounds like a fun build.

[Honorless he/him]

@barkbomes9, you're in the wrong forums, mate. You're looking for a video game named Arcanum? These forums are about books, by the author Brandon Sanderson to be particular

You could still try the Entertainment Discussion forum though

Edited May 13, 2020 by R J

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

Though you should really stay and read a book or two. Or twenty. Anything by Brandon Sanderson is bound to be superb.

[Karger he/him]

Also what game just in case we are wrong?

[The Awakened Salad they/them]

Quick, let’s try and get them into the cosmere!

Uhhhhh... Welcome the Cosmere! It’s a fictional universe in which most of Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy novels are set. We have cool magic, talking swords, a small child obsessed with pancakes, and a whole bunch of flying people. The books are really fun, you should give them a try!

[Honorless he/him]

5 hours ago, The Awakened Salad said:

Quick, let’s try and get them into the cosmere!

Uhhhhh... Welcome the Cosmere! It’s a fictional universe in which most of Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy novels are set. We have cool magic, talking swords, a small child obsessed with pancakes, and a whole bunch of flying people. The books are really fun, you should give them a try!

You're making it sound like a children's book!

*clears throat*

The Cosmere is a story of gods and men. It is character driven and often touted as having the best hard magic systems. Give any of the books a read one day 

Oh and hope you manage to get your persuasion build right and enjoy the game! I think this is the forum you wanted: https://terra-arcanum.com/forums/index.php

Edited May 14, 2020 by R J

[AonEne he/him]

This is amazing lol. If everyone else is right and @barkbomes9 indeed didn’t mean to show up here, I agree, you should stick around and read the books! Warbreaker is free on Brandon’s website. Or just hang out here and talk with us. 

Even if you don’t, good luck with your game! 

[Kidpen he/him]

*cracks knuckles*

Alright. Here's what you gotta do. You absolutely have to choose the dwarf race and the druid background. This might seem like the wrong move because Dwarves get a slight penalty on persuasion when not trying to persuade other Dwarves, but the important thing with that is that slight bonus you get while you are talking to other Dwarves. This means that as soon as you can get to the stronghold of Quatach-Ichl you can convince Grakhuil to teach you to read people better, opening up a number of new conversation options. This lets you persuade your way through several quests that were kind of supposed to be combat only. 

Now, you might be wondering why I said to choose the druid background. Well, although most of the druid traits are completely useless in terms of persuasion, at around level 55 you get a virtue that lets you persuade animals! You know how you said you can't persuade your way through a pack of wolves? Well not anymore! Although, like, I say persuade but it's really more of a calm down power. This does mean that if you feel like doing a persuasion only run you'll have to grind a ton before even leaving the first town, but it is possible! Really you should be pumping up that persuasion anyways to make sure you don't get stuck somewhere.

As a closing thought, I know nothing about this game and came up with this off the top of my head, read Brandon Sanderson.

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

38 minutes ago, Kidpen said:

*cracks knuckles*

Alright. Here's what you gotta do. You absolutely have to choose the dwarf race and the druid background. This might seem like the wrong move because Dwarves get a slight penalty on persuasion when not trying to persuade other Dwarves, but the important thing with that is that slight bonus you get while you are talking to other Dwarves. This means that as soon as you can get to the stronghold of Quatach-Ichl you can convince Grakhuil to teach you to read people better, opening up a number of new conversation options. This lets you persuade your way through several quests that were kind of supposed to be combat only. 

Now, you might be wondering why I said to choose the druid background. Well, although most of the druid traits are completely useless in terms of persuasion, at around level 55 you get a virtue that lets you persuade animals! You know how you said you can't persuade your way through a pack of wolves? Well not anymore! Although, like, I say persuade but it's really more of a calm down power. This does mean that if you feel like doing a persuasion only run you'll have to grind a ton before even leaving the first town, but it is possible! Really you should be pumping up that persuasion anyways to make sure you don't get stuck somewhere.

As a closing thought, I know nothing about this game and came up with this off the top of my head, read Brandon Sanderson.

Is it bad that I totally thought that you knew what you were talking about