Speech : Elder Scrolls Skyrim
One of 18 skills in The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim, Speech is a non combat skill which falls under the thief play style.
Why is Speech Bad Ass
Speech is one of the most bad ass skills because in Skyrim you can literally kill someone in front of a guard, then bribe the guard to make him forget about it. Paired up with Pickpocketing you can invest in stores, bribe guards and increase carried gold of shopkeepers and then rob them all blind. The game sometimes will give you really boring tasks and objectives that you can bypass just by using a special dialogue menu that you have access to because you're a bad ass.
What does Speech Affect
Whenever you interact an NPC through dialogues, Speech is watching. It may decide to allow you to have access to new dialogue options or if you are talking with a trader you will be able to sell things for more and buy things for less. Win-win. As with all other skills in Skyrim, increasing the skill allows you access to powerful perks (pictured right) that allow you to sell stolen items to honest merchants while getting better prices than all the suckers stuck paying retail. The icing on the Speech cake are the special dialogues that become available, if you ever see the following options their success rate is based on your speech;
- Persuade
- Intimidate
- Mock
- Brawl
- Bribe 10
- Bribe 100
- Bribe 1000
Increasing Speech Skill in Skyrim
Speech can be increased through the game by selling items and persuading others. Using any of the mentioned special dialogues will up the skill as well as individual sales. That means selling a stack of four items will level up your skill less than selling that stack of four items individually.
Speech Trainers:
Revyrn Sadri in Windhelm
Dro'marash in Khajiit Caravans
Ogmund in Markath
Giraud Gemana in Solitude
Speech Skill Books:
The Buying Game
2920, Second Seed, v5
A Dance in Fire, v6A Dance in Fire, v7
Biography of the Wolf Queen
Speech Trainers:
Revyrn Sadri in Windhelm
Dro'marash in Khajiit Caravans
Ogmund in Markath
Giraud Gemana in Solitude
Speech Skill Books:
The Buying Game
2920, Second Seed, v5
A Dance in Fire, v6A Dance in Fire, v7
Biography of the Wolf Queen
Speech Tips
Committing petty crimes; being caught pickpocketing, stealing or trespassing gives a very small bounty which you can then bribe guards to level up Speech.