Persuasion The art of persuasion in is illustrated by a mini game featuring a wheel with options to select , rotate , or bribe . The Speechcraft skill affects the result of actions where you select a ' pie slice ' and the cost of the bribe option . There are no tools required for the persuasion mini - game . Persuasion mechanics . There are four persuasion actions that each occupy a section of the persuasion wheel : " Joke , Admire , Boast , and Coerce . " Each NPC will have one of four reactions to each action : " Love , Like , Dislike , or Hate . " Lastly there are four possible magnitudes for each action : " Maximum , Large , Small , and Minimum . " How the NPC feels about each action is reflected by his / her " facial expression " when the action is selected . The persuasion mini game is played in rounds , and in each round all four actions must be taken . The objective is to raise the NPC ' s disposition by matching the biggest magnitude actions , illustrated by the size of the pie slice , with the positive reactions . While the persuasion mini game is active , the target NPC ' s disposition will fall at a constant rate until the game is over , so decision of what order to activate the wedges in must be made quickly . Speechcraft . Higher levels of Speechcraft will decrease the difficulty of the persuasion mini game by unlocking additional options , changing the effect of selecting certain actions , and increasing the persuasion timer . The core of the game , selecting wedges in a precise order , can be played at any level . In addition , each NPC has a " maxed disposition " level , which is based on which character it is and the player ' s skill at Speechcraft . As your Speechcraft skill improves , it will have increased effects on NPC disposition . Alternatives to persuasion . Players can cast charm spells to raise disposition . The Imperial race ' s Voice of the Emperor and the Vampires Seduction powers are both very handy in this regard . Also , the Mages Guild can give you a mages staff of charm after you complete the A Mage ' s Staff quest . Note that all of these alternatives stack : if you persuade until " disposition maxed " , you can further increase disposition by bribes and spells . It should be noted that the cost of bribes will increase as you increase your level . In fact , individual spells stack : if you cast multiple " Charm " - type spells on an NPC , you can easily get almost anyone to 100 disposition with only apprentice skill in Speechcraft and Illusion . It is also possible at apprentice Illusion , or even earlier , to create a 100 - point short - term ( around 5 seconds ) charm spell that allows you to max out your disposition with everybody in the game . Having a weapon ready when talking to an NPC will ( temporarily ) lower their disposition , allowing you to raise their disposition even higher ; simply put your weapon away when you have maxed out their disposition to remove the penalty . How to persuade . Upon starting the persuasion game you ' ll see the 4 slices aligned with the 4 persuasion actions Joke , Admire , Boast , and Coerce . Each of these slices will be filled to a certain degree . When selecting these slices you can read the facial expression to see how much each character likes it . The Hate and Love will be pretty obvious , but with the less human races Like and Dislike might be just a guess ( you ' ll know after the first round - just watch if the disposition rises or falls ) . Then it ' s all a matter of selecting the Love or Like slices with a filled pie slice ( maximum if possible ) and the hate and dislike slices when they aren ' t as full . The slices rotate in a clockwise manner with each selection , so you can predict where each one is going to land . This might mean that you have to accept a full box on dislike , just to avoid a full box on Hate , which has a far more severe penalty on disposition . Remember , disposition reduces steadily as you play the game , so don ' t take too long in each round . Sometimes it ' s just impossible to get a raise in disposition from the slices given . No harm done , you can just try over and over . Don ' t be afraid to select a lesser magnitude slice that will give you a disposition boost if it means you ' ll avoid losing disposition points in that round . When your Speechcraft reaches 25 , another dimension is added to the game : you can now rotate the slices once without actually selecting a persuasion action . How this is to be used is clear , if the Hate action is currently full but the previous one ( in a clockwise manner ) is almost empty , you would want to rotate .