SSE Gifts/sales for leaders from artificer characters

[DivineAurora]

This is something of a roleplay mod idea.

 

Basically, for characters with high levels of enchanting and smithing, I think it would be cool if you could gift powerful armor and weapons to some NPCs, particularly most of the Jarls and some higher up NPCs of some factions.

 

They'd only accept and equip it if it is something they have the right skills for or is similar but superior to what they use already, and they don't have some specific special item or heirloom for that slot. Noncombat types would generally only accept enchanted jewelry, clothing, and maybe something like a dagger, mage types would usually only accept enchanted clothing/robes rather than armor.

 

The item generally would have to be refined to a high level, possess a high base armor rating if it's armor, or damage rating if it's a weapon (or at least usually higher than what they already use) and have a better enchantment than what they already use (if any). Some would only accept certain types based on their pride and heritage and the like, or which place they are in charge of, and generally their personality, so for instance, characters who are more superstitious probably won't accept daedric items, and Nords generally won't accept elven, orcish, dwarven or glass items.

 

Towards the endgame, you could have most or all of the Jarls and leaders of various groups wearing your creations.

 

It would also let you sometimes sell these sorts of items, but probably only if the hold is doing well and you are Thane or something similar, and you have high ranks and perhaps certain perks in Speech tree. You'd get the full value for the item, rather than the normal gold limits from NPCs.

 

You'd only get to gift one item of each type/slot to any individual NPC of this sort, so even if you create a better item later, you can't give the same NPC another thing of that type.

 

You could even have this backfire on you to a degree, if, say, you gifted items to someone you later fight in the Civil War quest-line or something.

 

You might get an increase in guard compliments related to your enchanting and smithing skills upon doing stuff like this, and maybe some other dialogue tweaks. Because of potential issues of dialogue lines to existing characters, it might require the creation of new NPCs who are in charge of the weapons and armor of major characters you are gifting things to, like someone who helps them into their armor, and holds onto their weapons for them while they are holding court, if lines can't be assembled by mixing up existing audio and dialogue.