Dungeons and Dragons: Diplomacy and NPCs

DnD LogoIf you are one of the many Dungeons and Dragons gamers who still believe that your Diplomacy skills will work wonders (more loot!) with NPCs and chests, then I am very sorry, that seem to be not the case. Apparently, after months of trying to find out what’s going on, we now have a clear answer.

According to Samera, Turbine Community Relations Specialist, “diplomacy had ZERO effect on chests. It had ZERO effect on the quest reward you get from NPCs. Personally I always found it kind of funny – the length of the superstitions people have gone through to try to get better quest rewards. “So you approach the NPC/chest, then you circle three times to the left, jump over his head, run away a bit, use the search button, then make sure you open the chest/NPC in alphabetical order.” Makes you want to get your money back huh? (ha,ha!)

So with that already cleared, you may ask yourself where does good ole Diplo work on. Diplomacy can be used on certain NPCs to get different reactions. There are a few NPCs in the game that when you are talking to them, you will have an option in the responses you give, “Use Diplomacy” is something that you could select like you would any other response. And that’s the only way it has been used in the game, if you are to belive Samera’s statements.

Via DDO Forum

DnD LogoIf you are one of the many Dungeons and Dragons gamers who still believe that your Diplomacy skills will work wonders (more loot!) with NPCs and chests, then I am very sorry, that seem to be not the case. Apparently, after months of trying to find out what’s going on, we now have a clear answer.

According to Samera, Turbine Community Relations Specialist, “diplomacy had ZERO effect on chests. It had ZERO effect on the quest reward you get from NPCs. Personally I always found it kind of funny – the length of the superstitions people have gone through to try to get better quest rewards. “So you approach the NPC/chest, then you circle three times to the left, jump over his head, run away a bit, use the search button, then make sure you open the chest/NPC in alphabetical order.” Makes you want to get your money back huh? (ha,ha!)

So with that already cleared, you may ask yourself where does good ole Diplo work on. Diplomacy can be used on certain NPCs to get different reactions. There are a few NPCs in the game that when you are talking to them, you will have an option in the responses you give, “Use Diplomacy” is something that you could select like you would any other response. And that’s the only way it has been used in the game, if you are to belive Samera’s statements.

Via DDO Forum

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