The base rate for buying/selling is based solely on your Speech skill and any perks or Fortify Barter effects are applied to prices afterwards. Your Speech skill also affects merchant prices prices can be further improved using some of the Speech skill perks, barter potions or enchanted equipment. Factors influencing chance of success are unknown. For example, a 50 difficulty Intimidation check will succeed with a Speech skill of 45 if your character is at least 5 levels higher.
Chances of success depend upon your Speech skill and your level subtracted by the NPC's level. Intimidate: influence someone by threatening them.Chances of success depend solely upon your Speech skill. Persuade: influence someone by reasoning with them.These Speech Challenges will be provided as options during certain dialogues. Your Speech skill determines the chance of successfully being able to get information out of an NPC using intimidation or persuasion. ¥The Master Trader perk increases most merchants' gold by 1000 see the merchants page for a listing of which ones.
