Coercion

Coercion reveals new dialogue options that can convince other characters to change their minds, sometimes revealing new paths through a plot or more favorable terms for a deal. If a Persuade option appears in a dialogue, your chance of success is determined by your rank in Coercion and your cunning score. If an Intimidate option appears instead, success depends on Coercion and your strength score. While all classes can intimidate effectively (given a high Coercion skill and some fearsome party members), warriors can use their strength score (instead of cunning) to gain a bit of an edge in their intimidations. For the origin stories, you will likely gain the most use out of this skill. When in doubt, put your points into Coercion.