Vault Dweller said:
How about this for a usage of both streetwise and intimidation in quest 1:
How can I help you, my friend?
Who are you?
A humble trader who's willing to offer good prices to his friends.
Can I see your wares?
Most certainly
I need some iron ore. Do you have any?
Are you a craftsman, my friend?
Yes
No
Yes - I'm honored by your presence then. Perhaps, you can help me. I've found a rare piece of ore here. Can you tell me what it is?
[crafting skill check - fail]I'm not really sure.
It's iron, my friend. You know, that ore you were so interested in buying...
*A dagger appears out of nowhere* I find it odd that as soon as a shipment of ore goes missing, someone who looks like he doesn't belong here starts asking questions about it. Don't you?
[crafting skill check - pass]I hate to disappoint you, but that's iron ore. There's nothing rare about it.
My apologies for testing you in such a manner, but strangers asking questions don't come here everyday. Talk to Danos at the marketplace and tell him that I sent you. My name is Cado.
No - Why would you need ore then? *A dagger appears out of nowhere* I find it odd that as soon as a shipment of ore goes missing, someone who looks like he doesn't belong here starts asking questions about it. Don't you?
*run*
*fight*
[persuasion]Easy there. I know someone in Maadoran who's interested in a shipment of iron ore, but doesn't want to pay what the merchants guild sells it for. So, what was that you said about a shipment of ore missing?
<fail> I said that as soon as a shipment of ore goes missing, someone who looks like he doesn't belong here starts asking questions about it. *attacks*
<success> Alright. Talk to Danos at the marketplace and tell him that I sent you. My name is Cado.
Alright. Find Danos at the marketplace tell him that I sent you. My name is Cado.
[intimidate]*pull out your own weapon* I know that pulling out that dagger makes you feel like a big man, but you might want to rethink getting into a fight, if you value your life.
[weapon skill check- failure] *You drop your weapon while pulling it out.* You expect me to be scared of you when you can't even handle your weapon? *attacks*
[intimidate fail] I don't scare that easy *attacks*
<success> Alright. Find Dude x. He'll have some ore for you.
The player has the oppertunity to either return to Linos with whatever info he's learned, right or wrong, and "end" the quest. If he gives the wrong info, Linos could either knows right off that you've been had, ending the quest line, or he rewards you, and wastes some time following this lead, seriously pissing him the fuck off later. Alternatively, the player could check up with Dude x, and see if he was told the truth; then, he could go back and confront Cado to find out the truth.