help with haggle

[avatar28]

hi, i've made a bard just for haggle, and a few rogue skills to help with traps.

I'm looking for special items or skills that will boost haggle.

I know their are like rings of haggling etc. and then there's focusing chant, but basically i'm looking for the fastest way to boost haggle to the max.

currently i'm 3/1 Bard/Rogue (drow)

my Cha is currently 20 (unbuffed, no cha items)
my haggle is 17

i'd like to get it to 60 by the time I reach level 16...

help would be appreciated.

[sigtrent]

There arn't any quickie shortcuts. Probably the largest early haggle item is the coin belt which is a delera's tomb reward. You will need a few levels on you to get that or use it.

You can use action boost to increase haggle just before you hit the sell button which should help a little bit.

[Zenako]

As for getting MAX haggle drow cannot hit the highest numbers but can to quite well (Human Versatilty Skill boost is the missing link).

Max CHA +12 (baring raid gear or +3 tome)
Max Ranks +19
Max Haggle Item +15

That is 46 right there.
Toss in GH for +4
Toss in Focusing Chant for +1
Toss in Luck Item +2
Toss in Haggle Enhancements +4

That brings you to 57 before any feats or outside spells or one shot items like Alchemetical CHA pots

[rawfocat]

You can access the guide for max haggle here.

I have seen some other threads, but this one is pretty good. Although Shroud items could add to this as well.

[Strakeln]

You can access the guide for max haggle here.

I have seen some other threads, but this one is pretty good. Although Shroud items could add to this as well.

That thread is way out of date and suggests using enhancements that don't exist anymore.

Here is the current max haggle that I know of:
L16 Human Bard
19 ranks
15 charisma (18 base + 4 levels + 6 item + 3 bard + 3 tome + 3 greensteel + 1 Abbot raid item + 2 eagle potion = 40)
15 item
6 greensteel goggles
5 human skill boost
4 bard haggle enh
4 greater heroism
3 eagles skill potion
3 skill focus feat
2 negotiator feat
2 Head of moderate fortification
2 Inspire competence
1 focusing chant
= 81 haggle

One thing I'm not sure on: do multiple tiers of eagle potions stack? If so, that would push the max haggle to 84.

[skraus1]

HV doesn't stack with rogue boost, so this drow build will only be 2 off a human maxed for haggle. This isn't a big enough difference to notice.

[Gorbadoc]

15 charisma (18 base + 4 levels + 6 item + 3 bard + 3 tome + 3 greensteel + 1 Abbot raid item + 2 eagle potion = 40)

I'm assuming eagle potion is something besides eagle's splendor (which is an enhancement bonus)?

[Hobble_Gobble]

There arn't any quickie shortcuts. Probably the largest early haggle item is the coin belt which is a delera's tomb reward. You will need a few levels on you to get that or use it.

You can use action boost to increase haggle just before you hit the sell button which should help a little bit.

I thought the Coin Belt come out of the Threnal series. Regardless it's pretty easy to find >+10 haggle items on the AH once you get high enough in level.

[RichD]

I haven't built a haggle-bot but off the top of my head. I'm sure I'm missing something:

Feats:

Skill Focus: Haggle for a +3.

Items:
The best Haggle items in game currently are I believe +15 items (as with all skills).
On top of that a shroud-crafted item can give you +6 to your CHA skills (including Haggle).
Luck Items (like Rabbit Gloves (Tangleroot?) for +1 or Head of Good Fortune from Reaver for +2 skills).

CHA:

Obviously you'll want to max your CHA and have a +2 CHA tome (if not a +3).
Another shroud-crafted item could give you a +3 exceptional CHA bonus (beyond other CHA adders).
That same item (or another) can give you +6 CHA.

Spell boosts:

GH spell gives a +4 skill boost.
Focusing chant an addition +1 boost.


At level 16 then:

19 ranks
+3 Skill Focus
+2 Luck bonus
+6 CHA Skill bonus (crafting)
+15 Haggle item
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45
+10 CHA bonus (assuming CHA of 30, can probably get higher)
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55
+4 GH
+1 Focussing Chant
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60