This mod contributes to making conversations in Skyrim as plausible and immersive as possible, with a collection of subtle fixes and improvements that feel as if they had been part of the vanilla game all along.
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improved conditions added to the shared merchant dialogues about alchemy, archery and magic skills, and added similar conditions to two more lines, one by Elrindir and one by Belethor
reduced the chance for the scene where the Windhelm blacksmith asks his apprentice where his hammer is (I stayed in the city for a while forging and improving equipment, that scene was driving me crazy)
added Civil War checks to the relevant random dialogues of Alfhild Battle-Born, Jon Battle-Born, Avulstein Grey-Mane, Danica Pure Spring, Farengar, Bergritte Battle-Born
improved dragons checks of "Have you encountered any dragons?" to Farengar, "What brings a Breton to Skyrim?" to Belethor, "Who's in charge of Whiterun?" to Ulfberth, "There's still the threat of a dragon attack." to Brill
improved conditions of Arcadia's dialogue "You look rather pale."
reduced chance of Saadia saying "Now please, no more questions."
added check to Irileth so she distrusts you while in front of the Jarl only if your relationship with Balgruuf is low enough
added check to avoid asking Farengar about his allegiance in the war, if you know him well enough
added alternate dialogue to Farengar so he's not as rude with you when discussing his duties as court wizard, if you're friends
added alternate dialogue to Belethor's response to "How's business?", so his mention of scarcity of supplies is less serious after Alduin's defeat or the end of the Civil War
added alternate dialogue to Vignar's response to "What are your top priorities as the new Jarl?", so he doesn't mention dragons when not apropriate
[patches] the affected patches were updated accordingly: Alternate Start (LAL), Alternate Perspective and Skyrim Unbound Reborn
Version 1.9.4
added alternate dialogue for Imperial guards when asked "How does one join the Imperial Legion?" if dragons are disabled
[Skyrim Unbound Reborn patch] updated for the aforementioned addition
[Alternate Perspective patch] fixed missing condition in one patched dialogue (thanks, Admiral30)
Version 1.9.3
fixed a few Previous INFO records thanks to lilebonymace's new xEdit script (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/36042)
added condition to Jala's "You look like you could do with a ripe apple. Or a tomato, cabbage, or leek?", so she says that only while working at the stall
changed dialogue with Lynly so the player asks her if she likes playing the lute instead of asking what she plays, because she starts the conversation by saying that (thanks for the suggestion, Exarielle)
added condition to Sven's dialogue option "I saw a dragon" to disable it if Helgen hasn't been destroyed yet, or if dragons are disabled in Skyrim Unbound Reborn (patch updated accordingly)
added alternate player dialogue with Meeko, so that, if you already had him as a follower once and want to take him as a follower again, instead of the same dialogue as when you first met him ("What's wrong, boy? Do you want to come with me?" and then two options), you just tell him "Come on, boy, follow me." (thanks, lilebonymace)
added patch for Bring Meeko to Lod for the previous feature (thanks, lilebonymace)
updated Skyrim Unbound Reborn patch to latest version
added patch for Alternate Perspective, kindly provided by zinghunt
Version 1.9.2
quick update to include two records I forgot in the patch for Alternate Start - Live Another Life
Version 1.9.1
> added line about Helgen and dragons coming that was only present in the Skyrim Unbound Reborn patch. The line technically conflicts with Guard Dialogue Overhaul, but, if you have both mods, you can safely load them in anyway you want, it doesn't change much
Version 1.9
improved and updated dragon-related conditions for Skyrim Unbound Reborn 2.0+
added two alternate dialogues to Temba when she complains about her work: one when dragons are just a rumor, one when dragons have fully come back in Skyrim, and one before or after dragons (or if dragons are disable, in the case of the Skyrim Unbound Reborn patch)
added restrictions to Farengar's dialogue "You know, if you've got the aptitude, you should join the Mages College in Winterhold...": he'll say that much less frequently if you don't look like someone who might be interested in magic (Thanks, lilebonymage)
fixed a condition in fletchers' random dialogue not recongnizing the player having a bow equipped
fixed a few conditions related to Taarie's quest not recognizing the player's equipment (Thanks, ThisUsernameIs2long)
restricted Taarie's random dialogue commenting your "old rags", so that she avoids it if your relationship is high enough (Thanks, ThisUsernameIs2long)
updated relevant patches accordingly (Skyrim Unbound Reborn, Alternate Start - Live Another Life and Sofia - The Funny Fully Voiced Follower)
Version 1.8.7
fixed installer
Version 1.8.6
improved conditions on Solstheim rumors dialogues
removed emotion edit to Farengar's line about not meeting any dragons
added patch for Alternate Start - Live Another Life
[Skyrim Unbound Reborn patch] improved conditions on Solstheim rumors dialogues
[Skyrim Unbound Reborn patch] improved conditions on Heimvar's dialogue line about arriving in Solitude
changed installer to allow enabling patches of mods that aren't installed (only the patches of installed mods are enabled by default)
Version 1.8.5
added alternate line to Belethor's conversation that starts with "What brings a Breton to Skyrim?", so that he doesn't mention dragons if they aren't in Skyrim yet/anymore
improved changes and additions to the conversation with Jawanan
improved changes to Jaree-Ra's annoying lines (thanks to lilebonymace)
removed condition to guard dialogue 000DD0B7: it wasn't working as intended and it's already handled by Guard Dialogue Overhaul anyway
removed Guard Dialogue Overhaul patch, no longer necessary due to the previous change
updated Alternate Start - Live Another Life patch
updated Save The Icerunner patch to reflect the changes to Jaree-Ra's dialogue (new load order details in the installer)
updated Skyrim Unbound Reborn to version 1.12.1+ (new load order details in the installer)
added patch for Immersive Citizens (load order details in the installer)
Version 1.8
no more separate components, that system was too messy to manage
moved to More Dialogue Options the changes to Brunwulf's question and to Galmar's recruitment question, to avoid feature-creep and the need for a patch for More Dialogue Options
moved the "recut" component to More Dialogue Options to avoid feature-creep
removed edit to the description of one quest stage of the quest CR14 Dragon Seekers, because it was way too small to justify the need for patches
fixed and improved dragons related conditions
added dragons related conditions to more dialogues in Solstheim (thanks to lilebonymace)
added alternate dialogue to Jorgen for him to say if dragons aren't in Skyrim yet/anymore
added alternate dialogue to Rogatus Salvius, to allow the player to take his delivery quest even if dragons aren't in Skyrim yet/anymore
improved Anga's alternate dialogue
added alternate dialogue option to Jawanan to talk about the war instead of Helgen's dragon attack, if dragons aren't in Skyrim yet/anymore
improved conditions of vendors' greetings
removed condition that erroneously disabled "Ah, so you're an alchemist, then?" for Zaria
added built-in compatibility with the mod Respect for the Arch-Mage (load before my mod)
added conditions to a scene between Hrongar and Proventus talking about jarl Balgruuf so that it can't play if the jarl is too close to them
removed edit to the two Civil War scenes at Windhelm's Palace of Kings and at Castle Dour, because there are already other mods that do just that
removed unnecessary edit to the subtitles of one of Malborn's lines
fixed punctuation in one of Romlyn's lines
added clarification to Serana when she says "it's good to finally breath again" after freeing her
subtly changed Calcelmo's dialogue line immediately after he gets angry at you, so that his transition feels smoother compared to the vanilla dialogue
added goodbye tags to the dialogue lines of the blacksmith tutorial quest, so you don't have to TAB out of the conversation and hear the smith say his goodbyes everytime you're given a task
added condition to be denied the blacksmith tutorial if your relationship rank with them is negative, because of how friendly the dialogue is in that tutorial
fixed Angeline whose bartering menu opens automatically after you tell her you've never been in Whiterun (thanks to lilebonymace)
added conditions to two unfriendly hello dialogues by Olda so that she doesn't say them if your relationship is high enough or you've done her quest (thanks to lilebonymace)
added built-in compatibility with Immersive Citizens (load before Misc Dialogue Edits)
added missing conditions from Laila and Anuriel's scene04 package, to prevent them from being stuck in that package if the main quest is disabled by Skyrim Unbound Reborn or other alternate start mods
patches updated
added patch for Guard Dialogue Overhaul
added patch for Save The Icerunner
Version 1.7
[Dragons] removed Maramal's alternate dialogue during the scene in the Bee and Barb inn
[Dragons] added conditions to the quest and packages for Maramal's scene, so that it can happen only if dragons returned and all know about them (as stated by Talen-Jei)
[Dragons] improved changes to dialogues, packages and quests related to dragons (a whole lot of work)
[Dragons] added condition to DialogueWindhelmCandlehearthScene6 so that the dialogue happens only when it makes sense (in line with the guidelines I follow for all changes related to dragons)
[Dragons] forwarded fixes from the latest version of Skyrim Supplemental Patch (no requirement)
[Vendors] added condition to prevent Zaria from saying "So you're an alchemist, then?" because she gives you the Alchemy tutorial
[Vendors] added condition to prevent Neloth from saying the two lines about the player character's magic abilities, because he sells staffs and because you get to know each other
[Fixes] changed faction of vampire traveling merchant and vampire traveling pilgrim (disguised vampires of Dawnguard DLC's quest DLC1RH01) to the vampire version of the faction instead of the hunter (Dawnguard) one, so that the dialogue options with them are correct
[Fixes] removed one of Uthgerd's replaced voice files, it was edited to add a slight delay but it doesn't need it
[Fixes] added lip file for the last of Uthgerd's dialogue lines during the cut stables scene, because it didn't include the last two words
[Fixes] replaced voice file of one of Farengar's dialogue lines during the start of the quest "Bleak Falls Barrow" to fix the lack of a pause between that line and the following one
[Fixes] changed full stop into a question mark at the end of one of Malborn's lines, to better reflect the way he delivers it
[Fixes] removed change to the subtitle of Uthgerd's line about a jester (not needed)
[Fixes] fixed missing comma in a subtitle of one of Tullius' combat dialogue lines (and forwarded change to the Dialogue Info from RDO)
[Fixes] fixed missing comma in a subtitle of a guard dialogue during the start of the Barbas quest
[Fixes] improved changes to Jaree-Ra's two random dialogue lines to prevent them from being said too close to each other
[Fixes] added similar improvements to the two remaining dialogue lines that Jaree-Ra says to remind you about his offer
[Fixes] changed Solaf's greeting dialogue line to be said only once, because there only so many times you can say "Well met" to someone
[Fixes] added condition to two of Nivenor's random lines about Bolli, so that she can't say them if he's near her
[Fixes] added condition to Keerava's random line about the Civil War going on so that she can't say that if the war is over
[Fixes] fixed a persuasion dialogue option during the conversation with Viarmo about making up King Olaf's Verse, it was missing "(Persuade)" if you were going to fail that persuasion check
[Fixes] changed player's starting question to Dinya from "Which of the Eight Divines do you serve?" to "Which Divine do you serve?" (much more suitable to all kinds of player character's backstories)
[Fixes] improved conditions of edited scenes
[Fixes] added condition to a scene between Romlyn and Indaryn about Maven to prevent it from happening if Maven is close to them
[Fixes] improved two more Taarie's dialogue lines related to the quest "Fit for a Jarl"
[Fixes] added conditions to Romlyn's dialogue lines to prevent him from talking about his cheap Black-Briar mead when Indaryn or Maven are close to him
[Fixes] added further improvements to Romlyn's dialogue to take the death of Indaryn into account
[Fixes] added an alternate dialogue line to Galmar, when you ask him to join the rebellion, so that he doesn't call you "outsider" if your character is a Nord
added patch for Sofia - The Funny Fully Voiced Follower for the main file and the "Fixes" component
Version 1.6
added new component, "Recut", that aims to fix and improve vanilla conversations to restore cut dialogue lines
[Recut] moved the detection of the level required to start quest DA13, to allow Kesh to talk to you even if you don't have the required level for Peryite’s quest (if you do so and ask him permission to commune with Peryite, you'll hear a cut vanilla dialogue response from Kesh to deny your request)
[Recut] added alternate line to the one that Kesh says when you first talk to him, to make his restored dialogue response fit a little bit better in the conversation
[Vendors] added conditions to two random dialogues of Arcadia, one about Ataxia, the other about the Rattles, to reduce their chance to be heard by 25% if the player doesn't actually have those diseases (the reduction isn't applied for the Ataxia dialogue if the player is a vampire or has any disease, because Arcadia just thinks that you look pale)
[Races] removed edit to Narri's dialogue, because there are other correct instances in the game of people of elven and beast races being called "man" specifically (instead of "mer" or "wanderer", "adventurer", etc.) and because the change didn't actually fit with the character (tavern wench who wants to charm patrons to get them to stay at the tavern)
moved the remaining feature of the "Races" component to the "Fixes" component
[Fixes] edited a player's question to Maramal, during the conversation about marriage, from "Why don't you remind me?" to "Could you remind me?" , to remove any hint of rudeness, which is out of place in the conversation
[Fixes] added conditions to Taarie's dialogue lines about the player's outfit to improve the way they are said: the dialogues that criticize the outfit are available only if the player's clothes don't have the ClothesRich keyword (and if the quest "Fit for a Jarl" is at stage less than 200, for one of the two options), otherwise only the friendlier dialogue options are available
[Fixes] tweaked a subtitle and replaced two voice files of Uthgerd to fix the strange timing of the scene at Whiterun's stables about a jester with a coffin on a cart and a broken wheel (the scene is part of the vanilla game, but it was cut, you'll benefit from this change if you have a mod like Cutting Room Floor - not required)
[Fixes] removed replacer of Bolli's line, because it was already done by USLEEP with the exact same result (sorry, forgot to check before making that fix)
[Fixes] postponed the exit of Kesh's dialogue about retrieving ingredients for Peryite's ritual from the dialogue about agreeing to help to the dialogue about asking where to find the ingredients
[Fixes] fixed punctuation in one of Kesh's dialogue lines, based on the way he says it (forwarded in "Recut" component)
[Dragons] improved conditions of Neloth's edited dialogue lines
Version 1.5
[Vendors] added conditions to one of Ulfberth's random dialogue lines to prevent him from offering you a better weapon if your equipped weapon is of the best materials (ebony, daedric, dragonborn, stalhrim)
[Vendors] added conditions to one of Ulfberth's random dialogue lines to prevent him from considering you "someone who can wield a weapon" if you have less than level 25 in One-Handed or Two-Handed skills
[Vendors] added condition to the line "So, you wish to master the arcane arts..." to disable it if the player is the Arch-Mage, because some vendors (some in the College) say that line in a sarcastic manner
[Races] added alternate dialogue to Brunwulf so that he doesn't ask "You one of those "Skyrim for the Nords" types?" to a Dark Elf player character
[Fixes] merged old components into this one: "Why, Shadr, why?!", "I know, Jaree-Ra, I know!", "What am I saying?", "That's a fix."
[Fixes] added replacer for Bolli's dialogue that mentions the wrong wife
[Fixes] fixed punctuation of five more subtitles
[Fixes] changed player's question to Brunwulf from "Why help the Dark Elves?" to "Why do you help the Dark Elves?", to make it flow better with his response and to remove any hint of sarcasm, that doesn't fit in the conversation
[Fixes] added conditions to improve the way some scenes happen (not related to dragons)
[Fixes] changed the two Civil War scenes about Whiterun (one at Windhelm's Palace of Kings and one at Castle Dour) to be played only once instead of being played every time the player enters the room
[Dragons] improved criteria for the conditions of dragon related improvements
[Dragons] added conditions to many more dragon related dialogue lines
[Dragons] in particular, added dragon related improvements to Neloth's dialogue lines about dragons attacking him (requires Dragonborn DLC)
[Dragons] added dragon related improvements to some scenes
[Dragons] changed dialogues and a quest objective of Companions' radiant quest "Dragon Seekers", to change mentions of dragons to be fact instead of rumors
Version 1.4
[Why, Shadr, why?!] improved Shadr's line
[Dragons] added alternate dialogue line to Jon Battle-Born, so that he talks about the return of the dragons as a fact instead of a rumor, after the dragon's attack at Whiterun's watchtower
[Dragons] added alternate response to Marise Aravel when the player asks her where to find ice wraiths, so that she mentions the dragon living in Ancient's Ascent only after the dragons have spawned at dragon lairs
[That's a fix] fixed subtitle of one of Sergius Turrianus' lines
[What am I saying?] changed a player's question to Nelacar to make more sense with the rest of conversation
Version 1.3
[Dragons] changed condition of the dialogue topics to check if MQ102 has started, instead of MQ105.
[Dragons] removed edited dialogue topics that ended up being copies of the ones from Alternate Start - Live Another Life (due to the previous change).
[Dragons] changed responses of Jon Battle-Born to the player's question "You live here?" to allow him to mention dragons only if the quest "Before the Storm" has started.
[Why, Shadr, why?!] improved timing and removed awkward pauses from Shadr's dialogue line "Why? Why are you doing this to me?", said to Sapphire in Riften during the scene on the bridge.
Added a version for Skyrim Unbound
Version 1.2
added GetRandomPercent condition to the two dialogue lines that Jaree-Ra repeatedly says to the player in Solitude (in the Main File and as a standalone Optional File).
added GetStage condition to all of Heimvar, Fihada and Viarmo's dialogue lines that are related to dragons and their return (in the Main File and as a standalone Optional File).
added BETA file that adds the "Fine..." dialogue option as a possible response to the Reveler's offer during the quest Drinking Companions (WERJO6) (as a standalone Miscellaneous File).
added author to all ESPs.
Version 1.1
sorted masters
added two optional files, one for each change mentioned in the description
Misc Dialogue Edits is a collection of subtle fixes and improvements to Skyrim's dialogue, achieved with unobtrusive edits and meticulously spliced voice lines from the vanilla game:
improves many dialogues related to dragons by adding alternate lines with conditions, to simulate how knowledge about the existence of dragons and the Dragonborn would spread across Tamriel (e.g. no more treating dragons as rumor if one attacked the day before)
fixes the dialogue during the Companions' quest CR14, Dragon Seekers, so that Vilkas and Farkas no longer express uncertainty about the existence of dragons, because they have already faced one during an earlier quest
regulates annoying dialogue lines that vendors often say, so that they feel more appropriate (e.g. Arcadia is much less likely to say that "you look rather pale", if you aren't sick or a vampire)
fixes typos, punctuation and pronunciation of a plethora of dialogue lines that aren't covered by other mods
improves a handful of small but meaningful player dialogue options, to make them feel more reasonable in their context, or to open them to more character builds, without changing their meaning (e.g. player option: "Which of the Eight Divines do you serve?" -> "Which Divine do you serve?")
adds rules to improve the context of many conversations, to prevent them from happening in unfortunate or silly situations (e.g.: Romlyn won't try to sell you mead for cheap if Indaryn or Maven are right behind him)
fixes Traveling Merchant and Traveling Pilgrim from being considered disguised Dawnguard instead of disguised vampires, which was causing their Dawnguard quest related dialogue to remain unavailable
makes subtle adjustments to a few dialogue lines affected by less than ideal voice acting or by recording mistakes (e.g. Shadr no longer has a weird pause after he says "why" in "Why are you doing this to me?")
A few examples in this playlist (some videos may not be up to date).
Installation and compatibility An installer is provided to automatically select the patches you need. Merge Plugins can be used to merge them. This mod works well alongside USSEP, Relationship Dialogue Overhaul, Guard Dialogue Overhaul and alternate start mods, such as Skyrim Unbound Reborn (see Recommendations below for more). As a general rule, load this mod after other dialogue mods, but before quest mods. Any other kind of mod usually doesn't conflict, but, f you're unsure, looking for direct conflicts with xEdit should be enough to understand load order and compatibility with other mods: if a record directly conflicts with another mod's, only the mod that's loaded last will implement its changes to the game.
Credits and thanks Credit and thanks to lilebonymace, author of Skyrim Unbound Reborn, for originally porting the mod to Special Edition and for helping with the development of this mod.
