-- This is a working example. You are encouraged to create a new file
-- main.lua, paste this code and see the results in-game!
-- Use `u` key to bribe an actor you are looking at with items from your inventory.


local function bribe()
    local actorReference = tes3.getPlayerTarget()
    -- This function returns nil value if the player isn't aiming at a reference,
    -- so we skip that case
    if not actorReference then return end

    tes3ui.showInventorySelectMenu({
        reference = tes3.player,
        -- .. is Lua operator of concatenation. It joins 2 strings together.
        title = "Bribe " .. actorReference.object.name,
        callback = function(e)
            if e.item then
                -- If e.item exist, that means that the player picked an
                -- item in the  menu. It up to us to do something with it.
                tes3.transferItem({
                    from = tes3.player,
                    to = actorReference,
                    item = e.item,
                    itemData = e.itemData,
                    count = e.count,
                })
                -- Here we calculate the total gold value of the transfered item(s), since that
                -- can be a stack of items. e.count holds the amount of the items selected.
                local itemWorth = e.item.value * e.count

                -- At last! Now the actual persuasion part. We use `modifier` argument.
                -- The higher the value we pass there the higher the disposition change.
                tes3.persuade({
                    actor = actorReference,
                    modifier = math.log10(itemWorth)
                })
            end
        end,
        -- At first it's counter intuitive that this filter selects all the non-enchanted items
        -- This illusion disappears soon as we relize that the game uses this filter in the
        -- enchanting menu to select items viable for enchanting.
        filter = tes3.inventorySelectFilter.enchanted
    })

end

-- We registered our bribe function on keyDown event, and filtered it for `u` key,
-- so our bribe function is only called once `u` key is pressed
event.register(tes3.event.keyDown, bribe, { filter = tes3.scanCode.u })