That'd be a pretty good plan. "Here, take this and if you don't like it, give it back and I'll tell you some stories instead."
I knew what the reward was before I even started the quest so I wouldn't have picked the second option. But being told by the quest giver that 'you may not find this useful' is a pretty big deterrent to taking it and to be honest, that's a really great reward to miss out on.
I knew what the reward was before I even started the quest so I wouldn't have picked the second option. But being told by the quest giver that 'you may not find this useful' is a pretty big deterrent to taking it and to be honest, that's a really great reward to miss out on.