Faction tricks for questing

[maakur]

I'm trying to figure out how to do a quest with the Kerra, but I con threateningly to them - probably because I'm an Erudite. I tried notwithstanding and the NPC ate the item, so clearly I need higher faction somehow.

I already tried wolf form but they still conned threatening (and the Druid who very graciously assisted me became threatening after being indifferent when he donned wolf also).

Are there any other tricks short of puppet strings that I might be able to pull to get the Kerra to deal with me? Or does anybody know what minimum faction the quest requires?

(strangely, I can hail the NPC and get all of the quest text even while threatening, but the actual quest won't resolve)