I've gone through the threads talking about which races are good for an influencer and how much to invest in Influence. So that just leaves the other skills to support influencing. What common/guild/trade skills help an influencer the most?
I remember reading something about Low Magic in another thread...

Highmagic gives +1 Charisma.

That's the only common skillset that will help you.

Trade skills have Hero Fete at trans cooking, which will be +1 to all stats. And Artisans can make thrones for +2 Charisma (but you can just buy one of those)

For guild skills, you've got:
Totems (for ego regen)
Night (+2 Charisma + ego regen)
Stag (Added strength to influencing)
Druidry/Aquamancy/Geomancy (Added strength to influencing)
Rituals (+1 Charisma, possibly a second +1 from Fortuna)
Sacraments (Added strength to influencing)
Psionics (Ego regen)
Astrology (+1-+3(4?) Charisma, +ego)

Aaand.. I think that's it.

Thanks Fallen.

Stag greenman increase influence attacks also, as far as I can remember

And now with dramatics, that's a whole skillset of helpfulness.

You mean trueheart.

Actually Sacraments only helps parley and amnesty, not really influencing denizen's as one usually does, but still a helpful skill.

Don't forget both Crow and Necromancy let you influence undead.

Don't forget being able to chant for yourself if you wish. Chanters may be good in teams, but they benefit themselves as well for normal influencing.

For pure 'playing the system' I'd go Shadowdancer Shadowcaster or Nihilist Faeling, as they've both got very nice combinations of guild-only skills that help influencing.

In all honestly though, as long as you've got a 14 cha race and a nice amount of lessons in influencing/dramatics you'll be a decent influencer.

Wesmin is very right about chanting, I always forget not everyone has that since I've had it for such a long time.

Best combo for influencing i think would be something like this:

Faeling/imperian merian Celestine with
Highmagic (netzach),
Rituals(fortuna, laetitia, populus),
Sacraments (for health/mana/ego regen and this amnesty parleying stuff),
Astrology (for half a year you have boosted ego i belive, cant remeber skill name, then blessings +1-3 cha),
buy a throne,
and trade skill what you like (it wont do much change)

And of course this new whole skillset but i have no idea how good it can be.

ayep trueheart. Thanks