Influence

Influence, or area of influence, is a circle around a settlement's innermost centre within which a player's actions are capable of affecting their reputation with the settlement's faction. The radius of this circle is increased with the settlement's authority. Actions that occur out of the area of influence will not affect the player's reputation with a faction. All NPCs also have an area of influence, albeit smaller than that of a settlement, that will result in changes to reputation with the NPCs factions if the player is in close enough proximity.