Way to change negative reaction?

[artfoundry]

Ok, so I made a little "experimental" goof - while in the temple of the nearby town, I opened the chest and clicked on the potion. And of course, the cleric saw me and instantly started attacking me. I haven't died from his attacks, but ever since then, he's always been on my hide about that. Is there any way to get him to calm down, so I can talk to him? I didn't really mean to steal the potion, honest! <_<

[DemonWizard]

well load your game talk to the preist first take the quest from him then take the potion from the chest and he wont attack you.

[BasiliskWrangler]

Once an NPC knows you are a thief, they will always attack you on site. However, if you can cast Charm on them, they forget they are mad at you.

[artfoundry]

Ok, guess I'll have to look for a charm spell. At this point I don't really want to go back to a saved game that's before I stole the potion - I've done too much since then.