I want to script a weapon to give an actor a custom perk if they are a specific race, and are using that specific weapon...is it possible?

You can't give actors perks ingame, but you can give them the perk and make that the conditions for it to work aren't meet unless the race and having sword are meet. I suppose that won't help in your case (it seems you want to make a new sword affecting any NPC from specific races outside your mod). If so, you should use spells or abilities.

Unless this has been fixed in the last update you cannot give perks (proper) to actors dynamically. All the methods to do so such as the function AddPerk() are broken (only work for the player).

You can FAKE it by making normal spells that look like perks, then give them the spell.

Mm okay in that case, is it possible for me to set the weapon to detect the weapon holder's race (DraugrRace for example), then give that holder a custom spell if he matches up as a Draugr?

Yes.

Race Property DraugrRace autoSpell Property AbilityInQuestion autoevent OnEquipped(Actor akActor)   if akActor.GetRace()==DraugrRace	  akActor.addSpell(AbilityInQuestion)  endIfendEvent

Sweet thanks! Are you still free to work on coding? I could use it now lol.