03-25-2011, 09:03 PM | #111 |
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Re: Resistance to Sex Appeal
Buying resistance to sex appeal is cheaper than you think.
(0pt feature) asexual: character doesn't find anyone "sexy," get's a +4 to resist most attempts to seduce or a +2 if seduction is based on taking advantage of the character's other personality traits (i.e. a greedy asexual may well be "seduced" by someone who clearly wants to part with cash in the attempt; a selfish asexual may well be "seduced" by someone of higher status). Character is at -4 to acting, performance or sex appeal roles where the character's actual enjoyment of the sex act would make a difference. (1pt perk) particular tastes: character has a "type" that they find sexy and nothing else is all that interesting to them, get's a +4 to resist most attempts to seduce or a +2 if seduction is based on taking advantage of the character's other personality traits. Character is at a -2 to acting, performance or sex appeal rolls against those not of their type. (-5/10 pt obsession): automatically resists any seduction attempt that doesn't seem to be a stepping stone to their goal. -4 to resist any seductino attempt that clearly would get the character closer to their goal. Automatically fails to resist any seduction attempt that would clearly get them to their goal...
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03-25-2011, 09:14 PM | #112 | |
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03-25-2011, 09:26 PM | #113 |
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Re: Resistance to Sex Appeal
Strong will, Indomitable and the like work.
Also I allow Resistance as a Perk just as Ghostdancer does I treat "asexual" a bit different. Its a quirk and merits a -1 reaction sometimes. I just assume that they can neither make nor be effected by Sex Appeal. Of course IMC influence skills other than intimidate are rarely used and sex appeal, never. In many many years of gaming I've seen exactly it used once, in a Top Secret game I ran and that was only done as I was (with the players OK) teaching the player the differences between my perceptions male and female tradecraft. A sa general rule most groups I game with prefer action games YMMV of course |
03-25-2011, 09:57 PM | #114 |
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Re: Resistance to Sex Appeal
houseruled. page 1 of the lemminglord handbook. follow me and I'll take you far. (off a cliff!)
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03-25-2011, 09:59 PM | #115 | |
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03-25-2011, 10:22 PM | #116 |
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Re: Resistance to Sex Appeal
While some people will have a negative reaction having someone who is more anything than you pay attention will often get positive results. So an attractive person of the wrong sex, a wealthy person even if you don't care about money, a powerful politician of the other party. You may not care about what they are offering but the fact that they are offering is itself a positive reaction bonus.
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03-25-2011, 10:26 PM | #117 |
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Re: Resistance to Sex Appeal
Count me among those who don't believe that lack of access to reliable contraception reduces anyone's vulnerability to Sex Appeal used as an influence skill. I'd say that Sex Appeal is the skill in instances like:
1) Using a few flowery phrases and smoldering looks to talk the scullery maid into letting you onto the estate after the moon rises. 2) Flirting with the landlady in pursuit of the local gossip. (Sherlock Holmes pulled this once or twice, as I recall). 3) Being dashing enough so that the governor's daughter won't have you hanged as a pirate. 4) Looking adorably goofy enough that the lady of the house forgives you when your antics have destroyed her sitting room. (the Ashton Kutcher effect?) None of these involve any actual sex. I'd also point out that while unmarried ladies of good breeding had to preserve their "virtue" or "reputation" in many times and places, often the rules were looser for the lower classes, for already married women (sometimes after she'd borne a son to the patriarch of the household, fidelity became less important), and for widows. Certainly what happens after a woman who should be "chaste" gets knocked up is a staple of period romances and tales... obviously it happened.
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03-26-2011, 06:40 AM | #118 | |
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03-26-2011, 07:37 AM | #119 | |
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03-26-2011, 08:13 AM | #120 | |
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Peter the priest has Disciplines of Faith that include chastity; he is also strictly heterosexual. Sex Appeal will not be able to convince him to have sex, nor will Fast-Talk or simply a high Status/Charisma/Attractive person asking. However, Barbara the beggar could still use Sex Appeal to convince him to let her sleep in the church, just as she could use Fast-Talk. Bob the Beggar could use Fast-Talk, but not Sex Appeal. If it were a science fiction campaign, Darlene the (uplifted) dog beggar would also be able to use Fast-Talk but not Sex Appeal. |
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heterosexuality, homosexuality, kromm explanation, new skill, sex appeal, social engineering |
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