Modelling Equal Gender Appeal

[malloyd]

Originally Posted by Varyon

That makes a great deal of sense. I'd have a character who has the Perk but is clearly of a sex the target isn't attracted to use their lower bonus if they're Handsome/Beautiful or better, but otherwise I don't see a problem with allowing this.

I rather like it too, good idea.

Putting it all together, my inclination would be that, to make a character who can convince even those who are not attracted to his/her sex to sleep with him/her, you first need some way to be able to use Sex Appeal on your target

An important point, that I've found goes a long way toward diffusing how explosive stuff like this is in play, is to remember that you are [not] rolling to convince the target to sleep with you. You are rolling to give them the option of choosing between sleeping with you or suffering a penalty equal to your margin of success to do anything else as long as the scene persists. It is entirely reasonable for the result of your massive cross-orientation Sex Appeal success to be the target still refuses to sleep with you and suffers massive penalties for it. It really does not matter much whether these penalties result from their inability to take their eyes off your hotness or their internal struggle with the demonically inspired urges they think they are suffering from - penalties are penalties.