Moonsilver
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Appearance in Social Combat.
This one is causing some concern. Exalted seem to have made Appearance more important than the other two Social attributes.
Mr Charisma has Charisma 4, Appearance 2, and Persuasion 2. Mr Appearance has Charisma 2, Appearance 4, and Persuasion 2.
Looking at the core rulebook, most extras would have a Mental Defence value of 2 to 4 (average 3) and Appearance 2. Now our two Mr Social’s will attempt to convince them of something:
Mr Charisma would do a social attack with 6 dice and need 4 successes to succeed.
Mr Appearance would do a social attack with 4 dice (reduce the targets MDV by 2) and need 2 success to succeed.
The same thing happens when Mr Appearance gets attacked, he is harder to convince etc. I do realise that appearance plays no part in reading motivation and keeping your social attack stealthy.
Have I interpreted the rules correctly and what is your opinion on this?
This one is causing some concern. Exalted seem to have made Appearance more important than the other two Social attributes.
Mr Charisma has Charisma 4, Appearance 2, and Persuasion 2. Mr Appearance has Charisma 2, Appearance 4, and Persuasion 2.
Looking at the core rulebook, most extras would have a Mental Defence value of 2 to 4 (average 3) and Appearance 2. Now our two Mr Social’s will attempt to convince them of something:
Mr Charisma would do a social attack with 6 dice and need 4 successes to succeed.
Mr Appearance would do a social attack with 4 dice (reduce the targets MDV by 2) and need 2 success to succeed.
The same thing happens when Mr Appearance gets attacked, he is harder to convince etc. I do realise that appearance plays no part in reading motivation and keeping your social attack stealthy.
Have I interpreted the rules correctly and what is your opinion on this?