FluxIX

@Jadasc I don't feel that hand-waving the question because of their generation is a valid solution. I agree the supplements were written to serve a goal instead of game mechanics, but I still wonder what modicum of justification was used when setting the Appearance scores that high.

@HeyICanChan I hesitate to reduce Appearance to "knowing what to wear when" as it then becomes a subjective attribute (so the Appearance of 7 only applies when the viewer really likes that overall appearance, whereas a different viewer in the same place at the same time seeing the same appearance may treat it as Appearance 1 because they don't like it).

The characters I have in-game currently are all of Methuselah generations, so the super-human levels are of particular interest to me. Simply spending XP to increase the stat is also impossible as I do not award XP (preferring to instead have in-game actions replace traditional stat increases). When looking at the Elder characters from earlier supplements, certain clans (like Toreador, Ventrue, and sometime Setites) seem to have maxed-out Appearance stats although I have no idea as to what was done to reach those levels.

@Jadasc Intelligence, Manipulation, and Charisma (as defined in the book) are all things which can be practiced though to improve. Practicing Appearance is at the very least far more challenging and less frequent.

So how would one increase Appearance beyond 5 and why would humans not be allowed to have the same scale as Vampires?

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