外貌

"Appearance (p. B21) affects reaction rolls much like Charisma, but is visual rather than behavioral."

{外貌}（B21页）对反应检定的影响和{超凡魅力}差不多，但它是可见的性质，而不是行为。

"As a result, it doesn't require two-way interaction."

正因此，它不依赖于双向的互动。

"It can take effect through one-way live video, recorded video or film, or still photography."

它可以单向起效，通过视频直播、录像或电影、或者静态照片。

"It can even apply through representational art, like sketches or paintings - however, the artist may choose to portray the model as more or less attractive than he actually is."

它甚至可以通过具象的艺术作品起效，例如素描或油画——不过，艺术家可以任意描绘模特，使得作品比真人更美或更丑。

"If the artwork is more attractive, people meeting the model may react badly in disappointment; take the difference in reaction roll bonuses as a penalty to the reaction to the living person."

如果作品更有吸引力，人们遇到模特本人的时候可能会因为失望而有反应减值；将反应加值的差值大小作为减值，赋给观者见到真人时的反应检定。

"Because it's essentially passive, Appearance doesn't affect most Influence skills."

因为本质上是被动的，{外貌}不会作用于大多数影响技能。

"Sex Appeal is an exception; favorable Appearance gives bonuses, and unfavorable Appearance gives doubled penalties."

{性感}是个例外；目标喜欢的{外貌}给予加值，不喜欢的给予双倍的减值。

Handsome/Beautiful or better Appearance normally gives higher bonuses with people attracted to your sex.

{英俊的}或{美丽的}以上的{外貌}通常对受到你性吸引的人有更高的加值。

The Androgynous option gives equal bonuses with both sexes.

{无差别吸引}这个选项会使得对两种性别的加值相同。

The Impressive option gives bonuses to Intimidation instead of Sex Appeal.

{气质吸引力}这个选项使得{外貌}对{威吓}有加值，而不是{性感}。

An extraordinarily unattractive person may gain bonuses to Intimidation:

一个极端缺乏吸引力的人可能会在{威吓}上有加值：

"+2 for Hideous, +3 for Monstrous, or +4 for Horrific."

{可憎的} +2，{畸形的} +3，{恐怖的} +4.

See Racial Appearance (p. 43) for rules for nonhumans.

有关非人类的规则见"种族外貌"（【43页】）。

Vocal Quality

嗓音质量

Voice gives +2 to reaction rolls; Disturbing Voice or Stuttering gives -2.

{迷人声线}给反应检定 +2；{恼人声线}或{口吃不清} -2.

"Like modifiers for Appearance, these don't require two-way communication or behavioral feedback; they affect anyone who can hear the person speak or sing."

和{外貌}提供的修正值一样，这些也不要求双向交流或者动作上的回应；他们影响每一个能听到你讲话或唱歌的人。

"Analogs may exist for nonhuman races (Perception and Communication, p. 44)."

类似的特质在非人类种族中也存在（"感知能力和交流方式"，【44页】）。

Vocal quality modifies a number of skills that involve those actions:

嗓音质量带来的修正值会作用在涉及如下行动的技能检定上：

"Diplomacy, Fast-Talk, Mimicry, Performance, Politics, Public Speaking, Sex Appeal, and Singing."

{外交}、{唬骗}、{模仿声音}、{表演}、{政治}、{演讲}、{性感}、和{唱歌}。

"(Mimicry and Politics should be added to the list for Stuttering, p. B157.)"

（{口齿不清}的列表里应该加上{模仿声音}和{政治}，B157页。）

This affects Influence rolls based on these skills.

这会影响基于这些技能的影响检定。

"Vocal quality doesn't affect Savoir-Faire or Streetwise, or any nonverbal Influence roll; see Influence Shticks (p. 78) for examples of the latter."

嗓音质量不会影响{礼仪}和{黑街}，或者任何非语言的影响检定；后者的例子见"影响相关的特色"（【78页】）。

"Voice doesn't give bonuses to Intimidation, but Stuttering gives -2, and some forms of Disturbing Voice may do the same (such as a squeaky "cartoon character" voice)."

{迷人声线}不会给{威吓}加值，但{口齿不清}有 -2，而某些形式的{恼人声线}也可能会如此（例如那种刺耳的犹如"卡通人物"的声音）。

Penetrating Voice (p. B101) can give +1 to Intimidation.

{穿透力的嗓音}（B101页）可以给{威吓}+1.

All you need are looks and a whole lot of money.

你只需要好看，和一大堆的钱。

"-Billy Joel, "Still Rock and Roll to Me""

—— 比利?乔，It's Still Rock & Roll to Me

Visible Status and Cost of Living

地位的外在表现和生活开销

Reaction modifiers from Status come from knowledge of a person's social standing.

只有一个人知道了你的社会身份，你的{地位}才会对他产生反应修正。

It's often possible to recognize high or low Status on sight.

地位高低常常是能用眼睛看出来的。

"How someone dresses gives obvious signals; others come from jewelry and accessories, grooming, possessions such as vehicles and luggage, and in some cases, from his being accompanied by servants or bodyguards."

一个人的衣着打扮是一个明显的信号；还可以通过珠宝和配饰、梳妆、车辆和行李之类的财物，以及在某些情况下，通过他身边的仆从或保镖看出来。

"All these things cost money (Cost of Living, pp. B265-266)."

这些都要花钱（"生活费"，B265--266页）。

"The required expenditure is normally based on purchased Status plus any imputed Status (p. 13) from Wealth; to make an impression by being rich, you have to be visibly rich."

需要支出多少通常基于购买的{地位}加上从{财富}推定的{地位}；要想让别人意识到你很有钱，你必须看起来就很有钱。

Imputed Status from Rank doesn't normally require spending more.

从{级别}推定的{地位}通常不需要额外的开销。

"Some organizations help pay for their representatives to make a good impression; in other cases, an identifiable representative of the organization - a naval officer in uniform, or a priest in vestments - gets credit for higher Status without conspicuous consumption."

有些组织为它们的成员承担花销，来让公众对自己的代表有良好的印象；而另一些组织的代表——穿着制服的海军军官、穿法衣的祭司——凭借自己显而易见的组织标志就能获得等同于更高级{地位}的待遇，而没有铺张浪费的必要。

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"A minimal level of Status may be a prerequisite for certain Ranks; e.g., a naval ensign is supposed to keep up appearances as "an officer and a gentleman" (prerequisite Status 1)."

有些{级别}可能有一个最小{地位}作为前置条件；例如海军少尉就应当保持"军官和绅士"的形象（前置条件{地位 1}）。

What if you don't pay the cost of living for your Status?

如果你不支付{地位}相应的生活开销会怎么样？

"In many worlds, your Status falls to match what you actually spend."

在许多世界里，你的{地位}跌落到你实际支付的水平。

"But in more traditional societies, you're born to high or low Status and can't do much to change it."

但在更传统的社会里，你生来就是某个阶级，并不会改变太多。

"Instead, you get a bad Reputation, such as "Poor relation" or "Distressed gentlewoman," with a reaction penalty equal to the difference between the Status you were born to and that you can afford."

取而代之的，你获得坏{声誉}，例如"穷亲戚"或者"潦倒淑女"，这会带来反应减值，等同于你生来的{地位}与你能支付得起的{地位}之间的差值。

"Or you have a Secret, which you have to protect by pretending to wealth you don't have."

或者，你获得一个{秘密}，要保守这个秘密你必须在{财富}上装作比实际更高。

"In many aristocratic societies, most nobles live beyond their means; their Code of Honor may even require this."

在许多贵族社会中，多数贵族过着超出自己财力的生活；他们的{荣誉准则}甚至要求他们这样做。

"It's possible to try to pass for lower Status, or even for negative Status."

你也可以尝试看起来{地位}比实际低，甚至有负{地位}。

"This is a form of social pretension, discussed under False Identities (pp. 3739)."

这是一种社会伪装，在"假身份"（【37--39页】）有讨论。

"The same applies to passing for higher Status, but you must be able to afford a suitable standard of living."

让自己看起来有比实际{地位}高也是一样的，但是你必须能负担得起相应的生活标准。

"If you maintain a higher standard of living than your Status requires, but don't have the skill to sustain your pretensions consistently, you will gain a bad Reputation."

如果你能把生活水平维持在比{地位}要求的更高的水平，但没有持续保持伪装的技能，那么你会获得一个坏{声誉}。

"If you don't try, but just spend your money freely, you have an Odious Personal Habit (p. 80)."

如果你就没有尝试这样做，而只是随便花钱，你会有一个{个人恶习}（【80页】）。

"In either case, people who are on to you will base their reactions to you on your true Status, with added penalties for your pretensions."

无论哪一种情况，盯上你的人都会根据你真正的{地位}给出反应，再加上伪装带来的减值。

Example:

例：

"Jean Richard, a bourgeois under Louis XIV, spends a substantial part of his wealth to buy a seat on the Privy Council, a fairly large body with few actual duties, after which he is treated as a minor noble:"

让 · 理查德，路易十四统治下的一个资本家，花了一笔可观的财产买到了枢密院的一个席位，同僚众多、职务很少，这就使得他在社会上如同低阶贵族一般：

"He has Courtesy Administrative Rank 6 [6], Filthy Rich [50], and Status 4 [15], which includes +1 imputed Status from Wealth."

他有{名誉行政级别 6 [6]}、{异常富有 [50]}和{地位 4 [15]}，其中包括{财富}推定的{地位 +1}。

"Wanting to make an impression, he buys a substantial house in Paris and incurs $60,000 a month of living expenses."

为了给人留下深刻的印象，他在巴黎买了一套大房子，每月要花 $60000 的生活费。

"This is Odious Personal Habit (Social Climber) [-5], which undermines the reaction bonus his Status would normally grant him, reducing his net bonus from +4 to +3."

这属于{个人恶习（社会爬墙虎） [-5]}，削弱了他的{地位}本该赋予的反应加值，使得净加值从 +4 变成了 +3.

Some societies follow a different rule:

有些社会则有另一套规则：

People with imputed Status from Wealth are not expected to spend more.

从{财富}获得推定{地位}的人不应当花费更多的钱。

The normal standard of living is based purely on purchased Status (p. 13); anything more can earn a bad Reputation or count as a Odious Personal Habit.

正常的生活水平纯粹基于{地位}（【13页】）；花销超过这个水平就会获得坏{声誉}或者被视作{个人恶习}。

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