My best answer for that situation, at least specifically for GURPS, would be to use awarded points. Start out with the reaction roll based on appearance to get the basic opinion, and then it's pretty well up to the player. You can attempt to RP your way through things, which is preferred, or you can spend a point and either bypass or negate any flubs by making a roll to determine the outcome.
The people who tend to be jerks with high stats will be unwilling to spend the points, while the ones who simply aren't as good can give it a shot (and possibly learn something from the process) and then default to stats if they feel it's necessary or simply aren't comfortable with it.
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on 2009-06-26 10:59 pm (UTC)The people who tend to be jerks with high stats will be unwilling to spend the points, while the ones who simply aren't as good can give it a shot (and possibly learn something from the process) and then default to stats if they feel it's necessary or simply aren't comfortable with it.