# Ignoring personal hygiene has negative effect?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ignoring-personal-hygiene-has-negative-effect/9025>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [March 2, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ignoring-personal-hygiene-has-negative-effect/9025 "2015-03-02T01:03:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![CosmicKobal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@CosmicKobal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CosmicKobal)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ignoring-personal-hygiene-has-negative-effect/9025/1 "2015-03-02T01:03:49Z")

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I would expect not 'U’sing a bar of soap semi-regularly or not 'U’sing scissors to trim a beard or head of hair, might incur some kind of negative feelings?

to quote one of my favorite childhood movies, " it’s remarkable how you can do without the necessities of life provided you have the little luxuries."

It seems like attention to these little details would provide another layer of realism.

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**Author:** ![Synthetic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/synthetic/32/406_2.png) [@Synthetic](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Synthetic)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ignoring-personal-hygiene-has-negative-effect/9025/2 "2015-03-02T04:12:44Z")

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It’s been stated before somewhere that suffering penalties for a lack of hygiene would just be inconvenient. It’s another layer of unnecessary micromanagement to have to keep track of. Gaining boons for staying clean is a better idea.  
I wouldn’t mind growing a ragged beard and long hair due to not trimming it, but character appearance isn’t really in the game at all right now.

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**Author:** ![deadmerits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/deadmerits/32/19_2.png) [@deadmerits](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/deadmerits)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ignoring-personal-hygiene-has-negative-effect/9025/3 "2015-03-02T04:17:57Z")

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[quote=“Synthetic, post:2, topic:9025”]…  
I wouldn’t mind growing a ragged beard and long hair due to not trimming it, but character appearance isn’t really in the game at all right now.[/quote]

If I remember right there is a system for paperdoll tiling for tileset artist that is just not used widely yet. So growing a beard might be possible to put in and depict right now.

But a bit off topic.

\*Edit: My post was off topic, not yours.