You have withstood an almost unlimited amount of abuse in your life, and that has left its mark. Your skin is thick, calloused, miscolored, and/or scarred. You may lack all bodily hair. Or you might be babyfaced but obese. Your vulnerable points are thick and well protected; neck, waist, and wrists. Sometimes people remark that you are as broad as you are tall; this might not be literally true, but you still have trouble getting through narrow doors. This makes you stand out in a crowd, as does your tendency to blithely walk on hot coals and glass shards or the habit to open cans with your teeth. Most people call you scary, while a few find comfort in your power.
For a character to have an exceptional attribute, outside the "normal" range you must first purchase a specific Pulp Schtick for each sub-attribute. This not only adds a small extra cost, it also gives more or less defined special traits and extraordinary characteristics tied to such high ability scores. Unlike ordinary Pulp schticks, these offer no or very little benefit and some hindrance; they are more flaws than schticks but you still pay for them. If you want to be able to get exceptional attributes but do not want the effects of the schtick, you can pay double price to ignore the effect.
These schticks are considered genre schticks and are not used in all campaigns. See Schticks and Exceptional.