Honestly i love the way Simple World, a PBTA hack does it, 4 or 5 abstract stats that represent how your actions are percieved usually.
So “Freak” “Fury” “Precision” and so on.
Just a thought. Great post.
Savage worlds comes to ming with the spirit stat being used in the latest Super Power Companion to connect to Focus for super power usages of most kinds, besides fighting, shooting and athletics and magic if you wanna.