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What say ye nerdes of games? Ever been in a game that started to go uncomfortable places? Actually arrived at uncomfortable places?
I was once ina game where one of the characters was a gay pink furred minotaur, another was a demon possesed half-angel half-elf that shot lasers from her eyes. It was a few years ago so I don't remember the others but those two really stood. It got...akward. Partially becuase I was not warned ahead of time that this game went places such as that.
I once played a character that had a low charisma but would hit on everything that walked within shouting distance, but it never really went anywhere sexual.
This thread was inspired by the scene in COmmunity where Annie, playing a male character, graphically describes what he/she is doing to the elf maiden, played by Abed who is DM'ing.
Do you not want it in your games, not care, or do you play F.A.T.A.L.?
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
It's been known to occur, but we mostly fade to black as its not neccesary at the tabletop.
I've had some nasty Defiler encounters over the years, thankfully nine times out of ten, said Defiler minion ends up as bloody chunks on a cold stone floor.
Thats been mostly to shock mind, inspire hatred for the Garou players.
I have done full relationships via games, my best mate going all they way to marrying a female npc I was running stands out, the characters raising two kids as well.
This was from a game that went on for nine years, and accounted for around thirty years in game though.
It certainly got me over being embarrassed about referencing love and affection scenes in front of male gamers mind.
Although it probably helped I've nearly always had female players in there as well. So not as awkward.
I like to think (backed up by two female players comments) that my grasp of female Rping has got to 'near scary' levels as Aurelia puts it.
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"That's not an Ork, its a girl.." - Last words of High General Daran Ul'tharem, battle of Ursha VII.
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Not had a game go that way but I've got a book published for the D20 system called "The Book of Erotic Roleplay" to help with relationships, sex, pregnancy and a load of associated items and spells. Really the thing to remember is that people should have fun.
Hate to say this, but in terms of D&D Im a purest. What happens between characters when not at the table I could careless about. Many of my games involve couples.
However, Im a purest and a snob. You bring a Gay Pink Furred Minotaur to the table, you are either asked to leave or dead before the Party even leaves the Tavern and then you are asked to leave.
Half-Angel/Demon. feth no. Get that gak out of here. You want to play a Half Vampire Futa, go find someone else's High Fantasy to ruin. I have gak to do.
ever been a problem.
No sir, it has not.
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Comintern wrote:Hate to say this, but in terms of D&D Im a purest. What happens between characters when not at the table I could careless about. Many of my games involve couples.
Isn't that half the point of a role playing game though? Character interaction?
A lot of that can happen "off board". Indeed, a lot of my characters had extensive back stories to account for how they got to where they were and the kinds of choices they would make "in game" (both on and off the table top).
You can have a lot of fun if people are allowed to come up with background and interaction between characters outside of the normal "game time" - plus it can feed into the actual game itself, making it more interesting for everyone.
I see that I have a kindred spirit in comintern! I'm kind of the same way. I'd just rather play the game with the basic rules without a lot of extra craziness. I'm not opposed to things taking place outside of "game time" though. I just get annoyed by power gamers that look for every opportunity to make a complete OP character.
As to the OP, if it's done in a mature way and it comes up organically within the story I'm not against relationships in my games. Oddly, my wife played a womanizing male sorcerer and it was a lot of fun.
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It has come up in games but we always "fade to black" for anything remotely sexual. Not that we'd be outraged, but it's not something I want to act out with a room of my best mates, really
I have done romance plots as a GM, that was a pretty big challenge. I picked a good PC to do it with so it worked out really nicely, but I wouldn't do it every game.
On weird PCs, I don't have a problem with it IF IT FITS THE GAME. I don't like it when someone doesn't bother having a chat to the other players and the GM about what sort of game it is before bringing in their wacky character. But we've done the "party of freaks" thing a few times (mostly D'n'D planescape) and it works out alright.
I've been storyteller for several Vampire the Masquerade campaigns and you often get some goof who wants to go seduce the laydees with his dominate and charisma.
I allow this to fade to black, then word of it gets back to the harpies of the city and the vampire gets a fairly disgusting reputation and is openly ridiculed (as in WoD, getting 'segsah' is considered a dreadful faux pas by kindred society).
I also in one case, had the object of the player's affections come back to haunt him after she'd been reworked into a particularly repulsive Szlachta. "You never called, you never even sent me a fething text message"....
In one situation, a husband and wife were both playing as PCs and the wife had determined she wanted an in-game relationship with a male NPC. It came off as awkward for the DM and for her husband -- although perhaps that was only my perception. What was not only me, however, was that every other PC besides the wife hated that NPC and continuously attempted to kill him. My character eventually did it, killing him and raising him again and again until he lost all of his levels. I also managed to soul trap him and threw the gem into the sea. That's right -- watching my IRL buddy's back in-game, yo.
You rogues! How dare you imply that such scandalous behaviour be appropriate for such a gentlemanly and formal endeavour as that of role playing.
Or on the other hand, as the only female we have playing with us is the DM's girlfriend (and he's smarter than to let her play in one of my games), there would be murder if there was any moves made, even in game. On the other hand, my characters have had relationships with NPCs. The fade to black method is the way to handle it, because he's too insecure in his masculinity and I'm typically drunk enough to be able to make it especially creepy for him. I've got a game where my character is actually going to be a father. My hopes are to at a later time be able to make up the child as a character and then play him in another game.
In my games it rarely comes up. When I give their characters down time and whatnot, if they want to hit some brothels or something I'm not going to tell them no, just let them know what they did and how much money they are down because of the "expieriance."
col. krazy kenny wrote:All i can remember was a pc being a Necrophiliac.Enough said.Also he had thing for orcs.i soon quit gaming with them weirdos.
Necro, an odd one I agree, although it is a potential flaw for one of the Vampire clans, Giovanni I think. Depends how it was done, but in general its a 'look at me' play most of the time I'd reckon, so not one I'd probably allow in my games unless the player has more plans than 'me fondle bodies' ...yeah, okay.
Orcs, well thats not so irregular, for me it depends on the setting, not all settings have orcs looking like someone has slapped them across the face with a clawhammer, and most settings are not single gender as GW Orcs are. WoW Orc females for example would be probably be attractive to anyone into female bodybuilding etc.
So the Orc stuff wouldn't bother me at all, half Orcs are pretty common in several settings.
"That's not an Ork, its a girl.." - Last words of High General Daran Ul'tharem, battle of Ursha VII.
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col. krazy kenny wrote:All i can remember was a pc being a Necrophiliac.Enough said.Also he had thing for orcs.i soon quit gaming with them weirdos.
He wasn't a Necro, he was just thoroughly checking them for treasure.
Never come up in one of our groups, honestly, even though we've joked about using the Sex Rules that one book had if it ever did and forcing people to role play it. Probably had something to do about it.
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Umm.. no.. especially after the one and only time our former DM tried to put it in his game... we, the party, walked in on a fertility rite in a halfling village.. read: A HALFLING ORGY!! We have been scarred for life now thank you very much.. there is only so much one's mind can take.. and a whole village of halflings "getting it on" like the world is gonna end tomorrow was too much for us....
nuff said... it's hurting my brain just thinking about this again...
Did a little in character strip tease for my party tonight.
Right before shapeshifting into animal form.
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On the hafling orgy,What about the good old fashioned xavarts from the orginal fiends folio And the description of how orks could not keep it in their loin clothes and was perverted.Goin aruond and molesting goblins.
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I do NOT want to know what happens if you roll a 1 for intercourse. Nope. Aint going there.
But........
True story......
On a quest to destroy the eye of Vecna, the lands around the volcano it had to be thrown into were overrun with dragons guarding the place. I used a wish to "make all dragons and dragon like creatures within 100 miles get the sudden and uncontrollable urge to mate with each other".
The DM's jaw dropped.
Hilarity ensued as we casually walked up to the volcano and threw the eye down the crater.
One of the PC's was quoted as saying "Look at all the f_ing dragons"
snurl wrote:I do NOT want to know what happens if you roll a 1 for intercourse.
... you.. fumble..... ?
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