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2018/05/31 22:27:29
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Stubborn Hammerer
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Delete if inappropriate.
Today I bicycled over to a friend to help him out with writing out a lot of little flavour texts for a reverse-engineered RPG system he's cooking for his mates. It's a Swedish fantasy game apparently known as Eon, which is getting converted into science fiction duty.
A lot of professions had to be replaced or updated (how relevant is a nomad cowherd in an urbanized sci-fi industrial setting?), and then got some lines of explanation.
However, one group of professions were just copied straight over without change, because it was the oldest profession, after all.
I was at a loss at how to distinguish between some of the subcategories, but then my friend solved it in one fell swoop. Three words per line. It's got to be seen to be believed...
Let's call him Zephyr wrote:Prostitute
Brothel worker - Whore in house
Harlot - Whore in street
Escort - Whore with nobles
Courtesan - Whore who talks
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2018/05/31 22:28:41
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Building a blood in water scent
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I mean, he's not wrong.
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2018/06/01 00:55:25
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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You forgot wench - Whore in tavern
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2018/06/01 01:29:47
Subject: Re:A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Ultramarine Librarian with Freaky Familiar
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Blyat - Whore in Russia?
Iron Captain should be able to confirm or correct me on that one.
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2018/06/01 01:50:34
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I would have said
Lolita/basha bazi: child whore
Harlot: whore who works in the street
Brothel worker: whore who works in a close house
Burlesque performer: whore who works in a circus or cabaret
Escorts: whore who works with clients with lots of money
Maid / Servant boy: whore that cleans and serves
Courtesan: whore who also spies, murder, bodyguard and entertain
Wench: whore who serves alcohol
Trophy wife / Fabio: whore that you actually married and who accepted just for money.
Geisha: extremely sophisticated, costly, talented and exotic whore
the Trap: actually not a whore, a con artist or a cop.
I actually used those classes for a DnD game in which my group was playing prostitutes who are also private supernatural investigators. The game was of course humoristical and we had quite a bit of fun.
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2018/06/01 02:01:39
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2018/06/01 17:53:23
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Combat Jumping Ragik
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Well, if it is a topic about Harlots in RPGs, what about:
-Slovenly trull
-Brazen strumpet
-Cheap trollop
-TypicaI streetwalker
-Saucy tart
-Wanton wench
-Expensive doxy
-Haughty courtesan
-Aged madam
-WeaIthy procuress
-Sly pimp
-Rich panderer
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2018/06/01 18:10:15
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Battlefield Tourist
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I mean does this need to be delineated into a class system?
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2018/06/01 19:15:22
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Building a blood in water scent
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Da Boss wrote:I mean does this need to be delineated into a class system?
Maybe not as fully fleshed class system as some of the follow up posters have taken it, but it could cause serious complications to the party if you mistakenly refer to the local lord's courtesan as a harlot
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We were once so close to heaven, St. Peter came out and gave us medals; declaring us "The nicest of the damned".
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” |
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2018/06/01 23:12:10
Subject: Re:A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Combat Jumping Ragik
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Sheesh, kids these days.
I was not delineating any sort of class system but rather referencing the venerated Harlots sub-table from the City/Town encounters matrix in Appendix C in the original DM's Guide. Page 192, if you must know.
AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide wrote: Harlot encounters can be with brazen strumpets or haughty courtesans, thus making it difficult for the party to distinguish each encounter for what it is. (In fact, the encounter could be with a dancer only prostituting herself as it pleases her, an elderly madam, or even a pimp.) In addition to the offering of the usual fare, the harlot is 30% likely to know valuable information, 15% likely to make something up in order to gain a reward, and 20% likely to be, or work with, a thief....An expensive doxy will resemble a gentlewoman, a haughty courtesan a noblewoman, the other harlots might be mistaken for goodwives, and so forth.
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2018/06/02 05:18:35
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Battlefield Tourist
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Oh, I knew.
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2018/06/02 09:40:52
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Foxy Wildborne
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Could you... not.
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2018/06/02 17:47:47
Subject: A friend's distinction between different prostitute classes in an RPG
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Combat Jumping Ragik
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A large number of D&D players have no clue. They played BECMI or 3.0+ edition(s).
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