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<blockquote data-quote="Isawa Sideshow" data-source="post: 150803" data-attributes="member: 1107"><p><strong>A problem with the rules...</strong></p><p></p><p>Looking over the sexual tricks and the Sexual Prowess skill and such, and I've noticed a few things that might be problematic.</p><p></p><p>Let's assume a low- to medium-sex game, where the Sexual Prowess skill is not a class skill for any class. Let's make a feat called "Sexual Skill", that makes Sexual Prowess a class skill - after all, most people in a fantasy setting don't spend that much time solely devoted to improving their sexual technique.</p><p></p><p>Now, consider an "average" starting prostitute - probably a young woman (age 15 to 25) who's a bit down on her luck and finds that men are willing to pay her for carnal pleasures. </p><p></p><p>1st level commoner, STR 9, DEX 11, CON 10, INT 10, WIS 11, CHA 13. Feats: Sexual Skill, Skill Focus (Sexual Prowess). Skill: Sexual Prowess +7 (4 ranks, +1 CHA, +2 from Skill Focus)</p><p></p><p>Here's the problem - she can't take very many sex tricks! She can take Easy to Read (req 2 ranks and CHA 12+), Greedy Lover (req 4 ranks and Easy to Read, and possibly Talk Dirty (if she has the ranks of Bluff), but that's it. Also, because of the prerequisites on all the other tricks (most require Intuitive Lover or Dexterous Lover), she can't even take most of them until she gains several levels and boosts her stats - and let's face it, she's not likely to get much in the way of XP.</p><p></p><p>On top of that, the sex tricks don't scale well as the character gains ranks of Sexual Prowess. There's a few rank 1s (that all require certain higher-than-average stats), a couple of rank 2s, some rank 3s that all require rank 1s, few rank 4s, a bunch of 5s and 6s, then we jump to 8, then to 12. It's not a very good curve.</p><p></p><p>I'm looking at reworking the tricks right now. First of all, I'm considering dropping a lot of the stat-based requisites, i.e. cutting down on how much Intuitive Lover and Dexterous Lover are used. I'm also thinking of moving the various (Sexual Act) Focus tricks to Rank 1, so that PCs/NPCs who don't have exception stats can still take a sexual trick or two with a couple of ranks of skill. I'm also thinking of adjusting the curve and spreading out some of the abilities. Some of the 8s and 12s should be higher, and the clump of 5s and 6s can be spread out more.</p><p></p><p>Anyone else have any ideas for how to make a smoother progression of tricks?</p><p></p><p>Also, I think that the advanced sex rules can be smoothed out even more; they still seem a bit clunkier than I'd like, but that's a whole separate discussion...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Isawa Sideshow, post: 150803, member: 1107"] [b]A problem with the rules...[/b] Looking over the sexual tricks and the Sexual Prowess skill and such, and I've noticed a few things that might be problematic. Let's assume a low- to medium-sex game, where the Sexual Prowess skill is not a class skill for any class. Let's make a feat called "Sexual Skill", that makes Sexual Prowess a class skill - after all, most people in a fantasy setting don't spend that much time solely devoted to improving their sexual technique. Now, consider an "average" starting prostitute - probably a young woman (age 15 to 25) who's a bit down on her luck and finds that men are willing to pay her for carnal pleasures. 1st level commoner, STR 9, DEX 11, CON 10, INT 10, WIS 11, CHA 13. Feats: Sexual Skill, Skill Focus (Sexual Prowess). Skill: Sexual Prowess +7 (4 ranks, +1 CHA, +2 from Skill Focus) Here's the problem - she can't take very many sex tricks! She can take Easy to Read (req 2 ranks and CHA 12+), Greedy Lover (req 4 ranks and Easy to Read, and possibly Talk Dirty (if she has the ranks of Bluff), but that's it. Also, because of the prerequisites on all the other tricks (most require Intuitive Lover or Dexterous Lover), she can't even take most of them until she gains several levels and boosts her stats - and let's face it, she's not likely to get much in the way of XP. On top of that, the sex tricks don't scale well as the character gains ranks of Sexual Prowess. There's a few rank 1s (that all require certain higher-than-average stats), a couple of rank 2s, some rank 3s that all require rank 1s, few rank 4s, a bunch of 5s and 6s, then we jump to 8, then to 12. It's not a very good curve. I'm looking at reworking the tricks right now. First of all, I'm considering dropping a lot of the stat-based requisites, i.e. cutting down on how much Intuitive Lover and Dexterous Lover are used. I'm also thinking of moving the various (Sexual Act) Focus tricks to Rank 1, so that PCs/NPCs who don't have exception stats can still take a sexual trick or two with a couple of ranks of skill. I'm also thinking of adjusting the curve and spreading out some of the abilities. Some of the 8s and 12s should be higher, and the clump of 5s and 6s can be spread out more. Anyone else have any ideas for how to make a smoother progression of tricks? Also, I think that the advanced sex rules can be smoothed out even more; they still seem a bit clunkier than I'd like, but that's a whole separate discussion... [/QUOTE]
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