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<blockquote data-quote="Samnell" data-source="post: 2745017" data-attributes="member: 130"><p>I'm gay. My PCs, unless I have some particular reason otherwise, are gay too. I presently have a necromancer who's asexual for story purposes. Unless I think of a concept that particularly demands it, I generally play gay PCs for the same reason (aside from the possibility of certian hostile groups and/or DMs) I think straight people generally play straight PCs: there's not much motivation to do any differently. The sexual inclinations of PCs are rarely at issue.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I did play one PC that was a halfling bard and almost stereotypically flaming (though not to the degree of throwing himself) but he was essentially acting out to keep from falling apart due to a huge helping of survivor's guilt. Poor guy lost his whole family.</p><p></p><p>In the games I've run, I've had a few gay NPCs. Rufus and Burne in my Hommlet are in a long-term, openly-acknowledged, but fairly quiet relationship. They retired as a couple. This only came up a few times when the party was bringing news of dire doings to them and Rufus laid a comforting hand on Burne's thigh. The sexuality of NPCs is generally of about as much import at that of the PCs: not much.</p><p></p><p>I do see more sexual situations where orientation and other issues are relevant in PC backstories players hand me. This ranges from a PC who amounted to a temple prostitute to the raped or nearly-raped PC who went on the run. In one of my rarer non-fantasy games, I've played a teenaged PC who was gay, but didn't quite get it yet for various reasons. Never a major character arc, but it was an interesting subtheme in a PC who focused on issues of alienation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samnell, post: 2745017, member: 130"] I'm gay. My PCs, unless I have some particular reason otherwise, are gay too. I presently have a necromancer who's asexual for story purposes. Unless I think of a concept that particularly demands it, I generally play gay PCs for the same reason (aside from the possibility of certian hostile groups and/or DMs) I think straight people generally play straight PCs: there's not much motivation to do any differently. The sexual inclinations of PCs are rarely at issue. EDIT: I did play one PC that was a halfling bard and almost stereotypically flaming (though not to the degree of throwing himself) but he was essentially acting out to keep from falling apart due to a huge helping of survivor's guilt. Poor guy lost his whole family. In the games I've run, I've had a few gay NPCs. Rufus and Burne in my Hommlet are in a long-term, openly-acknowledged, but fairly quiet relationship. They retired as a couple. This only came up a few times when the party was bringing news of dire doings to them and Rufus laid a comforting hand on Burne's thigh. The sexuality of NPCs is generally of about as much import at that of the PCs: not much. I do see more sexual situations where orientation and other issues are relevant in PC backstories players hand me. This ranges from a PC who amounted to a temple prostitute to the raped or nearly-raped PC who went on the run. In one of my rarer non-fantasy games, I've played a teenaged PC who was gay, but didn't quite get it yet for various reasons. Never a major character arc, but it was an interesting subtheme in a PC who focused on issues of alienation. [/QUOTE]
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