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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 3698060" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>As a DM, I have no problem whatsoever with PC romance, PC sex, whatever; in fact, I'd be highly disappointed if such things failed to occur during a long campaign. As a player, my characters' tastes and desire for such things are always part of their background...though usually unwritten unless blatantly obvious...and I'll have them act on such if it makes in-game sense.</p><p></p><p>I must confess I found the Book of Erotic Fantasy something of a disappointment, as I'd already covered most of the same ground during my DMing career. I have pregnancy charts, birth charts (boy or girl? twins? healthy or not?, etc., by race), what-can-breed-with-what charts, etc., etc.; I was hoping the BoEF might have improved on such, but no luck.</p><p></p><p>I've had characters leave parties due to failed romance; I've had characters marry; I've had one otherwise-goodly character slay in her sleep the party member responsible for stealing his virtue against his will (*very* long story); I've had characters go to ridiculous lengths to bring back a dead lover...and those are just the ones I've played under other DMs. What others have done in my games puts the above list to shame! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>One way to force romance is to lob in the occasional unknown potion and indicate it might be beneficial. It's a Love Potion, of course (does 3e still have love potions? If not, it should!), making the drinker fall madly in love with the next appropriate (to own taste) being he-she lays eyes on. This only works on low-level parties, before their alchemy skills go through the roof and-or they've encountered every potion in the book...but it can plant the idea in peoples' minds that romance *can* be a fun part of the game, if there's hesitation.</p><p></p><p>One more thing: to save yourself possible severe headaches later, ban in-game rape at Rule 0 level by "divine decree".</p><p></p><p>Lanefan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 3698060, member: 29398"] As a DM, I have no problem whatsoever with PC romance, PC sex, whatever; in fact, I'd be highly disappointed if such things failed to occur during a long campaign. As a player, my characters' tastes and desire for such things are always part of their background...though usually unwritten unless blatantly obvious...and I'll have them act on such if it makes in-game sense. I must confess I found the Book of Erotic Fantasy something of a disappointment, as I'd already covered most of the same ground during my DMing career. I have pregnancy charts, birth charts (boy or girl? twins? healthy or not?, etc., by race), what-can-breed-with-what charts, etc., etc.; I was hoping the BoEF might have improved on such, but no luck. I've had characters leave parties due to failed romance; I've had characters marry; I've had one otherwise-goodly character slay in her sleep the party member responsible for stealing his virtue against his will (*very* long story); I've had characters go to ridiculous lengths to bring back a dead lover...and those are just the ones I've played under other DMs. What others have done in my games puts the above list to shame! :) One way to force romance is to lob in the occasional unknown potion and indicate it might be beneficial. It's a Love Potion, of course (does 3e still have love potions? If not, it should!), making the drinker fall madly in love with the next appropriate (to own taste) being he-she lays eyes on. This only works on low-level parties, before their alchemy skills go through the roof and-or they've encountered every potion in the book...but it can plant the idea in peoples' minds that romance *can* be a fun part of the game, if there's hesitation. One more thing: to save yourself possible severe headaches later, ban in-game rape at Rule 0 level by "divine decree". Lanefan [/QUOTE]
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