Author (and artist) of The Book of Erotic Fantasy

[Bendris Noulg]

Thank you, WizarDru, for this great post. I was really wondering what a book like this (either BoEF or the already existing Nymphology) would really be used for.

Actually, as a fan of Erotic Fantasy, I've found Nymphology to be a poor product, aimed at humor rather than playability. Off the top of my head, I think I've "approved" two Feats and a Spell (or is it two Spells and a Feat?). One Prestige Class seemed suitable with some tweaking, but as a standard practice I keep to Prestige Classes of my own making.

At any rate, I'm hoping BoEF will be a better product; Of course, it's not hard to surpass 1% usability.

 

[BOZ]

* New monsters? If so, I'm kind of having a hard time imagining what they would be like.

i'm not.

 

[machine]

Suggested alternatives -- say what *you* think, what *you* feel, but don't say what *others* should think or feel, and leave the blaming, accusations and the whole "why are you people so stupid" attitude behind.

Well said!

 

[kenjib]

One thing keeps coming to my mind, here. Dragons, apparently, sleep around. I mean, if Bruce Cordell were to have his way, they'll mate with anything with a pulse (take a look at Bastion of Broken Souls). It would be rather interesting to see a write-up of how they approach that sort of thing. 3E has provided a large body of half-dragons and other templated creatures that could use a little discussion, if only from the 'how do the genetics of this work' to 'how do dragons approach relations with other creatures, why do they do it so often, and do they have other goals in mind?'

By the same token, though I wouldn't want a discussion about it, Half-Orcs are right there, in the core. The unspoken assumption is that, generally, they are the products of a non-consenual coupling, isn't it? Maybe that should be represented differently, and possibly presented in a different light.

I'm not really sure what I think of the book, per se, but I think there are plenty of topics in that light that could be addressed, if handly properly.

I think the real issue here is the press release was put out to blatantly manipulate the online fan-base. It has suceeded in generating talk about the product, certainly, but I think it may have also soured some folks on the actual product sight unseen. Whether it will share space with our XXXenophile collections and Book of Vile Darkness or not will depend on the content. Hearing that Gwen Kestrel is involved gives it a few points back from what it's lost out of the gate. I will wait and see.

I agree 100%. I also agree that there are some very useful topics for such a book to cover, and Seasong's excellent post really drove that point home.

However, if the book turns out to be tasteful and useful (which I doubt to be honest -- to many warning signs), I will oppose it just on the ad copy. There are few things I despise more in life than deceptive hype-driven advertising. As Harlock says, damned if you do, damned if you don't? Sure is! I'm not the one who wrote the ad copy, though, so don't blame me. As far as I'm concerned they've already painted themselves into a corner from which they can't recover in my eyes.

Also, people seem to draw a dichotomy between sex and violence and try to point it out as some kind of hypocrisy. I would like to point out then, that the link from the press release which shows examples of the artists' prior works conflates sex and violence. There is a picture, in an erotic context, of a woman who has overdosed on pills, slit her wrists, and is sitting in a bathtub full of blood. This is just one of the series'. The nexus of sex and violence together are far worse than either one independently. I actually find nothing wrong wrong with content on sexual behavior and the GUCK is fine with me, some immature and sophomoric parts aside, but this ad copy is a far cry from the healthy enjoyment of the wonders of sexual relationships and this is one of the things that the press release used to exemplify what the book will be about. That's what ad copy does. That's what ad copy is for. That's why those links and selling points are in the ad copy. Sex AND violence. Not sex OR violence. Whether or not the book actually ends up containing it, that is what this company has promoted it to contain.

I'd rather my kid first learn about sex as a good thing, not something related to death, violence, and mutilation. Again, if the book isn't about this stuff, then I'm still bothered by this book, but for different reasons.

 

[LostSoul]

Generally everybody's sheep except:

The first step is to realize that you are a sheep, too. Then you can see it.

 

[KDLadage]

The recent discussion of the future release known as the "Book of Erotic Fantasy"
has me wondering what other sorts of doors and avenues could be opened with the
inevitable release? Is this the gateway product that will convince some hill-billy
slob that it is time to write the "Book of Racial Purity?"

I may be the only one concerned about this, and I may be not quite seeing this for
some socially redeaming quality the authors intend to it serve.

All things considered, I cannot imagine what that value would be.

The right of the authors to produce it, however, is not in question. Consider that
regardless of my thoughts on the topic at hand, I am sure that there are people
out there that will read this book and see it as a set of rules that they have so
longed for. Perhaps I am mistaken and the rules presented will fill some gap that,
lacking another term, needed to filled.


{It is a joke; read the first letter of each line}

 

[jmucchiello]

Just take a little extra time and take twenty, dude.

Take 1: Yeah, but then you have all that failure before you succeed.

Take 2: Yeah, but then it still only lasts 2 minutes.

[runs off]

 

[Tiefling]

Dammit, KDLadage, I invented that!

 

[machine]

No, you smell satire. Entirely different.

Not always.

I was gettin' riled up untill I checked out the poster. Then my eyes were opened and I'd realized I'd taken hook, line, and sinker.

Darn squirrel anyway.

 

[EricNoah]

The recent discussion
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I don't know what resolution you're at, but the joke doesn't work in 800x600