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<blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 870685" data-attributes="member: 527">NUDITY IN MY GAMES:&nbsp; No problem if it came up for some relevant reason.&nbsp; Has only come up once or twice during 10 years of gaming as an adult.&nbsp;&nbsp; NUDITY IN MY BOOKS: Again it's fine if it's relevant.&nbsp; I didn't notice the nudity in BoVD (13 breasts? And I thought they came in twos? ;-) as much as I noticed the gore, so that's probably a fine balance.&nbsp; -deleted OT commentary-SEX / PREGNANCY IN MY GAMES:&nbsp; I don't personally want to go here.&nbsp; My group is all in their 30's-40's, but I just don't want to make this a significant part of the campaign.&nbsp; If a player wanted to explore pregnancy I'd be willing to think it over; if they wanted to explore sex in game I just don't want to do it. -edit- By this I mean graphic sex.&nbsp; During my years of play there have been occassional interludes where PCs tried to pick up NPCs.&nbsp; If they are successful, we just leave it at that.SEX IN MY BOOKS:&nbsp; Not interested.&nbsp; I dont need rules or descriptions.NECROPHILIA / BESTIALITY / INCEST / CHILD MOLESTATION / ABUSE / MUTILATION / RAPE:&nbsp; Something that villians might well be into.&nbsp; Not for describing in graphic detail, no need for a rules set.&nbsp; But something that is part of the plot when it comes up -- &quot;Why do the children of this village go to the Evil Wizards tower and never come back?&quot;INTER-SPECIES SEX:&nbsp; Onstage?&nbsp; No, see the comments about &quot;sex in my game&quot;.&nbsp; Offstage, sure.&nbsp; I try to keep Half-Elves, Half-Orcs etc a bit rare, but I'm not going to enforce some Aryan concept of racial purity in my games.RACISM: This is an element of my campaign.&nbsp; It's not a huge part, but basically the races are always slightly suspicious of each other.&nbsp; People have said, &quot;See, this is what happens when you let non-humans into the party.&nbsp; You just can't depend on them - they're too flighty.&quot;&nbsp; Nice, no.&nbsp; Realistic, unfortunately yes.&nbsp; HOMOSEXUALITY: I've had gay NPCs.&nbsp; It worked out pretty well.&nbsp; But its a question of defining the motivations of a NPC to say he is gay and this other NPC is his lover.&nbsp; POLYGAMY: This would be fine, I can certainly imagine cultures in the world that would be polygamous.&nbsp; VIOLENCE:&nbsp; I've done some descriptive stuff, but nothing of the caliber that you might find in a horror novel.&nbsp; Frankly, the most brutal things tend to be more psychological - a situation where you have to make a life or death decision and only later find out whether it was right or wrong.&nbsp; TORTURE: I've done a bit of this in the campaign, though graphic descriptions are not what I am about.&nbsp; As a game device, nothing moves the party towards the villian more quickly than, &quot;You hear someone shouting 'TELL ME TELL ME' at the end of the hall and then you hear an agonized scream.&quot;&nbsp; MENTAL ILLNESS: A lot of my CE villians are insane.&nbsp; I don't make a big deal of this either, and to the party it all looks the same -- does the villian kill townsfolk and bury them in his cellar because he's insane or because he's evil?&nbsp; Does it matter?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizzard, post: 870685, member: 527"] NUDITY IN MY GAMES: No problem if it came up for some relevant reason. Has only come up once or twice during 10 years of gaming as an adult. NUDITY IN MY BOOKS: Again it's fine if it's relevant. I didn't notice the nudity in BoVD (13 breasts? And I thought they came in twos? ;-) as much as I noticed the gore, so that's probably a fine balance. -deleted OT commentary- SEX / PREGNANCY IN MY GAMES: I don't personally want to go here. My group is all in their 30's-40's, but I just don't want to make this a significant part of the campaign. If a player wanted to explore pregnancy I'd be willing to think it over; if they wanted to explore sex in game I just don't want to do it. -edit- By this I mean graphic sex. During my years of play there have been occassional interludes where PCs tried to pick up NPCs. If they are successful, we just leave it at that. SEX IN MY BOOKS: Not interested. I dont need rules or descriptions. NECROPHILIA / BESTIALITY / INCEST / CHILD MOLESTATION / ABUSE / MUTILATION / RAPE: Something that villians might well be into. Not for describing in graphic detail, no need for a rules set. But something that is part of the plot when it comes up -- "Why do the children of this village go to the Evil Wizards tower and never come back?" INTER-SPECIES SEX: Onstage? No, see the comments about "sex in my game". Offstage, sure. I try to keep Half-Elves, Half-Orcs etc a bit rare, but I'm not going to enforce some Aryan concept of racial purity in my games. RACISM: This is an element of my campaign. It's not a huge part, but basically the races are always slightly suspicious of each other. People have said, "See, this is what happens when you let non-humans into the party. You just can't depend on them - they're too flighty." Nice, no. Realistic, unfortunately yes. HOMOSEXUALITY: I've had gay NPCs. It worked out pretty well. But its a question of defining the motivations of a NPC to say he is gay and this other NPC is his lover. POLYGAMY: This would be fine, I can certainly imagine cultures in the world that would be polygamous. VIOLENCE: I've done some descriptive stuff, but nothing of the caliber that you might find in a horror novel. Frankly, the most brutal things tend to be more psychological - a situation where you have to make a life or death decision and only later find out whether it was right or wrong. TORTURE: I've done a bit of this in the campaign, though graphic descriptions are not what I am about. As a game device, nothing moves the party towards the villian more quickly than, "You hear someone shouting 'TELL ME TELL ME' at the end of the hall and then you hear an agonized scream." MENTAL ILLNESS: A lot of my CE villians are insane. I don't make a big deal of this either, and to the party it all looks the same -- does the villian kill townsfolk and bury them in his cellar because he's insane or because he's evil? Does it matter? [/QUOTE]

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