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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Savage Wombat" data-source="post: 872030" data-attributes="member: 1932">I think I can reply succinctly:I can and will use these elements when I think they're appropriate - but I won't linger on them, or describe them in detail.  My players are all mature enough to deal with them openly - even topics like Neil Gaiman's story "Blood and Glass" - but I don't want to violate anyone's comfort level, or delve into immaturity in front of my players.  (In private?  Different subject.)I primarily avoid trying to force players into roles or positions they dislike.  For example, when planning a campaign I try to think out in advance the rules that govern women in that culture.  I prefer adventuring lands to have a more open attitude towards professional women than has been seen in our world, even up to modern day.  If a character wants to play a Paksenarrion - took up the sword to avoid an unwanted marriage - that's their choice; I wouldn't tell them the world has to work that way.And a side digression - I always assumed that half-dragons, half-fiends, etc., mostly came from interactions between humans and monsters shapeshifted into human form.  Frequently the human parent is quite surprised at the nature of their offspring.  I would be unlikely to use half-dragon allosauri in my games.</blockquote>