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Message: <blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 5214609" data-attributes="member: 12460">To me, Zo sounds like the name of a gnome. A warforged lab assistant would probably have a name like... well... Lab Assistant. Most warforged choose names based on their function. Hence, a guard might be called Watcher or an underwater salvager might be called Diver. It's within the realm of possibility for a warforged to have a name common to one of the other races, but that would probably be because the warforged wanted to be more life-like and took a name he/she heard and liked. But warforged are noted as being incredibly unimaginative about names. Most don't even understand the purpose of them. They have a unique symbol burned into their heads. What else does one really need?On the issue of sex, some warforged seek to fit in with society, so I can imagine a warforged wanting to engage in a romantic relationship but the way I see it, this would be pure mimicry. Warforged don't have the equipment for sex in the traditional manner. And since they don't really feel pain, I doubt they can feel pleasure. Still, I'm certain they could give pleasure to someone else if that person was so inclined to receive it. I could even see warforged prostitutes getting special prosthetics for the job. I don't even want to think about the kinds of names such a warforged might choose though.Although the Data song was amusing, warforged are not Data, nor are they robots. They are intelligent magical constructs. Some seek to fit in, but they are not trying to become more "human," like Data. They only do it because they figure that's what they are supposed to do. Warforged define everything in their lives in terms of war. Their leaders and bosses are commanders. Their friends are comrades in arms. They are comfortable defining things like ally and foe, but wrestle with more complex relationships. I doubt very much that a warforged is even capable of understanding love, let alone sex.You are free to do whatever you want in your campaign though. Warforged don't have to work like the way they are described in the books. They can be just like Data if you want them to be. They could even be "fully functional." Just recognize that doing so would be a deviation from the warforged as they have been portrayed. I have all the Eberron books and don't recall a single instance of a warforged falling in love.</blockquote>

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