My brother and I are thinking on going halves on this product but would like to know what you guys think of it before purchasing it. Also, has anyone used it in game? Has your character had any memorable erotic experiences?
Considering Book of Erotic Fantasy
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We don't really know what is in the book, so we are looking to hear what your thought on it are.
Henry
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2 Suggestions:
1) The Valar Project Forums is an active spot on the net for users of the product, both from these forums and from elsewhere, and owners of the book can usually answer specific questions for you. There's likely a greater concentration of owners there than here.
2) Mortality Radio recently did an extensive interview with co-producer Anthony Valterra about the product back in January. If you have a copy of Winamp (available for free online at winamp.com) you can go to www.mortality.net, and listen to the streamed MP3 recording of this radio broadcast. There is some good info about use of the product in many games included in the interview.
Hope these help!
1) The Valar Project Forums is an active spot on the net for users of the product, both from these forums and from elsewhere, and owners of the book can usually answer specific questions for you. There's likely a greater concentration of owners there than here.
2) Mortality Radio recently did an extensive interview with co-producer Anthony Valterra about the product back in January. If you have a copy of Winamp (available for free online at winamp.com) you can go to www.mortality.net, and listen to the streamed MP3 recording of this radio broadcast. There is some good info about use of the product in many games included in the interview.
Hope these help!
Art (if that is what it is called) in the book is not very good. To me it was almost a reason not to buy the book.
Rules are so-so but will you use them? I don't see use of many of the rules but then I keep sex in the sidebar of my games, no details.
Overall the book to me was a waste and just will sit around without much use.
Rules are so-so but will you use them? I don't see use of many of the rules but then I keep sex in the sidebar of my games, no details.
Overall the book to me was a waste and just will sit around without much use.
WayneLigon
Adventurer
I had an opportunity to look over it recently. It's arranged much as you might suspect any d20 supplement on most subjects would be. There is a discussion of sexuality in D&D, and the level of romance and/or sex used. There is a racial document, exploring how the various PC and NPC races view sexuality. There are prestige classes related to various aspects of sex, as well as new considerations for existing classes. There are feats, magic items and spells dealing with everything from emotions to 'the act' itself and beyond. There are new monsters.
There might be a few feats I'd use from it for specialized NPC's. Some of the spells have definate potential for use. Some of the creatures could be useful. But on the whole sex (at least in a detailed mechanics-level form) not something any group I'm in addresses in the depth neccesary for me to purchase a book devoted to it.
There might be a few feats I'd use from it for specialized NPC's. Some of the spells have definate potential for use. Some of the creatures could be useful. But on the whole sex (at least in a detailed mechanics-level form) not something any group I'm in addresses in the depth neccesary for me to purchase a book devoted to it.
BrooklynKnight
First Post
What exactly do you want to know about the book? I was one of the playtesters and have a copy.
Feel free to stop by www.valarproject.com and join the forums. Your questions there will receive more comprehensive answers and you'll receive more positive (obviously) feedback about the book.
As a short summary;
It contains rules for a 7th stat, appearance, with charts giving the average apperance for most creatures from the Core Book III.
Some skills are added, for sexual preformance, as well as rules for stamina and sustaining sex.
There are 3 base classes and a number of prestige classes that revolve around sex and romance or the "idea" of sex and romance.
My personal favorite prestige class is The Rake. A rogueish class that uses sex, or the temptation of it, to glean information from her targets. (For a good example of a real life individual who did the same, there was a show on the history channel about a british spy during WW2 that slept with imporant french and italian commanders to gain important naval codes.)
The book includes spells that work with and without sex. Feats, and various items.
There are a few new monsters too.
Its fully OGL compatible and quite well balanced, there arent many erratta errors either. (The fans on the boards are posting erratta questins and opinions as time goes on.
The art is photoshop manipulated photography that uses real models of both sexes. Personally I like it and think its quite tastefull and artistic. Its up to you to make up your own opinion on this though.
See ya on the boards. Hope the info has been helpfull.
Feel free to stop by www.valarproject.com and join the forums. Your questions there will receive more comprehensive answers and you'll receive more positive (obviously) feedback about the book.
As a short summary;
It contains rules for a 7th stat, appearance, with charts giving the average apperance for most creatures from the Core Book III.
Some skills are added, for sexual preformance, as well as rules for stamina and sustaining sex.
There are 3 base classes and a number of prestige classes that revolve around sex and romance or the "idea" of sex and romance.
My personal favorite prestige class is The Rake. A rogueish class that uses sex, or the temptation of it, to glean information from her targets. (For a good example of a real life individual who did the same, there was a show on the history channel about a british spy during WW2 that slept with imporant french and italian commanders to gain important naval codes.)
The book includes spells that work with and without sex. Feats, and various items.
There are a few new monsters too.
Its fully OGL compatible and quite well balanced, there arent many erratta errors either. (The fans on the boards are posting erratta questins and opinions as time goes on.
The art is photoshop manipulated photography that uses real models of both sexes. Personally I like it and think its quite tastefull and artistic. Its up to you to make up your own opinion on this though.
See ya on the boards. Hope the info has been helpfull.
Bendris Noulg
First Post
Another thing to keep in mind is that BoEF is all-inclusive; That is, not only are rules related to the benefits of sexuality and love presented, but so are benefits for chastity and celebacy.
I'd say, in the end, it comes down to one question: Do you want sexuality and sexual issues to be strictly an RP-thing, or do you want it to have actual mechanical effects within the game engine? If the later, this book covers the material quite well (more maturely than GUCK, more thorough and balanced than Naughty & Dice).
As for artwork, I must agree that quite a bit of it isn't that good. It's not so much that the scenes being depicted are bad; it's more like half of them seem to be more related to a New Age Pagan website than a book on eroticism. And most of the images have been given this "glaze-and-haze" look that makes it hard to take seriously.
I'd certainly like to see more from Valar; I just hope they dump the art style. Not saying dump the photo/photoshop idea, but I'd rather see them work more with make-up and sets/props than digital alterations and enhancements. The later just looks fake, which defeats the purpose of using photos.
I'd say, in the end, it comes down to one question: Do you want sexuality and sexual issues to be strictly an RP-thing, or do you want it to have actual mechanical effects within the game engine? If the later, this book covers the material quite well (more maturely than GUCK, more thorough and balanced than Naughty & Dice).
As for artwork, I must agree that quite a bit of it isn't that good. It's not so much that the scenes being depicted are bad; it's more like half of them seem to be more related to a New Age Pagan website than a book on eroticism. And most of the images have been given this "glaze-and-haze" look that makes it hard to take seriously.
I'd certainly like to see more from Valar; I just hope they dump the art style. Not saying dump the photo/photoshop idea, but I'd rather see them work more with make-up and sets/props than digital alterations and enhancements. The later just looks fake, which defeats the purpose of using photos.
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