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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6881677"><p>[MENTION=82779]MechaPilot[/MENTION] found the words that I could not when I attempted to write a post. This is very much an American thing though, violence is very acceptable, but sexuality is not and you really never know what is going to set someone off when sexual subjects come up. You need a very closer group in order to make sensuality work, especially if you want to push it into that uncomfortable zone that both makes people want to stop and keep going at the same time. The fact that WotC has attempted to make the "most generally acceptable" edition of D&D means that sexuality is going to get cut across the board. Especially if their games are expected to be played in public settings with potentially very young people.</p><p></p><p>So yeah, it's missing, I'm right down with you on that but for the given set of outcomes WotC wants to achieve, it's the most obvious hindrance.</p><p></p><p>Also as has been pointed out, a lot of Dracula and by extension Strahd (and Vampire mythology in general) sexuality is code for rape, not romance. That's probably thematically appropriate for Victorian Gothic Vampire Horror, but it's clearly inappropriate for a large number of gaming tables and probably for modern gaming in general. You want to put that in a book, that's read privately, not aimed at younger folk? Go for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 6881677"] [MENTION=82779]MechaPilot[/MENTION] found the words that I could not when I attempted to write a post. This is very much an American thing though, violence is very acceptable, but sexuality is not and you really never know what is going to set someone off when sexual subjects come up. You need a very closer group in order to make sensuality work, especially if you want to push it into that uncomfortable zone that both makes people want to stop and keep going at the same time. The fact that WotC has attempted to make the "most generally acceptable" edition of D&D means that sexuality is going to get cut across the board. Especially if their games are expected to be played in public settings with potentially very young people. So yeah, it's missing, I'm right down with you on that but for the given set of outcomes WotC wants to achieve, it's the most obvious hindrance. Also as has been pointed out, a lot of Dracula and by extension Strahd (and Vampire mythology in general) sexuality is code for rape, not romance. That's probably thematically appropriate for Victorian Gothic Vampire Horror, but it's clearly inappropriate for a large number of gaming tables and probably for modern gaming in general. You want to put that in a book, that's read privately, not aimed at younger folk? Go for it. [/QUOTE]
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