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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kristivas" data-source="post: 6506440" data-attributes="member: 34179">It depends on the players.  I'm in a game where we were teaching my kids to play, so all of the sex stuff is treated as non-existent/not mentioned at all.But, I'm assuming this is about games with adults, so I'll focus there.  The general rule is "what happens in the real world, happens here".Prostitution and other consenting sex - YeahWe like to role play as if we were the characters, so at the end of a long day, it's nothing to smoke some devilweed while drinking ale and whiskey, and finding a warm body for the night.  The warm body parts aren't played out, and if they are, it probably means your pro is a succubus/thief/assassin/something nefarious.Rape (by PCs) - NoEveryone in my real life abhors rape.  Even in evil games, we stay away from this.Rape (for the story) - NoWe don't use rape to drive a story.Rape (as a byproduct) - YesSlavers rape.  People get raped.  It's not the focus, but it happens.  However, it's more like being added to a laundry list of bad things that a group might do.  The slavers, for example.  They beat, rape, exploit, and force labor from their slaves.  We don't get into the sex parts, but we don't ignore it as something that doesn't exist.  It's just in the very distant background.Child Murder/Molestation - Eh...I've never been in a game with any kind of child molestation mention (and I hope never to play in one).  We've had child killers, though.  From cultists needing a sacrifice to a murderer terrorizing the city.  I'll keep the Law & Order: SVU stuff to tv.The Investigation skill is great for having a crime-driven game.Half-Orc/Half-Elf Origin - VariedSometimes, Halfbreeds are born through rape.  A lot less with Half-Elves than Half-Orcs, of course.  Tanis Half-Elven, from Dragonlance, was one such, and if it's good enough for canon, it's good enough for my game.  But, I always give players an option to have a character that's not born from assault (as most of us don't really care for that sort of thing).  Plains barbarians encountering the remnants of a tribe of Orcs (mostly women and children) that have been run out of their home by Elves or Dwarves or what have you.  They're hungry, they're cold, but they can work because they're strong.  The barbarians, without the stigmas of society, integrate some or all of these Orcs.  Alternately, an evil human on the run from the law encounters a group of Orcs with some fellow escapees.  The Orcs agree to let the strongest survive.  After killing his pals, the evil human is accepted as a warrior.  After he proves himself strong and cunning, he's given/allowed have a mate that will accept him and proper status within the clan.Drug Use - YesLegalize it.  One of my chaotic good characters smuggles drugs.  Thinks there's nothing wrong with something a consenting adult wants, as long as it doesn't infringe on another's will.Torture - YesGreat for driving a story.  I'd give inspiration to a character who role plays trying to recover (mentally) from their ordeals in a very compelling way.  Breaking down after a bloody battle would be an example, but I don't really care for people who want to sit out combats because their character wants to just curl up into a ball and sob.</blockquote>

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