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<blockquote data-quote="ruleslawyer" data-source="post: 6506971" data-attributes="member: 1757"><p>In general, I find it a bit weird to put "adult" stuff (graphic violence etc) into explicit terms unless the goal is to shock the players (as opposed to the PCs), in which case you're usually playing a horror or similar genre RPG. Rape, torture, etc can certainly be in the background, but I can't imagine spending too many words narrating it unless it's happening in-game in the here and now. For example, if the PCs were to happen upon a torture chamber, I would certainly tell them that there were prisoners in various states of distress, but I wouldn't deem it necessary to go into the specific effects of the rack or brand or flensing knife any more than I feel the need to discuss a PCs specific physical symptoms every time he takes damage from a claw or dragonfire.</p><p></p><p>As for sex: I don't see why you would narrate this any more than you would visits to the privy or how a PC chews his food. PCs can certainly court romantic partners or hire escorts, but explicitly talking about how that all pans out seems a bit silly. Obviously, if a PCs sex partner turns out to be a doppelgänger or succubus or some such, I'll narrate to the reveal, but that's about it.</p><p></p><p>Were I playing with kids, all this stuff would be off the table but I'd also probably run my games with a different approach anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ruleslawyer, post: 6506971, member: 1757"] In general, I find it a bit weird to put "adult" stuff (graphic violence etc) into explicit terms unless the goal is to shock the players (as opposed to the PCs), in which case you're usually playing a horror or similar genre RPG. Rape, torture, etc can certainly be in the background, but I can't imagine spending too many words narrating it unless it's happening in-game in the here and now. For example, if the PCs were to happen upon a torture chamber, I would certainly tell them that there were prisoners in various states of distress, but I wouldn't deem it necessary to go into the specific effects of the rack or brand or flensing knife any more than I feel the need to discuss a PCs specific physical symptoms every time he takes damage from a claw or dragonfire. As for sex: I don't see why you would narrate this any more than you would visits to the privy or how a PC chews his food. PCs can certainly court romantic partners or hire escorts, but explicitly talking about how that all pans out seems a bit silly. Obviously, if a PCs sex partner turns out to be a doppelgänger or succubus or some such, I'll narrate to the reveal, but that's about it. Were I playing with kids, all this stuff would be off the table but I'd also probably run my games with a different approach anyway. [/QUOTE]
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