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<blockquote data-quote="STARP_JVP" data-source="post: 2775570" data-attributes="member: 31580"><p>I find all this talk about 'maturity' interesting, as regards to sexuality in the game. I'm also intrigued by the number of people who say that sex isn't really mentioned, or even those people who said their game doesn't involve romance.</p><p></p><p>In most, though admittedly not all, sexuality has actually been quite important, and romance has been highly prominent. Many of the characters I have played have had in-game dalliances, and as a DM I encourage such things. Other DMs I know are similar. One of the DMs I've played with has NPCs flirt openly with PCs, and the DM himself flirts 'in character' with players of both genders with no embarrasment or shame. It was a little disorienting at first, being male and pretending to flirt, or something more, with another male, but I got over that when I realised that it was only pretending. </p><p></p><p>Romance is <em>such</em> an important part of storytelling that I find it off how many people have eschewed it. Leaving sex out I can understand, especially with younger players, but romance is important. It is such a powerful motivator for any character, for a start. I specialise in playing the 'suave debonaire' 007-type character, for who romantic dalliances are a major goal. I've had one PC fall in love and get married, another one with a crush on another PC, and one PC got pregnant once, although she never got to give birth before the campaign folded. </p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm just a bit...well, weird, but all these things come together to make memorable gameplay for me and my group. I'm not saying that those who don't share my view are weird, and I certainly don't encourage anybody to do anything that might make them uncomfortable, but I am fascinated by the number of people for whom love and sex are foreign concepts in their game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STARP_JVP, post: 2775570, member: 31580"] I find all this talk about 'maturity' interesting, as regards to sexuality in the game. I'm also intrigued by the number of people who say that sex isn't really mentioned, or even those people who said their game doesn't involve romance. In most, though admittedly not all, sexuality has actually been quite important, and romance has been highly prominent. Many of the characters I have played have had in-game dalliances, and as a DM I encourage such things. Other DMs I know are similar. One of the DMs I've played with has NPCs flirt openly with PCs, and the DM himself flirts 'in character' with players of both genders with no embarrasment or shame. It was a little disorienting at first, being male and pretending to flirt, or something more, with another male, but I got over that when I realised that it was only pretending. Romance is [I]such[/I] an important part of storytelling that I find it off how many people have eschewed it. Leaving sex out I can understand, especially with younger players, but romance is important. It is such a powerful motivator for any character, for a start. I specialise in playing the 'suave debonaire' 007-type character, for who romantic dalliances are a major goal. I've had one PC fall in love and get married, another one with a crush on another PC, and one PC got pregnant once, although she never got to give birth before the campaign folded. Maybe I'm just a bit...well, weird, but all these things come together to make memorable gameplay for me and my group. I'm not saying that those who don't share my view are weird, and I certainly don't encourage anybody to do anything that might make them uncomfortable, but I am fascinated by the number of people for whom love and sex are foreign concepts in their game. [/QUOTE]
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