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<blockquote data-quote="Z. H. Darkstar" data-source="post: 6841698" data-attributes="member: 6746780"><p>I remember them. They were the first explicitly same sex couple I've seen in an adventure, but not the first gay NPCs that I've used. Whenever an NPC doesn't have an explicit reference to either gender or sexual orientation, I do a series of d% rolls to determine them. Here's the scale that I use:</p><p></p><p>Gender</p><p>Odd number: man</p><p>Even number: woman</p><p>1: transman</p><p>100: transwoman</p><p></p><p>Sexuality</p><p>1: asexual</p><p>2-10: homosexual</p><p>11-90: heterosexual</p><p>91-99: bisexual</p><p>100: sexual deviant (usually I choose something humorous that my table can play off of to gain Inspiration)</p><p></p><p>Now I don't always refer to this system if something about the NPC just screams to me that a certain orientation would make the scene more memorable. That's what led to the moment in Dues for the Dead, where the party was interrogating the Welcomers after capturing them. The female Half-Elf pleaded that she just wanted to get back to "my husband and kids," which garnered their mercy in not killing them. When the male Tiefling made the exact same plea, it caught the entire party by surprise. They ultimately ended up turning them in, but a bit of Stockholm Syndrome developed between the Tiefling and the Life Cleric.</p><p></p><p>This same reasoning is what led me to portray Fat Mar as the D&D equivalent of Big Gay Al from South Park. That was the only voice I heard in my head when reading his blurb.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Z. H. Darkstar, post: 6841698, member: 6746780"] I remember them. They were the first explicitly same sex couple I've seen in an adventure, but not the first gay NPCs that I've used. Whenever an NPC doesn't have an explicit reference to either gender or sexual orientation, I do a series of d% rolls to determine them. Here's the scale that I use: Gender Odd number: man Even number: woman 1: transman 100: transwoman Sexuality 1: asexual 2-10: homosexual 11-90: heterosexual 91-99: bisexual 100: sexual deviant (usually I choose something humorous that my table can play off of to gain Inspiration) Now I don't always refer to this system if something about the NPC just screams to me that a certain orientation would make the scene more memorable. That's what led to the moment in Dues for the Dead, where the party was interrogating the Welcomers after capturing them. The female Half-Elf pleaded that she just wanted to get back to "my husband and kids," which garnered their mercy in not killing them. When the male Tiefling made the exact same plea, it caught the entire party by surprise. They ultimately ended up turning them in, but a bit of Stockholm Syndrome developed between the Tiefling and the Life Cleric. This same reasoning is what led me to portray Fat Mar as the D&D equivalent of Big Gay Al from South Park. That was the only voice I heard in my head when reading his blurb. [/QUOTE]
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