High Charisma=Obsessed with sex?

[Barastrondo]

I don't know about that. While the idea is present in many religions, it isn't present in all. However, it is most prevalent in the Caltholic relgion, which looks down upon sex as a BAD, BAD, EVIL, NAUGHTY THING. Most other religions with the sex=not that spiritual complex just take the attitude that celibacy is not a requirement, but a sign of a really good priest. Kinda like the difference between your average Joe Preacher and a Saint.

Well, no religion can ever demand that the average practitioner not participate in sex to the point of getting married or having children. It's a sure way to make sure your religion dies out in pretty much a generation, if not sooner. But from what I've read of Buddhism (admittedly, largely the basics), there sex and marriage are pointed out as attachments, and therefore sources of suffering, and therefore to be avoided by pretty much most priests.

There's some really funny stuff in Journey to the West about the monk who is ostensibly the star (although the real star is, of course, Monkey) consistently running into demons who are trying to seduce him, or kings who offer him their daughters in marriage. He actually breaks down weeping in some cases, terrified that if he gives in he will lose his "primal masculine essence."

No, really. It's a hilarious book.

But a good romance can easily take place in-game, if the players are mature enough to handle it(which rules out my group and I'd suspect a lot of others as well). Just remember that it takes two to create a romance, and if only one player is interested, either the DM or another player is required, or no romance.

Wise words. I will also add that if you have two players who are interested in roleplaying a romance in which only one of thecharacters is interested, you can get some pretty amusing scenes out of it. Such as the young, tongue-tied ranger with the hopeless crush on the party bard, or the horse nomad barbarian who is trying to court and "domesticate" the high-caste sorceress so she'll make a better yurtwife. In both cases, the girl isn't really interested in the suitor, but the players are cool with it; the "unwelcome attention" is played basically for comic relief, stays in-character, and nobody's comfort zone is endangered. And it's wonderful stuff to be at the table with — but you do have to have good players.