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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 1085665" data-attributes="member: 7240">Kahuna Burger says,Lalato has it sort of right for my reasons here: simply, whores and ale requires the very least specificity and detail. Any other sexual interaction would require the DM and the player to know the name of the character's co-copulatrix. My concern is to cut down on detail -- therefore, anonymous sexual encounters are clearly the sensible ones for characters to have. They can be dispensed-with in a single sentence -- I cannot think of any other type of in-game encounter which can be generalized and dispensed-with in a sentence without transmitting a single bit of detail.I also agree with your disputed event observation. Although it is not the main reason sex is, for all intents and purposes, edited out of my campaign, it's another good reason for spending no time on it.As for love, as I mentioned in another thread, a major escapist appeal for playing D&D is playing a character who has more power over their own life. Falling in love is a disempowering experience and, while fun, runs against the grain of the kind of escapism D&D offers. Finally, I agree with Buttercup that the main factor for me in not depicting sex is just the sheer ickiness. I'm looking to deliver a certain type of pleasure to my players -- if they take away a different type of pleasure (ie. sexual), I consider myself to have made a very grave error. I would hate to think that anyone was recalling a moment from my campaign while reaching below the waist.</blockquote>

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