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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Centaur" data-source="post: 883122" data-attributes="member: 11822">Wow, after tonights Hocky game, I may just write off the sport all together.  I'll know tommorow night.At any rate.As I said, only toying with the idea.  Likely what will happen is that I will use this idea as a one off freak occurence (a curse if you will) on an NPC that cannot afford the political ramifications of the situation and hire the PC's to do something about it.Some people are more "Open Minded" than others.  In my group there are one or two people who could roleplay the situation and one or two that would have such a problem with that they would just never put themselves into the situation (and I won't force it on them).However as a male DM, with a mostly male players, I quite often find myself roleplaying the other side of "Romantic" encounters in many a game.  While I would never even think about a guy in that way in real life, I have no problem protraying it in the game universe.  A certain amount of detatchment is always neccecary.Course, it could be used a different way. A PC turned into a cow or horse may suddenly find the smell and taste of grass appetizing.  At leaste they won't starve while their stuck this way till the party reverses the effect.Remember that it's all about escapeism and "fantasy" roleplaying.  Besides, we as people have instinctual urges to do many things that society calls illegal, such as killing and such.  However we have the will and the trained politeness to hold ourselves back, most of the time.I personaly think that the Art of Shapechanging in any roleplaying scenario is vastly underrated.  I however probably use it far to much.Anyway, enough off topic, back to the thread...Some have said that the ability to procreate should be ex ability or such.  While this may be one way to solve the dilema I don't think I will use it in my game.I generaly view any ability that is labled as EX, SP, or SU as something that gives the character or entity a game system advantage. I don't think, in most cases, being able to become or induce pregnancy would be an advantage to the characte, expecialy the way most of us play the game.  The last thing we want is to be tied down with this sort of responsibility (in the game).  Therefore, if anything it is a disadvantage of a natural nature, just like a small creatures strenght or a large creaters dexterity.  It could be used to great ends by an imaginative DM.  Just don't over use.At any rate, I half expected this post to be ignored or trashed after a few posts, so I'm happy to see that in the first few days of my posting to this site I could generate such a hail of comments.Keep Posting, less the lines become dusty....</blockquote>

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