Sex and Character types

[Darklance]

Our party had come across a mine site that had been attacked and its workers slaughtered. A gondola ran up the mountain on ox power from the town to the mine. At the top we found four oxen attached to their spinning wheel. They had been without food and water for two days and looked like crap. The gruff dwarf for one took down his I'm a badass shield and stabled and fed the oxen.

One of the other players whispered to his neighbor that that was more affection than the dwarf had shown the many dwarven women they had encountered a few months back and that they should be careful lest they find themselves the happy uncles of four foot tall half minotaurs. To each his own :>

 

[CrusaderX]

Just because the world we live in is, generally speaking, sexual repressed (especially in religious circles), doesn't mean that your fantasy world should be.

Actually, studies show that people who identify themselves as being religious tend to have the most fullfilling and enjoyable sex lives.

Rock on, Paladins!

 

[SHARK]

Greetings!

Great post Crusader X, very true indeed! I should also point out that research has shown that married people have lots of sex, much more than singles, despite the singles' ever-present cries of braggadoccio. And, since the majority of religious people approve of/insist on/are married, religious people not only have better sex, and more satisfying sex, but in general, *More* sex than non-religious people.

Hmmm...interesting.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

 

[David Argall]

oxen lover?

"One of the other players whispered to his neighbor that that was more affection than the dwarf had shown the many dwarven women they had encountered a few months back and that they should be careful lest they find themselves the happy uncles of four foot tall half minotaurs."

The dwarf may be odder than you think, or may have suffered a serious disappointment.

A standard definition of OX is castrated bull.

 

[Rashak Mani]

Greetings!

Great post Crusader X, very true indeed! I should also point out that research has shown that married people have lots of sex, much more than singles, despite the singles' ever-present cries of braggadoccio. And, since the majority of religious people approve of/insist on/are married, religious people not only have better sex, and more satisfying sex, but in general, *More* sex than non-religious people.

SHARK

I would say I prefer QUALITY and VARIETY over QUANTITY and MONOTONY So I disagree... hehe

Now on a more serious note... in case many havent noticed a lot of the deities from ancient pantheons include a lot of fertility/love/passion themes. Clerics from these religions as played in RPGs arent exactly doing a good job of following the Religious precepts.

In our group we had a 2nd Ed. Cleric of Isis. (Any power gamer will remember Isis had 5% spell resistance per lvl. ) This so called cleric of Isis whose themes include family, love and birth... never once got laid or even tried reproducing or falling in love. IMHO he should have been "punished" by Isis for lack of dedication to the cause.

Other Deities might have similar or closely related "ideas"... and clerics of said religion should engage in more sex... ritualistic sex or at least celebrate a marriage or two whenever he visits a village/town. But this kind of Clerics "forgetting" their own religion happens in many other aspects not only Sex.

As for the Paladin spreading his message of love has anyone ever played a Paladin who did this a lot ? Most paladins are stereotypical chaste and saintly.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Not all male DM's force their female PC's into compromising situations. My group is mostly female, and the male telepath a character has gets more and actively seeks more than any of the women.

So....ha!

Oh, and one thing I've noticed -- telepaths can get intercourse whenever they want it..."Attraction," anyone? The character's bent on sleeping his way to the top....quite humorous. ^_^

 

[PenguinKing]

Actually, studies show that people who identify themselves as being religious tend to have the most fullfilling and enjoyable sex lives.

What you don't mention is that these are also the people who don't take what their respective religious organizations have to say about sex seriously - the "sex is only for procreation any form of sex and/or sexual position other than straight missionary-style intercourse is prohibited and the female orgasm is a myth" stance that seems to occupy a prominent place in the minds of many Judeochristian clery-types is pretty difficult to work into a "fulfilling and enjoyable sex life", after all.

- Sir Bob.

 

[SHARK]

Greetings!

Penguinking wrote:

"the "sex is only for procreation any form of sex and/or sexual position other than straight missionary-style intercourse is prohibited and the female orgasm is a myth" stance that seems to occupy a prominent place in the minds of many Judeochristian clery-types is pretty difficult to work into a "fulfilling and enjoyable sex life", after all."
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Well, the Song of Solomon, a canon book within the Holy Bible would certainly dispel any validity to those attitudes. In addition, nowhere in the Scriptures does it say any of those things. Those attitudes are merely cultural adaptations that have been embraced by various elements within Christianity. That being true, however, doesn't mean that those attitudes are any more correct, or scriptually supported than the attitudes that some Christians have that divorce, abortion, and adultery is acceptable. There are Christians that believe these things, and even passionately seek to justify them, but that doesn't make them right. Those Christians that choose to embrace such dysfunctional attitudes about sex are not being obedient to the depth, passion, and fullness of life that God would have his creatures live.

The fact is, there are many Christians that are very passionate, sexually creative, and entirely devoted to their spouses and maintaining a strong, Christian marriage. Being sexually creative, and passionate is not incompatible with Christian faith, or doctrine. Just thought I'd make use of some of my study of Theology!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

 

[Voadam]

Even though there is plenty of material to argue both sides of the real world religious views impact on sex, I think we should avoid that here so that the thread is not shut down for bringing contentious religious disputes onto the board.

To bring it back to Rashak's original point, my characters have seemed to have the most amorous encounters with clerics, there was that high priestess of Sune, goddess of beauty, a priestess of a Tiger god, oh and there was that night with the nymph I rescued from kobolds. . . In the games I have run charismatic adventurers have bedded barmaids, others have spent treasure and jewelry on streetwalkers and there was also entanglements with clerics again (one of the PCs fell for a cleric they had captured, when it was revealed she had not just been charmed by his spell but was still in love with him when the spell wore off).

I would also argue that decadent city morals are a fantasy staple. Think of what you have heard of Rome. Think of Conan stories. Of course, rural areas are always reputed to be full of promiscuity as well, as many farmers daughters stories/jokes attest to.

 

[Henry]

This is a fascinating thread - the tightrope it walks makes me want to pull up a chair and break out the popcorn, to see what happens.

In our games, Sex plays a very minor, if at all existent, role. I have in some games had opportunities arise for relationships chaste and otherwise, but they tend to be dropped by the players. They are more interested by far in action and adventure, than in seeking fictional affections.

In short, they are more interesting in winning the day, instead of winning the hand of the paramour.