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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 4660863" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!SEX. Yes, sex is often a volatile and controversial topic--as well as often seemingly trivial, irrelevant, and frivolous. However, it seems to me that--at least in my experience, many mature players that are sincerely interested in the campaign world and the immersion of their characters, possess some level of curiosity and interest in the sexual attitudes, practices, and beliefs of the NPC's around them. Occasionally, especially in campaigns featuring lots of courtly intrigue, socialization, as well as espionage, blackmail, and political scenarios, as well as inspiring many other kinds of adventures, such knowledge of different character's sexual attitudes and practices, history and temperment can be not only interesting, but significant in the adventure as well--in addition to being entertaining and even humorous.Has Sex been influential in some way in your campaigns? Have you thought about how such character's sexuality affects and can influence their motivations, fears, and goals, as well as affecting various relationships around them that they are involved in? And thus, how might adventures and roleplaying be enhanced by such?Semper Fidelis,SHARK SEXSex is an important--even critical aspect of life, everywhere. Certainly, as interesting, vital, important, as well as oftentimes controversial and heated topic that sex is within the real world may be--it isn't terribly surprising that the subject develops in various elements of any campaign. Naturally--some prefer more or less detail in the campaign detailing their sexual relationships, escapades and adventures. Of course, modify any such content based on the age, maturity, and preferences of any players participating in the campaign. Generally speaking, I have found that most people in my campaigns, both male and female, typically have enjoyed some attention and thought devoted to their various character's sexual relationships, motivations, preferences and so on. They of course possess certainly some good-natured amusement at their character's sexual relationships, and all seem to generally agree that some attention and detail is important to add a level of detail to their character's motivations, style, personality, social verrisimillitude and so on. The players sometimes want to learn things about their own friends, lovers, and so on, as to such a character's attitudes, motivations, preferences, history, and so on, for any number of reasons, from merely personal, to determining the character's suitability for marriage, as a romantic interest or lover, and so on, to various inquiries or investigations involving some adventure and such like. Either way, I have come to organize a few things to quickly and succinctly determine such details about any given NPC so that whenever a player wants to know something about an NPC that interests them, I have such intriguing information and detail readily at hand.Character's Public Sexual DemeanorThe character possesses a certain attitude concerning sex, sensuality, eroticism, and sexuality in public. Obviously, people are generally more reserved about sexual matters and topics in a public setting, and are more cautious and reserved in what they express, and to what detail they provide with others about themselves, or in general. Certainly, various regions and cultures have different ratios of such kinds or degrees of public reservation. The DM should simply adjust and adjudicate a different percentage based on the campaign's particular region or culture that the character comes from when determining the character's public attitudes and demeanor regarding sex, and sexual topics.Character's Public Attitudes and Demeanor Concerning Sex01-30% Very Reserved31-70% Generally Reserved71-90% Generally Expressive91-00% Very Expressive Very ReservedIn a public setting, with casual friends, associates or strangers, the character is very reserved, conservative, and private. The character entirely avoids or refuses to discuss sexual topics in any but the most brief details, if that.Generally ReservedIn a public setting, with casual friends, associates or strangers, the character is generally reserved, generally conservative, and modesty detailed, and cautiously discreet.Generally ExpressiveIn a public setting, with casual friends, associates or strangers, the character is generally expressive, generally liberal, and discreetly explicit and detailed.Very ExpressiveIn a public setting, with casual friends, associates or strangers, the character is very expressive, very liberal, and boldly explicit and detailed.Character's Private Attitudes and DemeanorCharacters possess their own private beliefs and attitudes concerning sex, sexuality, styles, different ideas, as well as their willingness to engage in conversations about such topics when they are in private; typically, when they are alone with their lover or spouse, and or gathered together in a private setting with only the closest and most trusted friends. Character's private attitudes and demeanor may in fact be entirely different from their typical public demeanor, or, it may be very consistent with their known public demeanor. With the following table, I have assigned roughly 20% for Very Conservative, and 20% for Very Liberal, with the remaining middle 60% being divided equally into 30% each. In my view, most people seem to fall into these two ranges primarily, with those being Very Conservative or Very Liberal being fairly unusual, or at least more uncommon than the other two types.Character's Private Attitudes and Demeanor Concerning Sex01-20% Very Conservative21-50% Generally Conservative51-80% Generally Liberal81-00% Very LiberalVery ConservativeThe character is distinctly conservative about most new ideas, styles, and techniques. The character is not particularly adventurous, or enthusiastic about most new or different ideas, styles and topics. The character possesses many strict taboos or reservations concerning sexual practices and activities.Generally ConservativeThe character is generally conservative about most new ideas, styles, and techniques. The character may be cautiously adventurous, and enthusiastic about a few new or different ideas, styles and topics. The character possesses more than a few taboos or reservations concerning sexual practices and activities.Generally LiberalThe character is generally open-minded about many new ideas, styles, and techniques. The character may be generally adventurous, and enthusiastic about a variety of ideas, styles and topics. The character possesses several taboos or reservations concerning sexual practices and activities.Very LiberalThe character is explicity open-minded about new ideas, styles, and techniques. The character may be very adventurous, and very enthusiastic about a broad variety of ideas, styles and topics. The character possesses few, if any, taboos or reservations concerning sexual practices and activities.Character's Sexual Experiences/Relationship History01-05% Properly Virginal06-10% Chastely Virtuous11-50% Cautiously Selective51-80% Discreetly Adventurous81-95% Brazenly Promiscuous96-00% Thoroughly LasciviousProperly Virginal: The character has remained properly virginal, entirely chaste, and has had no explicit sexual experiences or relationships. The character has primarily engaged in thoroughly innocent, proper platonic relationships. Some, however, may have engaged in intensely emotional and idealistic romantic relationships.  Chastely Virtuous: The character has been thoroughly chaste and virtuous in their sexual and romantic relationships, having engaged in sexual relationships with perhaps 1-3 people, and such relationships have been generally discreet and sincere in every way.Cautiously Selective: The character has been cautiously selective, engaging in 3-8 (Roll 1d6+2) serious sexual relationships with various romantic lovers, all of which have been genuine and generally sincere. In addition, the character has engaged in 2-5 (Roll 1d4+1) serendipitous flings, wild parties, torrid affairs, manipulative seductions, and secretive laissons.Discreetly Adventurous: The character has been discreetly adventurous, engaging in 5-10 (Roll 1d6+4) serious sexual relationships, all of which were genuine and generally sincere; as well as 3-8 (1d6+2) serendipitous flings, wild parties, torrid affairs, manipulative seductions, and secretive laissons. Brazenly Promiscuous: The character has been brazenly promiscuous, and engaged in 7-12 (Roll 1d6+6) serious sexual relationships, most of which have been genuine and generally sincere; as well as 15-30 (Roll 3d6+12) serendipitious flings, wild parties, torrid affairs, manipulative seductions, and secretive laissons.Thoroughly Lascivious: The character has been thoroughly lascivious, and engaged in 9-14 (Roll 1d6+8) serious sexual relationships, most of which have been genuine and generally sincere; as well as 30-60 (Roll 6d6+24) serendipitous flings, wild parties, torrid affairs, manipulative seductions, and secretive laissons. Naturally, the character may have engaged in many more such relationships--though, in view of the nature of relationships and how they actually develop and work, increasing numbers of lovers tends to devolve into increasingly limited, and emotionally shallow relationships.Does The Character Have Children?01-50% Yes51-00% NoHow Many Children?This table is primarily focused on a human birth-rate, in a largely agricultural environment--or enormous urban environments where birth-control is very limited in either effectiveness or availability. Obviously, fertility rates among different creatures and races of humanoids may be similar, less than, or greater than the birthrates depicted. The DM should simply make reasonable adjustments corresponding to the birthrates of the particular humanoid race in mind.Children Born/Sired by the Character01-10% 1-311-20% 2-521-30% 3-631-45% 3-846-60% 5-1061-75% 7-1276-90% 9-1491-93% 11-1694-95% 13-1896-97% 15-2098-99% 19-2400% 25 or moreThis table is primarily focused on a human birth-rate, in a largely agricultural environment--or enormous urban environments where birth-control is very limited in either effectiveness or availability.</blockquote>

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