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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malanath" data-source="post: 2875584" data-attributes="member: 25538">Alright, before I begin I am going to ask that this be kept mature and civil.  I'm not interested in opinions on the subject, I am interested in your personal experiences or how you would react or feel.I am currently in the process of building a homebrew world, and one of the things I am striving for is a strong suspension of disbelief.  I want to make my world seem as realistic as possible.  I look to various good world builders as examples, such as Tolkien or Jordan.  Jordan has gone through great lengths to make his world seem vibrant and believable, and after reading New Spring and the Knife of Dreams I have been faced with a rather niggling problem:  To include or not to include gay and bi characters in my world.  Now, my world is roughly 75-80% Human so it would seem rather odd to not include gay or bisexual NPC's.  I've given thought to incorporating it as Jordan has, by making any such relationship seem everyday and not out of the ordinary.  (A good example of this would be the White Tower's "Pillow Friends".)Certain organizations and groups would certainly lend themselves toward having a higher rate of gay / bisexual members.  I don't have a problem with incorporating it as I feel it would add a sense of depth and realism to the world.  Yet, my main concern is players.I am not concerned about how they feel about the issue personally.  I am concerned about it being a distraction.  I am not one who is interested in having PC's fall in love and have various romances, yet if one did choose to play a bi-sexual or gay character... would it be a distraction to others?  I am interested in hearing about the experiences of others in the community.  Have you DMed or played in any games in which there were gay / bi-sexual NPC's or PC's?  If so, did it distract the group or cause unnecessary problems?I believe including such characters would be interesting, and would love to give it a shot.  I only play with mature gamers so I don't foresee any teenage or childlike response to the issue.  I should also clarify what I mean by distraction.  In the world such relationships would be viewed as common everyday things.  People really wouldn't bat an eyelash at them.  Yet, my concern is having players focus in on such NPC characters, simply based on their sexual orientation.  Something like that, depending on the severity, might be considered by me as an out of character action.  My goal wouldn't be to distract players, but rather more strongly immerse them in a fictional world.</blockquote>

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