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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 2875738" data-attributes="member: 18701">I've never understood the point on bringing attention to homosexuality in a game other than to have an agenda and push your own opinions on people. If a DM told me, "it's common for there to be gay couples in this world" and he's pointing out to me every session that I see gay couples...I would take this as the DM trying to teach me that it's ok for people to be gay in real life.If being a gay NPC/PC has a role in the game, then by all means have his sexuality play a part in the session. I don't think that would be a distraction at all. Maybe it's to add character and personality to the individual. I can think of lots of great ideas for a gay NPC to add flavor to a game (not in an insulting or silly way). But just to push the point on the group that "there's gay people in this world" leads me to believe that I'm being preached to.If an NPC is gay simply so you can say there's gay men/woman in your game, why bother? If you aren't trying to push a view on someone, what is the point of bringing attention to this subject matter in the game if there's no purpose? Why do you think the world will be more "alive"? Do you have actual ideas to immerse gay related situation into a session to add flavor, or is this just a general point that you want the party to be aware of in your world?Last year I ran a scenario where a ventriloquist Bard was telling jokes on stage in a tavern with his wooden puppet. He had a PC participate on stage. There was no point in this other than to make the players laugh & to make the world come alive. It worked GREAT!But I didn't tell them every session that they see comedians here and there and that this section of town is known for having lots of comedians. My opinion, making general observations doesn't bring the world alive. If you want something in the game, it needs to be used and there needs to be a reason it's being used. Otherwise, I'd think you have an agenda.</blockquote>

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