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<blockquote data-quote="Xath" data-source="post: 4149380" data-attributes="member: 17040">Hrm...Interesting topic.&nbsp; I will admit, that we've found the need for some sort of sexual consequence rules in a few different campaigns now.&nbsp; Content-wise it's superior to the Quintessential Temptress (I've never read Naughty and Dice or Nymphology).&nbsp; Though...I find some of its rule concepts to be so ridiculous, I have to wonder if they really thought them through.&nbsp; I can't remember the exact stats, but I think that there was something like a 20% chance that a human would get pregnant after every sexual experience.&nbsp; Which is....unfeasable.&nbsp; Also considering the unlikelyhood that any professional &quot;adventurer&quot; would even be able to get pregnant or carry to term after getting repeatedly stabbed and beaten in the abdominal area.&nbsp; So crunch in that area is almost laughable.&nbsp; However, some of the feats/spells aren't entirely unbalanced, and I was interested to note that the BoeF's &quot;Kiss of Life&quot; spell was adapted and incorporated into the Spell Compendium as &quot;Revivify.&quot;&nbsp; So the direct adaptatation game rules (feats/spells/skill use) were well done.&nbsp; The fluff was also an interesting read, and certainly provides a useful view of the way other species view sex, so that the GM doesn't have to come up with that on his/her own.&nbsp; It also takes itself relatively seriously, so it's not to hard to incorporate into a campaign setting.&nbsp; However, the thing that makes the &quot;beef&quot; (as that's how we refer to it in our group) a very large and awkward joke is the art.&nbsp; Very very poor choice publishers.&nbsp; It is....not good.&nbsp; Whenever I find myself needing to use the book, I have a thick piece of construction paper that I place over the offending art, so that I don't find the need to deal with it.&nbsp; (Crabs art or crazy nipple clamp art, I'm thinking of you!).&nbsp; It is obviously photoshopped, not very well photoshopped, and quite honestly, not very attractive.&nbsp; The interesting thing is that the Book of Vile Darkness has some art that's on the same explicitness scale, but I don't mind it at all.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because I don't have some real person's face staring up at me from compromising positions of awkwardness.&nbsp; The.&nbsp; Art.&nbsp; Kills.&nbsp; It.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Xath, post: 4149380, member: 17040"] Hrm...Interesting topic. I will admit, that we've found the need for some sort of sexual consequence rules in a few different campaigns now. Content-wise it's superior to the Quintessential Temptress (I've never read Naughty and Dice or Nymphology). Though...I find some of its rule concepts to be so ridiculous, I have to wonder if they really thought them through. I can't remember the exact stats, but I think that there was something like a 20% chance that a human would get pregnant after every sexual experience. Which is....unfeasable. Also considering the unlikelyhood that any professional "adventurer" would even be able to get pregnant or carry to term after getting repeatedly stabbed and beaten in the abdominal area. So crunch in that area is almost laughable. However, some of the feats/spells aren't entirely unbalanced, and I was interested to note that the BoeF's "Kiss of Life" spell was adapted and incorporated into the Spell Compendium as "Revivify." So the direct adaptatation game rules (feats/spells/skill use) were well done. The fluff was also an interesting read, and certainly provides a useful view of the way other species view sex, so that the GM doesn't have to come up with that on his/her own. It also takes itself relatively seriously, so it's not to hard to incorporate into a campaign setting. However, the thing that makes the "beef" (as that's how we refer to it in our group) a very large and awkward joke is the art. Very very poor choice publishers. It is....not good. Whenever I find myself needing to use the book, I have a thick piece of construction paper that I place over the offending art, so that I don't find the need to deal with it. (Crabs art or crazy nipple clamp art, I'm thinking of you!). It is obviously photoshopped, not very well photoshopped, and quite honestly, not very attractive. The interesting thing is that the Book of Vile Darkness has some art that's on the same explicitness scale, but I don't mind it at all. Why? Because I don't have some real person's face staring up at me from compromising positions of awkwardness. The. Art. Kills. It. [/QUOTE]

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