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<blockquote data-quote="The Eternal GM" data-source="post: 4154691" data-attributes="member: 52760">I will cite the art as bad certainly.But honestly I feel the writing was poor too.&nbsp; It seemed to be a unique mix of juvenile and dryly academic...&nbsp; Which is an achievement I guess.&nbsp; But the overall tone just irritated me from the introduction to wherever the heck I got to before giving up.It was an ugly book and it was badly written, which means it isn't going to endear itself to me unless the material covered is awesome.&nbsp; Which it wasn't.The magic was...&nbsp; Laughable.&nbsp; I get it, this is D&amp;D, the spell system is sorta stratified...&nbsp; But sexual magic really ought to be something a bit more than screwing with peoples sex drives and identity 1-9.&nbsp; C'mon guys, there's lots of ways to go here, and you took the most dreary option possible?&nbsp; Try and track down Kult's passion magic material sometime...&nbsp; A decade+ earlier, briefer and still better.Sexual magic items?&nbsp; I guess it continues my problem with D&amp;D as a whole, I hate dumb magic items.&nbsp; I hate 'minor' magic items that just happen to be around, and I especially hate it when they just wander into eye-rolling tasteless stupidity.No, honestly I can find little to recommend this book even as a curiosity.&nbsp; It covers an area of rules I don't need covered.&nbsp; Not because sex doesn't come up in games I play or run, but because I don't need pages of poorly applied numbers to work it out.Pregnant character in D&amp;D?&nbsp; Then she stays away from bloody dungeons!&nbsp; As soon as she bloody well knows she's got a sprog...&nbsp; I don't see game validity in 'surprise pregnancy', and even if I was going to use STD rules or the like it wouldn't be in classic D&amp;D...Vampire?&nbsp; Game of Thrones?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; Relationships, sexuality and the repercussions of them have room for a few rules perhaps.&nbsp; D&amp;D?&nbsp; Ugh...&nbsp; It's a bit of a stretch to say that BoEF was doing anything other than give teenage boys something to giggle over.EDIT:&nbsp; Wow, I can't believe I just had to edit my post because it thought I was using a racial slur...&nbsp; That's a first here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Eternal GM, post: 4154691, member: 52760"] I will cite the art as bad certainly. But honestly I feel the writing was poor too. It seemed to be a unique mix of juvenile and dryly academic... Which is an achievement I guess. But the overall tone just irritated me from the introduction to wherever the heck I got to before giving up. It was an ugly book and it was badly written, which means it isn't going to endear itself to me unless the material covered is awesome. Which it wasn't. The magic was... Laughable. I get it, this is D&D, the spell system is sorta stratified... But sexual magic really ought to be something a bit more than screwing with peoples sex drives and identity 1-9. C'mon guys, there's lots of ways to go here, and you took the most dreary option possible? Try and track down Kult's passion magic material sometime... A decade+ earlier, briefer and still better. Sexual magic items? I guess it continues my problem with D&D as a whole, I hate dumb magic items. I hate 'minor' magic items that just happen to be around, and I especially hate it when they just wander into eye-rolling tasteless stupidity. No, honestly I can find little to recommend this book even as a curiosity. It covers an area of rules I don't need covered. Not because sex doesn't come up in games I play or run, but because I don't need pages of poorly applied numbers to work it out. Pregnant character in D&D? Then she stays away from bloody dungeons! As soon as she bloody well knows she's got a sprog... I don't see game validity in 'surprise pregnancy', and even if I was going to use STD rules or the like it wouldn't be in classic D&D... Vampire? Game of Thrones? Sure. Relationships, sexuality and the repercussions of them have room for a few rules perhaps. D&D? Ugh... It's a bit of a stretch to say that BoEF was doing anything other than give teenage boys something to giggle over. EDIT: Wow, I can't believe I just had to edit my post because it thought I was using a racial slur... That's a first here. [/QUOTE]

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