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Again, this is an odd sentiment.No, if a transgender player at my table asks, I'm going to allow it. Period. No judgment, no second guessing. If this makes you feel more welcome at my table, so be it. I have nothing against the Blessing of Corellon, what I have problem with is the kind of disruption that it enables.
So, first, a Trans person would have to come out to you.
And then request to have this ability.
Isn't that a little...egocentric?
The disruption is "enabled" is already enabled by existing spells within the game. What people can do with "Dominate Person" is far worse than the Blessing.
Why not simply address problem behaviour as exactly that? Problem behaviour. When Jimmy starts using the Blessing to be a POS, call him on it. I'm sure BOTH of us, especially given the discussion in the harassment thread, understand that calling out problem behaviour is a better approach to solving the problem then cutting out one fairly minor optional element of the game that can be perfectly replicated with existing mechanics.
Honest question: have there been any examples (say in this thread or one of its predecessors) indicating that the Blessing is drawing particular attention from that sort of person?Just by plain numbers, nine out of ten times it won't be a transgender person at my table that asks for this, and with my luck it will be someone looking forward to get a kick out of it, act his kinky juvenile fantasies and be overall creepy in and out of character in a disruptive way. I know the type, have seen the type in action, I don't want to draw them to my table by advertising the blessing of Corellon.
This takes me back to Hussar's posts...why is sex and gender a "special social issue"? And AGAIN you realize that the effects of the Blessing can be replicated with several spells already in the game. AND there are spells that can accomplish worse that are already in the system?I would allow the blessing of Corellon to a player I know I can trust with it, and only if I was interested on exploring social issues through the game -and normally I prefer to do it through outright fiction, when I play or DM my main objective is always to have fun and make a good experience for the whole table-.
This is sort of like, referencing back to the harassment thread, saying that alcohol is a problem, but only removing Pabst Blue Ribbon because you think it's too associated with white trash.
You're a little late to the party for that last part. They're already enabled.Overall, sexuality is a serious issue. I don't deal with serious issues when I play/DM, I'm not singling out this one thing, I exclude a lot of real world stuff to keep the game simple, even "simplistic". I'd rather do that than enabling people who just want to make a mockery of serious stuff.