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<blockquote data-quote="psychophipps" data-source="post: 7437072" data-attributes="member: 8208"><p>Been thinking about this one today. I have a few thoughts:</p><p>1) Kinda digging how it adds a layer of "otherness" to the Elves in general. We need to separate Elves into something else, not just pointy-earred human beef and/or cheesecakes with cool racial abilities.</p><p>2) Makes me think about how this could happen physically. The "working parts" aren't overly large, but the major structural changes like the skeletal changes between men and women for stabilization when pregnant, etc would probably mean their baseline skeleton would start as more "middle of the road". </p><p>3) Mammaries and other secondary sexual characteristics probably wouldn't develop until pregnancy or would remain far smaller than typically shown in the trending "elf babe" pictures.</p><p>4) Just being hermaphroditic is certainly an option.</p><p>5) They could still choose their "gender" and emphasise their preferred sex through social customs and dress. </p><p>6) That said, not being "locked down" at birth means they they wouldn't be as likely to have a culture of sexual exploitation as participants can swap to the other sex at will. Pretty cool stuff that would dramatically assist in maintaining harmony in their societies.</p><p>7) The outright rejection of this "blessing" by the Drow reinforces the Fear and Power(tm) paradigm and the want, no the NEED, for sexual exploitation so their society can function. That it is flipped from the male sexed exploiting the female sexed to the female sexed exploiting the male sexed doesn't make it any less horrible. Could have some cool storytelling elements here if your group can handle it maturely.</p><p>All in all, once you dig a bit deeper than, "Umm...where did that penis come from?" and potentially "Eww?" it can lead to some pretty interesting roleplaying potential. It also does a pretty good job of calling our collective real-life B.S. to the carpet if you feel like putting some social justice into your games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psychophipps, post: 7437072, member: 8208"] Been thinking about this one today. I have a few thoughts: 1) Kinda digging how it adds a layer of "otherness" to the Elves in general. We need to separate Elves into something else, not just pointy-earred human beef and/or cheesecakes with cool racial abilities. 2) Makes me think about how this could happen physically. The "working parts" aren't overly large, but the major structural changes like the skeletal changes between men and women for stabilization when pregnant, etc would probably mean their baseline skeleton would start as more "middle of the road". 3) Mammaries and other secondary sexual characteristics probably wouldn't develop until pregnancy or would remain far smaller than typically shown in the trending "elf babe" pictures. 4) Just being hermaphroditic is certainly an option. 5) They could still choose their "gender" and emphasise their preferred sex through social customs and dress. 6) That said, not being "locked down" at birth means they they wouldn't be as likely to have a culture of sexual exploitation as participants can swap to the other sex at will. Pretty cool stuff that would dramatically assist in maintaining harmony in their societies. 7) The outright rejection of this "blessing" by the Drow reinforces the Fear and Power(tm) paradigm and the want, no the NEED, for sexual exploitation so their society can function. That it is flipped from the male sexed exploiting the female sexed to the female sexed exploiting the male sexed doesn't make it any less horrible. Could have some cool storytelling elements here if your group can handle it maturely. All in all, once you dig a bit deeper than, "Umm...where did that penis come from?" and potentially "Eww?" it can lead to some pretty interesting roleplaying potential. It also does a pretty good job of calling our collective real-life B.S. to the carpet if you feel like putting some social justice into your games. [/QUOTE]
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