kilemall
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Ok that works but not to the point where you role play out the smooch parts.
General If one player wanted to be in a Kinky Sci-Fi game, but the rest don't...? NSFW
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Daidoji Dave
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For starters, at the bare minimum, we don't do a kinky sci fi game at all. Not at the table, not one on one with the GM between sessions, nothing.
Depending on how the request was made, possibly that player doesn't play at all, even if they're on notice that the answer was no, just to be on the safe side. This one's dependent on the exact circumstances though, and influenced by my doing more online games.
I have hit adult themes as a GM and sometimes as a player, more often in L5R (fantasy samurai) than in other games. In those cases we leaned heavily on fade to black over actually roleplaying things out. I think the differences are that those situations arose organically, and there wasn't any hint that anything was a player's magical realm. But situations around spouses or lovers certainly can come up in rpgs like L5R or Pendragon.
They could come up in Traveller as well, Mongoose has life events around that, or you could spin a Contact as the ex who's willing to do you a favor to get you out the door again. But again, I'd expect that none of that touch on a player's magical realm.
Not Traveller, but in one SF RPG, a guy at the table would hit every house of ill repute when he hit planetside. Apart from nicknaming him "Kirk", we would help the GM come up with new alien STI's for the medic to treat him for while in jumpspace, named after constellations: the Tauran trots, a bad case of Scutums, etc.
I wrote up thread "fade to black."
Spinward Flow
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I see what you did
It's stuff like that where you can actually be surprised by your Players (in a good way).
On the surface, it sounds like the character is going to be a "hot mess" (emphasis, separately, on "hot" ... pause ... and "mess") because of the femme fatale angle on it.
And then there's Chiana (played by Gigi Edgely) who conclusively PROVED that even "sluts" can do what no one else can (or would even attempt) in a Sci-Fi setting ... and still be DAMN COOL ...
Femme fatale characters who are played INTELLIGENTLY can be among the most "dangerous" members of a party of PCs.
Not because of the firepower that they bring, but because they've got BRAINS (when you weren't expecting them to).
Movie/TV ratings are probably a reasonable starting point to set expectations.
If the REF tells you this is strictly a "G" rated game, that sets a very different expectation than if they say this is an "NC-17" game.
That’s a question for the entire group. If one player wants something nobody else wants then they go without.
Condottiere
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Everyone has to be onboard.
It's usually a (sub[versive]) cultural thing, where everyone is an insider.
It's usually a (sub[versive]) cultural thing, where everyone is an insider.
If it's between a Player and an NPC? What if the NPC is like Pris from Blade Runner?
This is what I mean by cut scene:
Honestly, I wouldn't know exactly how to describe a scene much hotter than that. Although I haven't really tried.
But is that something acceptable as a cut scene in a game? As I said, at what point do you draw the line?
This is what I mean by cut scene:
Honestly, I wouldn't know exactly how to describe a scene much hotter than that. Although I haven't really tried.
But is that something acceptable as a cut scene in a game? As I said, at what point do you draw the line?
That mostly works. Again, work it out with the players beforehand ("This is about as detailed as you're going to see from me, and I'd prefer you folks keep it at or above this level of discretion while playing. Any objections?")
The key point is to set the boundaries ahead of time, and to give everyone the right to call out -- without recriminations, and assuming good faith -- behavior that crosses the line. Then, redirect and move on.
It's a separate question how to work through this as a player in a game with one or more players and/or a referee that doesn't consider or respect boundaries. In the extreme case, one may have to leave -- and in that event, no, you aren't the a-hole.
This is supposed to be fun, after all!
("No sex please, we're Amoeboid Zingatularians.")
The key point is to set the boundaries ahead of time, and to give everyone the right to call out -- without recriminations, and assuming good faith -- behavior that crosses the line. Then, redirect and move on.
It's a separate question how to work through this as a player in a game with one or more players and/or a referee that doesn't consider or respect boundaries. In the extreme case, one may have to leave -- and in that event, no, you aren't the a-hole.
This is supposed to be fun, after all!
("No sex please, we're Amoeboid Zingatularians.")
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Just Hivers will do. Just lots of "shaking hands"
or rubbing elbows (Carol Burnette show)
Agreed. If done intelligently, it can be suitable. Or even if played like Chiana.Femme fatale characters who are played INTELLIGENTLY can be among the most "dangerous" members of a party of PCs.
Not because of the firepower that they bring, but because they've got BRAINS (when you weren't expecting them to).
It's not easy to find players who put that much thought into it.
