>player in recent game wants to play as lamia>clearly just a thinly veiled magical realm >keeps posting softcore lamia art in the groupchat>won't stopHow do you deal with a player blatantly trying to shoehorn their fetishes into the game? Would you just let them so long as it doesn't disrupt the game?The player is me.Also please post lamias.
>>98382739Out of all the different kinds of problems a player could cause... this is fine.
Which systems have rules for playing snake ladies? I'm too lazy to make homebrew.
>>98382739honestly, what I do about someone's obvious fetishes in a social setting and game depends on how well I know them, how long I've known them, how much I *like* the person, and whether they get desperate and weird.Like, I know this one gay dude in my broad RPG circle who likes his kpop fuccboi twinks and likes them to have certain attitudes and personalities. And I mean he likes it a lot and it's obvious.I put in a b-plot of "escort and then rescue a foreign diplomat from not!goryeo" for this guy once.However, I don't play into his needs when he's been single and unable to fuck anyone for too long, because he goes from "entertained and entertaining" to "whiny and clingy"So if you ask me it depends upon the person and the group. Reading that just from how people react in the group chat can be more difficult than getting subtle clues in-person. And if you're a turbosperg with no social ability, err on the side of caution.
>>98382739Why wasn't this included on the list of fetishes you want in the game in the application for the game?
>>98382739>How do you deal with a player blatantly trying to shoehorn their fetishes into the game?Get a gun and shoot them in the face. That, or start inserting your own fetishes, like all the noblewomen wearing thigh boots.
>>98382739Depends on the group and if it's going to actively impact the game itself. Like if (you) start having your character go full turboslut or try to vore people or whatever the absolute extreme of lamia fan is into, that's a problem.If you just make a character that's a lamia because you like monster girls who gives a shit?In a month or so once the game in the slot already is on rotation, a friend of mine is running a 50s-60s era indiana jones style game using my own modern fantasy system, which of course has monster girls (and some boys) because I like me some monster girls, and I shit you not I made picrel because of the hilarity in my mind of the party comp. it's even funnier because the only male PC is played by the only female player and the female PCs are played by male players, and I know this will launch /pol/ into whining about trannies but they can't separate reality from fiction so their opinions are worth less than dirt lol. Two of the other players commed me for art of their PCs (the harpy and the fish-lamia-thing, the system has rules for hybrid species) and I'm playing the cow because "redneck minotaur with a shotgun" sounded like a fun character concept that let me take advantage of the use of firearms.Point is, if nobody in the game gives a shit, who cares?>>98382849My Modern Fantasy system, even 5e has one that's technically available with Yuan-ti Pureblood in a few books and in some Planeshift UA I think they have proper lamias? Other than that, anything Xcom probably has rules for playing as Vipers, and any anime-adjacent fantasy RPG probably lets you play one.
what's the appeal of putting sexuality in a game about killing monsters and getting magic items?
>>98383190Hyper gooner creeps can't do something without involving gooning. I'm literally "that guy" at your lgs and I have an unhealthy obsession with snake women myself but some of the creepiest fucks I've ever met have been Erpg players.
>>98382849>I'm too lazy to make homebrew.TTRPGs aren't for you, then.
>>98383190TTRPGs haven't been that in close to 50 years now.>>98383235>I'm literally "that guy"Then you're a problem with or without snake women.
>>98382739It's been said before and will almost certainly be said again, but the problem with magical realming isn't that fetishes in games are inherently badwrongfun, but that making other players uncomfortable ruins their experience. Which goes a lot further than just fetishes, honestly.I don't personally have an interest in outright erotic RPGs, but I think the aversion to anything libidinous in RPGs is also kind of weird. Like, sex exists, it's frequently a motivation and drive for many people, and everyone playing a eunuch whose only interest is murder and money is kind of boring.But if you're planning on breathing all heavy and beating your shit under the table you can get the fuck out.Really I guess it's just the classic internet thing of trying to delete all nuance from the conversation.
It's been said before and will almost certainly be said again, but the problem with rape isn't that rape in games is inherently badwrongfun, but that making other players uncomfortable ruins their experience. Which goes a lot further than just rape, honestly.I don't personally have an interest in rape, but I think the aversion to rape in RPGs is also kind of weird. Like, rape exists, it's frequently a motivation and drive for many people, and everyone playing a vanilla whose only interest is affection and romance is kind of boring.But if you're planning on breathing all heavy and beating your shit under the table you can get the fuck out.Really I guess it's just the classic internet thing of trying to delete all nuance from the conversation.
>>98382739>ow do you deal with a player blatantly trying to shoehorn their fetishes into the game?As long as the player doesn't try to force everyone to participate in the fetish, no one will actually care especially if everyone knows each other.My fetish is always playing as a female character and then writing erotic stories based on the campaign. However, I don't share these stories with the group, and I only RP my character in the third person (e.g., "my character says 'blah blah blah')No one has ever accused me of doing magical realm shit for the ten or so years I've played with this group.
>>98383398I understand that this is attempting to make fun of me and my position, but it's also true.You can broach the topic of rape in a game and have it be OK, I don't know if you were expecting me to backpedal or something here.Hell, thanks to half-orcs, rape as a backstory was like a standard feature of D&D for like 30 years before they backpedaled on it a little in 3rd and a lot more in 4th edition.Raping PCs is a bit different though, but again that has everything to do with making people uncomfortable and killing the vibe, rather than rape itself being verboten. And in ERPG circles there are entire games dedicated to consensual non-con. (Thanks, Monster Girl Encyclopedia)I'm under no circumstances saying that sexual content (and especially rape) should be commonplace in games, I personally don't emphasize it in my own characters and would encourage others not to, but I'm not going to pretend it doesn't happen and there aren't people that enjoy it and use it in their own games.
>>98382739I talk to you once about not running that sort of game and if you want to keep playing you'll have to accept its basic non-erotic premises and respect everyone else's interests or find another game. If that works we keep laying, if it doesn't I kick you out. You're an adult, learn how to control yourself or find a group of likeminded perverts but I'm not babysitting your baggage in my free time and trying to keep it from spilling over onto others. >>98383398lol op mad their magical realm got called out as fucking annoying for everyone else at the table.
>>98383340Yes they have.
>>98383376Why is it weird that a combat simulator doesn't have rules for things that aren't relevant?
>>98383492I never said D&D needed rules for things like that. Although rules for seduction could add texture, but D&D is pretty sexless nowadays to maintain mass appeal and avoid more controversy with overly puritan busybodies, either conservative or liberal, if someone tries to interpret this as a political opinion.People usually try to kludge something using diplomacy or charisma checks and that kind of works, but, meh, idk I think it would warrant at least a footnote given how common seduction is as a trope especially within the pulp fantasy D&D actually comes from.
You're not as subtle as you think you are.But if you're not disrupting other players, you're bearable.
>>98383455I appreciate you sticking to your standard, because 99% of the time, people absolutely will backpedal, or be silent.Your honesty is, unironically, a breath of fresh air.I also happen to agree with you, just so you know.
>>98383526I didn't say you said it needed rules. The question I asked was extremely clear and straightforward. Why didn't you answer it?
>>98383764Well I appreciate your honesty, and, yeah, I agree that some people aren't really consistent about that kind of stuff when it comes to things they personally don't like.Where you went wrong is choosing rape specifically, because I personally do have a vested interest in rape. Reverse rape, especially by monster girls, in particular.Rookie mistake, honestly.>>98382739On that note have a snake lady for your thread, although probably not a novel one if you're interested in Lamias.
>>98382739don't worry about it if it's not actually causing problems?
>>98383917>Why didn't you answer it?Because it's a loaded question. It presupposes that D&D and other combat focused games are "combat simulators" which I find a bit overly reductive. And by being overly reductive you're implying that rules for anything outside of combat are unnecessary, which I don't agree with.To answer your bad faith question, though. No, it isn't weird for a combat simulator to have no rules for things outside of its milieu, but I don't think D&D is purely a combat simulator. Granted, it is an adventuring game with a heavy focus on combat, but adventures include other things besides combat, lest every pulp fantasy story become a transcription of a boxing match, but with swords and magic.I'm assuming your post is some kind of weird roundabout way of calling me a nogames, which all you really had to do was ask, I've mostly played D&D 3.PF, 4e, and 5e, although I'll openly admit I haven't played recently and TTRPGs are not my main hobby, so to speak.You caught me.
>>98383953>Reverse rapeBonus points when the victim is an androgynous twinkHow - if at all - do you ever incorporate your fetishes in game anyway?
>>98382739>How do you deal with a player blatantly trying to shoehorn their fetishes into the game?I add the thing they're asking for in a way that blunts the fetish. For instance, a snakelady is snake all the way, with no tits or hips.
>>98383764So you're saying that the worst part is the hypocrisy?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljaP2etvDc4
>>98384166Honestly, I don't incorporate my fetishes, despite all my blustering about how it's OK to do so. My favorite fantasy thing to play is a big lizardman, and while you could call that a fetish it would strictly be in the non-sexual sense.I've been meaning to run a game at some point, but I vacillate between being not confident in my ability to do so and not having enough friends interested in participating. If I did I might have some monstergirl npcs show up, but they'd mostly just for fun, unless my friends showed interest in doing something romantic, which I would trust them to not be weird about because they're my friends and I willingly associate with them.
>>98382739If you're going to add things, just don't start jacking it at the table if you're playing in person.I did homebrew one a long while back for 3.PF, no one ended up playing one, but had an NPC that was:Lamia: +2 DEX+2 INTMedium Monstrous Humanoid (Lamia)Normal Speed: 30ft, 30ft Climb, 30ft Swim (+8 Swim Skill)Serpentine Coils: +4 to maintain Grapple and +8 to Pin. While pinning, can still make attacks with arms but Immobile while using this feature. Immune to Trip. Constrict Attack 1d6 + STRx1.5Unusual Armoring: Difficult to make armor for. Priced for 1 size larger, and quadruped.Serpentine Climbing: Can take 10 on first 10ft of a climb even in combat, +8 Climb SkillSilent Hunter: Can make Stealth checks while running (-20) and reduce the penalty for moving while stealthed by 5.Sneaky: +4 StealthWeapon Familiarity: Proficient with Bows and Scimitars.Was on the border of making them large, but with "undersized weapons" like centaurs.
>>98382739Find or make a suitable race and allow it, but then I'm running a pathfinder erp campaign and one girl made her pc a decataur (3pp medium size elf centaur)
>>98383340Not as much as people who play erpgs.
