05-12-2017, 11:09 PM | #1 |
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A few sexual questions
First, how many disadvantage points would "Barren" and "Impotent" be in a world/tech-level where it's not curable through biotechnology or magic?
Second, in general I would say most fetishes would be quirks, but what about particularly unusual ones that the average person would find very weird? Could those fall into an odious personal habit with limitations due to it not being obvious until there's intimacy involved and be worth more than -1 point? Finally, what would the modifier be for a "sex-based" attack/power/affliction? Examples, picture some sort of black widow succubus creature that mates to get a man's seed and then puts him into a coma immediately after. Or just picture literal sexual healing. |
05-12-2017, 11:22 PM | #2 | ||
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Re: A few sexual questions
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The Succubus in GURPS Horror, page 66, has a version of Leech that requires sexual intimacy (that's literally an Accessibility Limitation on the ability). You'll want to use the Limitations on that attack for this, replacing Leech with Affliction, Healing, or similar.
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05-12-2017, 11:32 PM | #3 |
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Re: A few sexual questions
I don't think you get to make it an odious personal habit unless it's obvious to other people. Diogenes's reputed public sexual activity would make a plausible OPH, perhaps. But most people's sexual conduct takes place in private, and thus isn't an OPH, almost by definition. It works better as a Secret (especially in periods where unusual behavior gets you put to death or locked in a madhouse) or maybe a Social Stigma.
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05-12-2017, 11:36 PM | #4 | |
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Same answer -- negative Reputation or Secret, depending on whether it's publicly known. |
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05-13-2017, 12:33 AM | #5 | |
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05-13-2017, 05:42 AM | #7 |
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Re: A few sexual questions
Doesn't Biotech make built-in contraception an Advantage? I'd call those two just a Feature. There are advantages to not risking progeny as well as disadvantages.
I agree that the point value is predominantly a function of society in the setting, though. An ultra-tech society where conception is all artificial anyway, starting from raw DNA, would be different than a game where the focus is entirely on the politics and society of medieval European royalty. What kind of interesting trouble is being Barren / Impotent going to get the character into in actual play, and does that compare to other Quirks or Disads in the game? Therein lies the answer as to the point value. It would be an unusual game for it to rate more than a Quirk. Last edited by Anaraxes; 05-13-2017 at 05:45 AM. |
05-13-2017, 07:28 AM | #8 |
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Re: A few sexual questions
Remember that neither Barren nor Impotent makes you immune to Sex Appeal, nor unable to use it.
In todays culture "barren" is more tolerated, but a lot of insults are based on accusing the subject of impotency, and there's enough shame and stigma attached that it's hard to get men to seek medical assistance with it. I would call Impotent a quirk in modern culture because of this. In 2017 Canada Barren is less of a problem dealing with randos, but it will impact marriage prospects, and can cause friction within the family in some cases (parents angry about children not providing grand-children, playing the child-bearing child off against the barren one, jealousy between the child-bearing sister and the barren one, etc). That might be worth a quirk. In other settings you have to ask similar questions. Note that an impotent man in modern culture can often still have children, but he'll need medical assistance. It might be very cheap medical assistance, or really expensive. A barren woman may be in a more difficult situation, requiring more expensive treatment or even the services of a host mother.
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05-13-2017, 08:30 AM | #9 |
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Re: A few sexual questions
Keep in mind that any Disadvantage that the character can control if it is in play or not is a Perk. That said, in some settings Infertile can be a Feature, but I think in most it's likely to be a Quirk or worse.
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05-13-2017, 08:30 AM | #10 | |
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