Love on Sundren.

[deepshades]

Tamara and Alyrian never really even went out.

Other than that I know of no female or male adventuring relationships.

Think of this... you're out traveling... any day, hour or minute maybe your last.

Theres a cute wood elf in your party shooting a bow... she loves nature and running nude through the forest.

Logic would entail that the man would chase after the elf or perhaps just another woman. As it is on sundren I have yet to meet but ONE male female combination. And all the rest of them are ones that apparently didn't even work out long enough to be called something.

Theres Arkanis and Aseph'nara but I rarely see them on either. Pick it up players! Something warm to hug onto at night! Not to mention all the benefits you don't have to roleplay *wink wink*.

I know there are other reasons your player may not want a companion... he doesn't want to risk losing her, or hes not that feeling, he'd just as likely sell her to the slave cartel. However, for the rest of you that intend to reproduce feel free to add another dimension to your character that allows for ransom or extortion.

You will find very quickly that a partial reason theres so much lesbian sex... is apparently the men aren't holding up the rope... no flowers, no perfume or dresses for them, no poetry (heaven forbid a bard writes a song for just one girl).

I'm not saying to go all mushyface on Sundren, just some males whose genitals haven't receded into their ass would be nice.

Another reason for this is.... it would allow my following of Hanali some actual RP... and snooping/matchmaking.

That is all.

[Krya Flacongrace]

I belive there is a Married pair or Hin's wandering around

Also I know an assasin who like a tumble evey now and them 8D

[GodBeastX]

Some of us are just born pimps who can't be tied down to one person.

Quagmire put it best:

The morning after.

Woman: "I have a question. What do you do for a living?"

Quagmire: "I have a question too. Why are you still here?!"

[Blue_Wyrm]

The only gnomess I ever met was a svirfneblin, played a few minutes by a DM, so, well, yeah, I don't think Drado is gonna get a wedding in Sundren soon.

Roger LOVES women, but most can't even smell him, others politely smile and back away a step or two.

Behind this, I, as a player, must say I am not really interested at all in having my character start romances. Maybe I'm just not a good enough roleplayer and don't know how to act it at all, maybe the concept of virtual romance reminds me too much of those TV soaps I walk away from on week nights to play computer games. Either way, crafting a love story for my characters doesn't appeal to me at all.

[deepshades]

Damn I wasn't even done editing it yet.

Yes I know about the pimps as Sylloven has been pimp slapped by just about every possible pimp on the damn server.

P.S You run up and slap me to add yourself to the list, and I'll add you to dust in the atmosphere.

[GodBeastX]

Damn I wasn't even done editing it yet.

Yes I know about the pimps as Sylloven has been pimp slapped by just about every possible pimp on the damn server.

P.S You run up and slap me to add yourself to the list, and I'll add you to dust in the atmosphere.

*Spawns Pit Fiend, makes it slap Sylloven*

You were saying?

[deepshades]

*rubs cheek*

0.o ... that uhh that didn't count not a PC! *hides*

Also I know a lot of players don't want to invest the time or energy into a light romance, as it can be taxing. Thats another reason I left off the list.

It was just slightly funny as Sylloven the vampire to run around and feed on mostly moon elf maidens... where were the men defending them?

Hmm... I didn't find any. I found plenty of paladins doing the right thing by their god, or perhaps rangers who just had some grudge against the undead.

But as far as just defending the girls for the sake of being knightly... that was seriously underplayed in the whole bit.

If anything, the women were protecting each other which of course we all know can lead to sticky nights under the covers. ((Omg noo!))

I like to call it Nevermen Nights 2. Hahahah.. jking.

[GodBeastX]

Alright, I'll give this topic a serious reply since alot of people seem to be interested in it.

Some people like a romance drama to pass their RP time. They like to have problems, relationships, love and hate from it. They do. It can be fun to see unfold. However, in a PW it takes another willing participant and that is easier described than found.

As a DM I see things from a different vantage point. Many people are quick to label people "OMG A DYKE" but then I realize that, given the nature of the PW, what do people expect? I see alot of the women who try to chase men. Hell, I think Myrddin has a long list of female chars to pick from. It's cuz he's a pimp, but that's beside the point. None of the male chars have any interest in the female chars. Is that a bad thing? Not at all. Some people just don't want the RP baggage, others just don't want their char with the female that's after them. However, repeat failures that I've seen tend to make some of the female characters shrug and go for other females. And since alot of them are male players, they've got no problem with that.

Truth is, I can't personally make a character get into a relationship unless it's got some uber hardship on it. I don't like "Leave it to Beaver" happy days, I like "Meet the Parents" where the relationship seems like it's going to be a disaster waiting to happen. I don't play for the smooth times, I play for the conflict, drama, hard times, overcoming. I also gotta side with Tupac on this one.

"I don't want it if it's that easy."

Maybe some female characters could take the time to get to know the fellas, before throwing their drawls at 'em. Just saying.

[Aux]

To be honest, i find the idea of rp'ing romance and flirtation a little bit strange, i like to keep that sort of thing for the real world. And as for cybering on nwn PW's, take it elsewhere IMO, im here to play DnD. Ive yet to see romance rp'ed well in any DnD based game. I have 'seen' it ruin real life relationships though.

What else puts me off is that many of the female characters are played by males, despite what at least a couple of them would have you think, lesbians eh...

[Stratigo]

Hmmm I find this actually kind of odd. There were several big relationships in the last incarnation. But maybe it just takes a while for things like this to devolop

[deepshades]

Yes the cybering bit I was trying to obviously describe under the "benefits that don't need to be RP'd".

Seriously I'm not asking everyone to go out and turn Sundren into Valentines day 24/7. I'm just making people aware there is a lack of companionship.

[GodBeastX]

To be honest, i find the idea of rp'ing romance and flirtation a little bit strange, i like to keep that sort of thing for the real world. And as for cybering on nwn PW's, take it elsewhere IMO, im here to play DnD. Ive yet to see romance rp'ed well in any DnD based game. I have 'seen' it ruin real life relationships though.

What else puts me off is that many of the female characters are played by males, despite what at least a couple of them would have you think, lesbians eh...

If you're willing to be a lesbian, you're a guy player. If you're willing to be gay, you're a guy player making fun of lesbians.

[Aux]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmgLOKRl5J0

[Blue_Wyrm]

That's another aspect I forgot to mention, which GBX and Aux reminded me: the fabled Internet anonymity. Because I can never really know if the female character I'd be flirting is really played by a female who knows how it goes inside that complicated head of theirs, and because I'd feel uncomfortable if my advances were received by a male player on the other end, it's another reason I abstain myself from it.

I should not take my feelings as a player into consideration when roleplaying a character, you say? Well my characters will always be "me" in a sense or another, and that "me" will not want to do some things no matter what my character would realistically do. Thus I'm not flirting women who could be (and often are) men, and I'm not stealing or hiding loot from my party members, even if a pirate is likely to double-cross as such on an adventure, because loot is too much of a sensitive subject to many people for me to mess around with it.

[Aux]

That's another aspect I forgot to mention, which GBX and Aux reminded me: the fabled Internet anonymity. Because I can never really know if the female character I'd be flirting is really played by a female who knows how it goes inside that complicated head of theirs, and because I'd feel uncomfortable if my advances were received by a male player on the other end, it's another reason I abstain myself from it.

I should not take my feelings as a player into consideration when roleplaying a character, you say? Well my characters will always be "me" in a sense or another, and that "me" will not want to do some things no matter what my character would realistically do. Thus I'm not flirting women who could be (and often are) men, and I'm not stealing or hiding loot from my party members, even if a pirate is likely to double-cross as such on an adventure, because loot is too much of a sensitive subject for many people to mess around with it.

Ditto