In Search Of A GM TO Run Naughty PF/D&D game!

[Blinkin]

Well, that last attempt fell through. So, back to the drawing board.

Recently, I've been craving a PF, D&D 3.5/5e or an AD&D 2nd game wherein the character(s) might actually have encounters with something that doesn't only involve a bunch of monsters trying to kill the character)s) every day and twice on Sundays. I mean, what's the point of playing a scantily clad heroine on E if you're never going to  find anything that wants more than just to kill and/or eat you? Lets add a bit of spice to things with some encounters where it's not a fight, but a seduction!

So, I guess what I'm looking for is  perhaps more of an adventure or quest that includes the occasional mis-adventure thrown in to break up the do or die feel; a story/campaign wherein the party's doing more than just fighting for their lives... something perhaps even more risky, like their virtue? Maybe finding themselves facing a cult of hedonistic were-ferrets, dealing with a pack of randy gnolls, drow with a hankering to be the one on top for a change or even *gasp* just wanting to get laid in the local tavern. Plotlines where someone trades a romp for some information, the whiles of the feminine form as a distraction, or just wink and swing that ass as you sashay
up the stairs with a bauty laugh and a challenge to see if you can make that 8.2 seconds on the bull!

Perhaps a story with just a hint of humor, a dab of naughtiness, a dollop of kinkiness, a pinch of perversion to a quest for the ledgendary whatchamaycallit of whoevertheyare.? An adventure in which the cost of failure isn't always certain death, but being locked up for the enjoyment of the orc tribe, falling prey to the thieves guild for a few nights of debauchery or just giving a blowjob to the guy guarding the gate to convince him to let you out of town in the middle of the night? Perhaps dealing with a horny mage with a lot of charm person spells, a night of unrestrained entertainment with a group of satyrs or perhaps just running afoul of the local baron with a dungeon full of toys. It could,afterall, even be fun!!

I mean, I've been playing these games on a site dedicated to the pleasures of the digital flesh for how many years? Getting pretty close to 8 years, and I have yet to see one of my characters in a system game get kissed, nevermind fondled, groped or, heaven forbid, laid. It just doesn't seem right to me, you know? I'm not looking for anything that's just smut; I love a good quest and serious encounters as much as anyone... I just need to be able to break it up from time to time. I've even played in PF games specifically for erotic encounters and the characters were either built too powerfully to get taken down, or the GM bailed, or the players disappeared (Not unusual in group games to begin with), or someone just wanted to create trouble within the game/just wanted to be a willing slut/etc. so... yeah, it would be nice to see some sexyness involved as well.

So, anyone interested? Any GM's out there curious about how running a game with an erotic tilt might go? It might even last more than a couple of weeks!

As a side note, because I tried this once before and it got bogged down on this point, I'm not looking for combat rules for a sexual encounter or a system of dice rolls to determine how to play a seduction; I'm just looking for a game that involves the opportunity to have some naughty fun. I would expect some non-con might be involved, but plenty of room for trading sex for favors, sucking for success or handjobs for hand-outs sort of things. Instead of making a bluff or diplomacy check, flash some boob and say, "Hello Sailah, whacha say we's walk over here fer a bit o' fun?"

Another pitfall that seems to reoccur is players who create characters who only have sex on the brain, I would love to avoid this mindset just a bit.

Does any of that make sense?

[Max]

If you are looking for a partner PC in this, I'd be interested.  I might need some help, as I am a bit of a newb with PF and 5E, but would like to give something like this a try.

I had said said before I wanted bondage, and yeah, get a scene here and there would be good.  Maybe have it where we have to rely more on wiles on sex than brute force would be good. 

[Blinkin]

To me, what the game would eventually contain would be up to the GM. I'm happy to have a whole party, so if someone wants to join in, the more the marrier, I say. :)

Personally, I don't mind the occasional bondage scene. Just keep in mind that what I'm looking for isn't a smut based game, but a game that offers the opportunity for some sexy times and more interaction with NPC's beyond trying to kill them.

[knightsdestiny]

Ho hum... to dust off my digital-GM hat or not, that is the question.

[ElayneTrakand]

I am familiar with 5e and would like to join in on this train of thought. Also, artificer alright?

[Lokus]

This is something I could do. I'm certainly willing to discuss it.

I was a PF-GM for years, but I tend to prefer (strongly prefer) D&D.

As a het-cis-male have no particular insights or practice with MxM/FxF or Trans scenes, but I have absolutely no problem trying to include those scenes should the players desire them.

There are no wrong answers here, I'm including the following questions to just get a bit of a litmus test of sorts.

Is there a particular kind of campaign people are interested in? Story-heavy or sand-box-heavy, for example.

Is there a specific setting that people prefer? (I prefer home-brew settings, but I'm interested in what the players prefer).

Are there setting hooks people are particularly interested in?

What set-dressing elements are the players interested in? Desert wastelands, pirate ships and islands (or flying pirate ships and sky islands) dank jungles, or "high fantasy castles and village" countryside? Or any other? Horses or riding lizards, for example. Black-powder or bronze age?

Do you want, or are you comfortable/uncomfortable with nc scenes? (Any nc content would only be included with any involved player's specific consent).

Any and all questions you might have for me? (After all, I'm merely a "possible GM" at this point).

[Blinkin]

Is there a particular kind of campaign people are interested in? Story-heavy or sand-box-heavy, for example.

I suppose that I enjoy more of a storytelling feel to a game; encounters are great, but it can get bogged down with too much combat. So, mainly storytelling.

Is there a specific setting that people prefer? (I prefer home-brew settings, but I'm interested in what the players prefer).

If I had to choose, I would go with either homebrew or Faerun.

Are there setting hooks people are particularly interested in?

Nothing comes to mind that I would want over another one.

What set-dressing elements are the players interested in? Desert wastelands, pirate ships and islands (or flying pirate ships and sky islands) dank jungles, or "high fantasy castles and village" countryside? Or any other? Horses or riding lizards, for example. Black-powder or bronze age?
Definitely NO firearms, please. I love high fantasy, but I've never seen a place in it for a pistol that is, usually centuries ahead of it's time. Otherwise, I'm pretty open.

Do you want, or are you comfortable/uncomfortable with nc scenes? (Any nc content would only be included with any involved player's specific consent).

I'm ok with NC scenes as long as it doesn't get too gory or graphic with violence. In general, I'm pretty easy going on the topic.

Any and all questions you might have for me? (After all, I'm merely a "possible GM" at this point).

My only question at this point, if you're selected as the GM/DM is if your ententions are to run a mainly smut based game, or something more balanced? For example, would you accept a party full of half naked nemphomaniacs just out to get screwed by everything that moves, or something a bit more even keeled.

[Lokus]

Would you accept a party full of half naked nemphomaniacs just out to get screwed by everything that moves, or something a bit more even keeled?

Fair question.

If I'm going to be using a game-mechanic framework like D&D to support the existence of the game, then certainly swords, armour, spells, and peril are all going to be part of it.

If I was pitching a mostly-smut game I'd get rid of the mechanics faster than most people get rid of tracking each individual pound of encumbrance as they consume torches/rations etc. This would be a D&D game.

I'm ok with NC scenes as long as it doesn't get too gory or graphic with violence.

Should I include player-consensual character-NC, it would be sexual in nature -- perhaps as a "penalty" for losing a combat to bandits a character is ravished by their leader, for instance. Any violence would occur in the pursuit of standard D&D play (sword attacks, sneak attack damage, the occasional fireball). If a starving bear defeats a lone character in combat the inevitable consequence would not be played out as an erotic scene, we'd just draw the curtains on that unfortunate soul's fate.

[Tavarokk]

@Blinkin, I think you mixed up the first question a bit? Story vs sandbox is to what extent players are compelled to act by the circumstances of the campaign's premise vs being able to set their own objectives freely. You seem to be answering about 'roleplay vs structured combat' balance?

I'm also curious how you and the prospective GM feel about social elements - having some sort of community (or multiple ones) within the scope of the campaign and frequently being able or even having to interact with them.

Also, whats the policy on bestiality? And would it be possible to waive one's own consent in advance to let the GM surprise the player?

[Blinkin]

That's what I get for trying to think when I'm half asleep.

I tend to prefer sandbox in regards to the characters; it's more freedom to decide how they do things and potentially not as much rush to get through something.

Bring on the towns, villages and settlements! The whole purpose of roleplaying, to me, is acting and responding as someone else would and I rarely get time to build connections with NPC's because the DM/GM wants to push us along. So, all for it.

Bestiality... All for it, but I think that everyone should give a yay or nay for their individual characters on if they want it or not. If the party or GM are strongly against it, then that settles the matter. Otherwise, put my girl down for being railed by a best.

[Lokus]

I'm also curious how you and the prospective GM feel about social elements - having some sort of community (or multiple ones) within the scope of the campaign and frequently being able or even having to interact with them.

One of the old tenets of AD&D was you turned gold into XP when you got back to "town." (I am not proposing implementing AD&D exp rules) Communities are fantastic for enabling actual role-playing. Not to pick on poor ol' mega-dungeons, but they tend to minimize social interaction, and last too darn long at the pace play-by-post movies at.

So certainly there will be communities. And there may be quite a few caves, tombs, caverns, and even the odd dungeon, but none of them will have the prefix "mega-".

Also, whats the policy on bestiality? And would it be possible to waive one's own consent in advance to let the GM surprise the player?

Two questions. 1. Bestiality is out on the edges of my comfort zone. I'm not opposed to trying to create an occasional scene "in PMs" but I don't know if I want to run a game with it as a focus.

2. Waived consent? I would certainly want to have a more detailed private discussion with the player before I pursued that. Even if I'm creating a framework to surprise a player, I do want a clear understanding of "left and right of arcs" to exist. I don't want a "Do you waive consent?" check-box on the game, that would be a specific player-to-GM arrangement proposed by the player (so there's no sense of the GM coercing players into areas they are uncomfortable with).

[knightsdestiny]

What? I always turned my gold into gems when I got back in town in AD&D. lol

Right off, I prefer home brew. Just because I think it allows for the most amount of creativity. You won't run into things like players like me for example that stopped following WotC's rewrites of Faerun at D&D 3.5 and other players who are new upcomers to the D&D table that only know 5e running off of different lores and making a mess of things.

Play style, I don't like rail roading. That's my one thing. Dungeon Master should certainly have plot points planned that carry the story and put down the plot hooks and red herrings for those plot points, but I like the freedom to make my own path from point to point, and suffer the concequences of failing to stop evil minion bob from doing evil things.

I don't mind the smut as long as the smut is there because of story. I do draw the line at bathroom play, beastiality and over done senseless gore. I'm even alright with the NC side of things.


P.S. I do a lot of DMing, so the fewer NPC's I have to portray myself the better, within reason. lol

[Blinkin]

I still turn my gold into gems. We lose about 10% in the process, but gems are a lot easier to carry around.

anyway, my intentions for the thread was to find a traditional PF or D&D game, insert some opportunities for more erotic/adult events and, of course, have some fun with it.

My last attempt fell apart due to a couple of issues. The first was a player who started out creating a character that would be aggressively, abusively belligerent toward another PC. He absolutely refused to give an inch so that the abused PC could enjoy, even participate in the game. It eventually pissed everyone off.

The second reason should of been expected; everyone created highly, very highly smut driven characters, so the party was more a traveling prostitution ring than adventurers. They spent more time trying to seduce each other than watching what was happening in game.

Anyway,I'm hoping to find a more "normal" character type im the next game

[Lokus]

What? I always turned my gold into gems when I got back in town in AD&D. lol

Hey, just because it earned us Exp didn't mean it suddenly disappeared! Gems and jewelry were definitely the way to go to keep wealth portable.

Play style, I don't like rail roading.

Me neither. Whatever we'll be doing it won't be an "adventure path" -- I've had some great fun with modern era modules over the years, but they certainly know how to drive you from station to station.

I don't mind the smut as long as the smut is there because of story. I do draw the line at bathroom play, beastiality and over done senseless gore. I'm even alright with the NC side of things.

Well, a couple gold spent to negotiate a few hour's companionship might not reinforce the story any... ...but I agree.

(Anything adult, from a "vanilla roll in the hay with a strapping young farm lad/lass" to "getting captured by the Baron and Baroness d'Evil and dragged to their private chambers" is going to have player buy-in. Player likes and dislikes will be respected (which may be very different than character likes and dislikes)).

[Lokus]

anyway, my intentions for the thread was to find a traditional PF or D&D game, insert some opportunities for more erotic/adult events and, of course, have some fun with it.

I think your intentions and my goal are reasonably aligned.

[knightsdestiny]

By all means, if there's some downtime between foiling the plans of evil doers and a suave member of the party wants to go drop a couple gold for a night at the brothel, have at it!

I basically agree with the, normal-ish D&D/Pathfinder/Whatever-Fantasy adventure with the door open to adult content; no reason a succubi worth their salt wouldn't try hard to spoil some poor paladin with all her whiles, right? haha.

Yes, obviously player and character feelings aren't going to be the same.  Just because I'm okay with a noble dragging my character off into their bed chamber in ropes and chains, but my follower of (insert lawful good deity) would certainly not approve!

[Lokus]

Alright, this has sat idle for 24 hours.

Blinkin, do you want me to move forward with a game? (I mean, technically you can't stop me from proposiong a game -- but are you interested in playing in one?)

I've got quite a few chores set up for tomorrow, but I can start writing and hopefully get something posted by Sunday evening.

We already have a few people who've shown some interest in this thread, knightsdestiny and the others, and I'd save "priority seating" for them.

[helvorn]

I would enjoy seeing this play out if there is room.

[Blinkin]

One last question, if you'll indulge me? I should of asked this earlier, but things have moved along at quite a pace.

Would there be a problem with anyone if I played a female character? I'm thinking about a thief, so I'm calling dibs. lol Otherwise I'm pretty much ready to go.

[Lokus]

I would enjoy seeing this play out if there is room.

There are some people who get to call "dibs" a little before you helvorn, but with the restriction that I don't like going above 4 players (or maybe 5) on play-by-post games I would rather people get to play than not.

One last question, if you'll indulge me? I should of asked this earlier, but things have moved along at quite a pace.

Would there be a problem with anyone if I played a female character? I'm thinking about a thief, so I'm calling dibs. lol Otherwise I'm pretty much ready to go.

As DM I'm happy allowing anyone to play the gender or sexuality they chose.

I'll start posting some background stuff tomorrow (well, it's almost 3 in the morning here, so, later today? Whichever).

[Tavarokk]

Would there be a problem with anyone if I played a female character? I'm thinking about a thief, so I'm calling dibs. lol Otherwise I'm pretty much ready to go.

I was thinking female barbarian myself.

[knightsdestiny]

I don't care what gender you play. I'll probably run with a class that synergises with the rest of the party to fill any skill set gaps.

[Lokus]

Okay, let's step forward.

The currently untitled D&D 5e game is going to probably end up in the NC-Exotic (System) zone of Elliquiy based on potential adult content.

Content for characters should be drawn from official products.

I would *like* (as in, it's just my preference) racial selections to stick to the core book. I am flexible here. A party of all Merfolk will make me cry.

Due to the way "face-claim" works and given the adult nature of some of our content I would strongly suggest the Small races are set to the side.

For Pantheon I'll go with the 4e Dawn War pantheon listed in the 5e DMG. The Raven Queen is a psychopomp, her clerics should be Grave Domain, not Death Domain.

Building the player base:

Right of first refusal goes to Blinkin. They requested the game, and I hope they'll play.

The rest of the current list, in order they appeared in this thread, are:

Max
knightsdestiny
ElayneTrakand
Tavarokk
helvorn

Building characters

1. Standard Array. 1st level. If you're picking something from another book (like one of the nautical Backgrounds in Saltmarsh) drop me a line. I will tend to say yes, but I really do want to avoid an all merfolk party.

2. I know it's hard to work on background before I have posted anything -- I'll get something up tonight. I'm pretty sure this part of the board is PG-13, for now backgrounds should be too.

As always, I am open to questions, queries and comments.

Finally, I do love old school hex-maps, so this one is probably the "base" map of the campaign. I will provided details on the names and places.

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[Tavarokk]

I'm pretty sure this part of the board is PG-13.

Doubtful, NSFW avatars (both for characters and for forum accounts) are quite common.

[Lokus]

Doubtful, NSFW avatars (both for characters and for forum accounts) are quite common.

I understand that. However Rule #8 (Adult material stays in the private parts of the site. The public areas include... ...and the left column of forums (all forums visible to unapproved members)) certainly seems to apply to ARPR/Group Request boards.