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scurv
2013-10-13, 12:37 PM
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj240/TheTygre/Half-Dragon_zpse81b9787.jpg

I tend to request back-story for anything well special. Apparently in the above photo linked context it can get highly not safe for work.

TheCountAlucard
2013-10-13, 02:08 PM
Um, what? :smallconfused:

Not quite sure I get what you're saying.

VariSami
2013-10-13, 02:49 PM
I believe he wanted to share the dangers of expecting players to provide background information for the less traditional characters they might want to play. In this case, a Half-Dragon, since the player seems to have provided somewhat inappropriate material concerning the relationship of a humanoid woman and a red dragon.

RochtheCrusher
2013-10-13, 03:02 PM
Which is rather silly, as nearly every character background includes sex at some point, if the player is ill-mannered enough to provide said scene.

You'd hope that such things would not be included (in anything but the vaguest, "they fell in love, and in the fullness of time there was a child" sort of way) unless specifically encouraged, but hey. I guess everyone's sense of propriety is different.

scurv
2013-10-13, 03:04 PM
basically VariSami. Although....I did have it coming. And it is not the first time i have ever read erotica. But Let us say that I was caught off guard in a new way. But on the bright side i respect the gall it took to do that when he was new to a group and although highly graphic In places. It is some good story telling. So I am kinda hopeful to see what he can do when its dice time.

Ravens_cry
2013-10-13, 03:24 PM
While I have had some violence in my back story (she was a ninja, I described in some detail the aftermath of her first kill) and one case of nudity (the character was a raven familiar transformed into a halfling, clothing not included) I don't think I have ever included actual sex in a backstory. I can understand why one would want to include details as to why this unusual joining occurred but fade to blac,k dude (or dudette), fade to freaking black!
Still, I agree you did set this up for yourself by accepting an erotic backstory in the past. This did rather set a precedent.

erikun
2013-10-13, 03:58 PM
Which is rather silly, as nearly every character background includes sex at some point, if the player is ill-mannered enough to provide said scene.
Well, I suppose a Warforged, golem, or some other construct would probably not have any.
Hopefully not have any, I should say. :smalleek::smalltongue:

That said, most backgrounds don't get into graphic details about such matters.

Kane0
2013-10-13, 04:06 PM
Major props to that player. In my gaming circle that would have been pure gold.

Themrys
2013-10-13, 04:09 PM
As long as it isn't the kind of story one would have expected instead of Therkla's actual backstory ...

CarpeGuitarrem
2013-10-13, 04:19 PM
*slow clap*

MukkTB
2013-10-13, 04:35 PM
What's the problem with that picture? Its not porn or anything. Is it crass to show that there was a relationship? I just don't see what's wrong with basic biology. That's how you get new people unless its a golem or something.

Tim Proctor
2013-10-13, 05:26 PM
I once wrote a 50-shades of grey scene and at the end wrote... nine months later Cromwell (the character) was born.

Ravens_cry
2013-10-13, 06:27 PM
I once wrote a 50-shades of grey scene and at the end wrote... nine months later Cromwell (the character) was born.
You Monster!:eek:

The Dark Fiddler
2013-10-13, 08:31 PM
Well, I suppose a Warforged, golem, or some other construct would probably not have any.

Hey, somebody had to make the Warforged and somebody had to make them.


What's the problem with that picture? Its not porn or anything. Is it crass to show that there was a relationship? I just don't see what's wrong with basic biology. That's how you get new people unless its a golem or something.

The implication is that the full version of the picture either IS porn or represents a safer version of what he got.

inexorabletruth
2013-10-14, 12:19 AM
I suppose Book of Erotic Fantasy is an allowed source for this campaign. :smallamused:

About time. Some of those tools are actually pretty useful, especially if you're Playing a CHA build, like Diplomancer.

Killer Angel
2013-10-14, 06:21 AM
For this kind of background things, players usually use polymorf, wild shape, shapechange, and so on...

Ravens_cry
2013-10-14, 11:30 AM
For this kind of background things, players usually use polymorf, wild shape, shapechange, and so on...
Grease.:smallamused:

Jay R
2013-10-14, 11:34 AM
This is what happens when you demand back-stories from players with no interest in back-stories.

You may console yourself with this thought: the picture could have been so much worse.

Award 100 points for creativity, and move on. Quickly.

CarpeGuitarrem
2013-10-14, 11:57 AM
This thread is fantastic in a horrible, horrible way.

Sith_Happens
2013-10-14, 11:59 AM
You know, I've seen that picture a number of times before, but just now realized that it's Fiona and Dragon from Shrek.

nedz
2013-10-14, 12:15 PM
Grease.:smallamused:

Rope Trick :smallamused:

Ravens_cry
2013-10-14, 12:15 PM
You know, I've seen that picture a number of times before, but just now realized that it's Fiona and Dragon from Shrek.
But she's a girl dragon. No matter how infamously fecund human fantasy females may be, no issue could come of such.

Rope Trick :smallamused:
Enlarge Person.

nedz
2013-10-14, 02:58 PM
Enlarge Person.

Animate Rope

Ravens_cry
2013-10-14, 03:28 PM
Animate Rope
Black Tentacles.

killem2
2013-10-14, 04:08 PM
A red dragon would have changed shape and had sex. It's how the would all do it.

Why in the hell would a red dragon in dragon form want to try and mate with a being way to small for it.

Mr Beer
2013-10-14, 05:01 PM
A red dragon would have changed shape and had sex. It's how the would all do it.

Why in the hell would a red dragon in dragon form want to try and mate with a being way to small for it.

Not 15 minutes ago I read some blurb for a book about T-Rex's having sex with people. It takes all sorts, I guess.

Sith_Happens
2013-10-14, 05:24 PM
But she's a girl dragon. No matter how infamously fecund human fantasy females may be, no issue could come of such.

Since when has anything ever stopped a half-dragon from happening?:smalltongue:

Scow2
2013-10-14, 05:28 PM
A red dragon would have changed shape and had sex. It's how the would all do it.

Why in the hell would a red dragon in dragon form want to try and mate with a being way to small for it.Do you really want an answer to that? Why settle for normal boring humanoid anatomy you can find at any streetcorner when the opportunity to experience the thrill of a body as exotic and majestic as a Dragon's presents itself?

nedz
2013-10-14, 05:38 PM
Black Tentacles.

Glibness "It wasn't me"

scurv
2013-10-16, 06:25 PM
This is what happens when you demand back-stories from players with no interest in back-stories.

You may console yourself with this thought: the picture could have been so much worse.

Award 100 points for creativity, and move on. Quickly.

It had words to go with it! And I am looking forward to seeing what he can do at dice time!

Jaycemonde
2013-10-16, 06:42 PM
I've come up with lots of character backstories that involve content that could be considered unsafe for work environments. I don't get why that's always considered a lack of imagination, or for that matter particularly surprising. And, well, given that the character's major trait (at least that you've shared) is being half-dragon, what more did you really expect from them?

The Grue
2013-10-16, 06:44 PM
Glibness "It wasn't me"

Bigby's Clenched Fist.

/thread

CombatOwl
2013-10-16, 06:46 PM
Well, I suppose a Warforged, golem, or some other construct would probably not have any.
Hopefully not have any, I should say. :smalleek::smalltongue:

That said, most backgrounds don't get into graphic details about such matters.

Outsiders too. Plant types aren't exactly the same either...

Scow2
2013-10-16, 07:01 PM
Outsiders too. Plant types aren't exactly the same either...The sheer number of Planetouched and half-Celestial/Fiend say otherwise. And plants also get it on (Frequently with themselves! Most are hermaphrodites!)