How to roleplay a womanizer without rping a perv

[Togath]

As the tital indicates, I'm trying to figure out how to play a womanizer npc(he's a male nymph, so it seems appropriate), without coming across as a pervert.
he's intended as a foil for the PC who often uses a "I seduce him!" strategy for capturing people.(though, to be fair, she is playing a succubus).
I could also do with advice for GMing for encounters in which she does seduce men, since it gets a bit awkward for me, and I'm also somewhat nervous about violating the forum rules(It's a pbp here)

[Amphetryon]

As the tital indicates, I'm trying to figure out how to play a womanizer npc(he's a male nymph, so it seems appropriate), without coming across as a pervert.
he's intended as a foil for the PC who often uses a "I seduce him!" strategy for capturing people.(though, to be fair, she is playing a succubus).
I could also do with advice for GMing for encounters in which she does seduce men, since it gets a bit awkward for me, and I'm also somewhat nervous about violating the forum rules(It's a pbp here)

Have him be bad at it. Give him a low CHA and no ranks in Sense Motive, and he'll play more like comic relief than skeeze.

[Agrippa]

Have you ever watched Burn Notice? If so, pay close attention to Sam Axe and take notes.

[rezplz]

I did this once to a pretty good effect. The key is to not flanderize it. Have him be a womanizer, but at the same time that can't be his only defining characteristic. Don't have every conversation with a woman turn into baseless hitting on her. Just have it come up every now and then, and every now and then have him be dismissive of a woman. Or for example, if a female offers up a fairly good idea, even if he doesn't dismiss it entirely have him kind of grudgingly accept it.

tl;dr: Just don't go too crazy with it. That's how I did it. My group loved the character enough to make him the group's memetic badass.

[The Glyphstone]

Make him a romantic rather than a skeevy perv? He still hits on every woman in sight, but does it with flowery language, impromptu poetry, and spontaneous gifts.

[HunterOfJello]

1. Romantic as Glyphstone said

2. He only goes after girls who seem to like the attention. That's the real difference between a womanizer and a creep. That and attractiveness (i.e. Edward Complex).

[Dr.Epic]

Have him be bad at it. Give him a low CHA and no ranks in Sense Motive, and he'll play more like comic relief than skeeze.

Two words: Zapp Brannigan

[Togath]

Ty all for the help with him, the advice so far will really help with rping him(I'll have him go with being a romantic, since it seems like it will fit better, as glyphstone suggested).
Also how does making him an uncommon race sound?, currently I was thinking of making him either a male nymph, or a male succubus, or a fairie(homebrewed race, they are 3 foot tall elf like humanoids with moth wings).

[Mando Knight]

Have him be bad at it. Give him a low CHA and no ranks in Sense Motive, and he'll play more like comic relief than skeeze.

Those are not mutually exclusive. There's comically bad, and there's disturbingly bad, and the line between the two varies fairly strongly from person to person.

[Zahhak]

Watch How I Met Your Mother, and take notes on what Barney does.

Mechanically speaking, flirting is just a series of Cha vs Cha checks, or Bluff vs Sense Motive checks, depending on what specifically is being done (general flirting vs 'want to go to my place?')

[Slipperychicken]

Mechanically speaking, flirting is just a series of Cha vs Cha checks, or Bluff vs Sense Motive checks, depending on what specifically is being done (general flirting vs 'want to go to my place?')

I lean toward Bluff vs. Sense Motive. BoEF specifies that success only means the target is sexually interested, not that s/he is compelled to bang the Bluffer, or do anything else. For social interaction, you could rule that success raises the target's attitude toward you one step, to a maximum of Helpful.


(Why does "Bang The Bluffer" sound like it could be some kind of demented/perverse game?)

[MarsRendac]

(Why does "Bang The Bluffer" sound like it could be some kind of demented/perverse game?)

Because it could be, and now that you've mentioned it, it will be.

[Arbane]

Ty all for the help with him, the advice so far will really help with rping him(I'll have him go with being a romantic, since it seems like it will fit better, as glyphstone suggested).
Also how does making him an uncommon race sound?, currently I was thinking of making him either a male nymph, or a male succubus, or a fairie(homebrewed race, they are 3 foot tall elf like humanoids with moth wings).

Play a human. All those half-whatevers have to come from SOMEWHERE.

[Togath]

I may actually go with a human. It also give me an idea for a possibly humorous plot if the succubus pc ends up seducing him, where she finds out she might end up with only a "half-hellspawn" child.

[Slipperychicken]

Play a human. All those half-whatevers have to come from SOMEWHERE.

Dragon could work too. You thought Humans got around? Dragons will literally knock up any living, corporeal creature (talk about low standards. Yuck). And the baby will have +8 more Strength than a purebreed and breathe fire.


Actually, the stat-boosts and special abilities might be the reason so many creatures bear half-dragon offspring: to make sure their kids are objectively superior to all the others.

[The Glyphstone]

Dragon could work too. You thought Humans got around? Dragons will literally knock up any living, corporeal creature (talk about low standards. Yuck). And the baby will have +8 more Strength than a purebreed and breathe fire.


Actually, the stat-boosts and special abilities might be the reason so many creatures bear half-dragon offspring: to make sure their kids are objectively superior to all the others.

Oozes are both Living and Corporeal, and are a legitimate subject for the Half-Dragon template. They lack reproductive organs, or for that matter, organs of any kind. Ponder these facts.

[MarsRendac]

Oozes are both Living and Corporeal, and are a legitimate subject for the Half-Dragon template. They lack reproductive organs, or for that matter, organs of any kind. Ponder these facts.

Thoughts like this may be the reason you're the eldritch horror in the playground. Now excuse me for a second while I make the villain for my next campaign.

He's a black pudding!

He's a black dragon!

He does it all

[Medic!]

a Test Tube Wyrmling

[Vitruviansquid]

A womanizer is not a pervert. In fact, most identifiable perverts make really really bad womanizers.

[Lentrax]

Now I am trying to imagine some kind of Zapp Brannigan/Barney Stintson/Sam Axe hybrid.

[Craft (Cheese)]

Really, I think the main difference is just being subtle.

Womanizer: "By the gods, you're looking beautiful tonight, my lady."

Pervert: "LET ME SQUEEZE YOUR BOOBIES."

[Serpentine]

What exactly do you mean by "womanizer"? What is your goal with this character?
I have one character who is the son of a celestial equivalent to a succubus. He is madly in love with the concept of love. Of every sort of love: romantic, sexual, familial, platonic, the lot. He has a lot of dalliances, hook-ups and flings. And every single one of those women, every last one, he was madly in love with her. And he was always completely honest, and he bore his heart to them. He's a poet, a Casanova, a lover in every sense of the word. He's a flatterer and a sweet-talker, but never a "perv".

[HunterOfJello]

Print out a long list of Zapp Brannigan and Barney Stinsen quotes and just bust one of those out when the situation calls for it.

[Crazyfailure13]

Im all for the romantic as well, a womanizer is a romantic basically, he treats the girls hes trying to get well and makes them feel nice, the only difference is the likely hood of an std in fantasy world, and when they wake up before the woman they plot their only deaths. Add being an inccubus to it, and it could be kinda funny.

[Socratov]

well, another thing coudl be that he's actually courteous. He is well mannered, well spoken, well groomed, (has high CHA), and sometimes he makes a well crafted innuendo (not the "if you know what you mean kind", but the "you're not a fan of Freud, are you?" kind). he looks characters he knows can't resist and hypnotizes them with his stunning. he does nto need bluff as he lives by Diplomacy. he doesn't tell lies, he would rather conceal the complete truth. he promises girls the world, the life of a princess, the man of their dreams, a god to pray to. he is attraction incarnate, but never, ever vulgar.

[Sipex]

IMO, the difference you're looking for in this case is respect. A womanizer will love to talk to and impress women, but he'll show them respect, care and attention while doing it.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

IMO, the difference you're looking for in this case is respect. A womanizer will love to talk to and impress women, but he'll show them respect, care and attention while doing it.

To also add on...it would seem...

A womanizer directs his attentions towards the lady.

A perv directs his attentions towards select bits of the woman's anatomy.

[Slipperychicken]

A womanizer gets laid.

A pervert does not.

[Megaduck]

To also add on...it would seem...

A womanizer directs his attentions towards the lady.

A perv directs his attentions towards select bits of the woman's anatomy.

I'm not sure I can add much to this line but I think it's correct.

A perv just wants to have sex. The woman are just fleshy toys as far as he is concerned.

The womanizer genuinely cares about the woman he's with. He wants them to be relaxed and happy and cares for their well being. (I sense plot hook)

The perv is playing single player, the womanizer is playing Co-op.

[The Glyphstone]

Print out a long list of Zapp Brannigan and Barney Stinsen quotes and just bust one of those out when the situation calls for it.

Or the lyrics to Weird Al's "Wanna B Ur Lover".