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Message no. 1
From: Chris Maxfield cmaxfiel@****.org.au
Subject: New Skill Name?
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 00:14:45 +1100
At 00:23 30/01/99 -0800, Dvixen wrote:
>From our game tonight...
>
>Assuming sex is an active skill, what does it default to?

Intelligence, I would say.

Along this line of thought - "Sex" is what you are or what you do but isn't
a good name for a skill in itself.

Let me explain: My co-GM has decided that my mage's wife is after a bit
more excitement in their relationship...know what I mean? (I'll get back at
him when I GM. :) So, my mage has to develop a better "skill" in the area
in question (burning some karma up in the process, of course).

So what do I call the skill:

Physical Relationship?
Unearthed Erotica?
Sex Savvy?
Practical Passion?
Stimulation Skill?
.
.
any more ideas?






Chris Maxfield We are restless because of incessant
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au> change, but we would be frightened if
Canberra, Australia change were stopped.
Message no. 2
From: ArcLight arclight@**************.com
Subject: New Skill Name?
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 14:59:31 +0100
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shadowrn-admin@*****.html.com
> [mailto:shadowrn-admin@*****.html.com]On Behalf Of Chris Maxfield
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 1999 2:15 PM
> To: shadowrn@*****.html.com
> Subject: New Skill Name?

<snip>

> So what do I call the skill:
>
> Physical Relationship?
> Unearthed Erotica?
> Sex Savvy?
> Practical Passion?
> Stimulation Skill?
> .
> .
> any more ideas?

inappropiate intimate relationship :)

ArcLight
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Message no. 3
From: Chris Maxfield cmaxfiel@****.org.au
Subject: New Skill Name?
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 01:15:10 +1100
At 14:59 30/01/99 +0100, ArcLight wrote:

>inappropiate intimate relationship :)

Inappropriate!? Do you mean the intimacy or the relationship? :)





Chris Maxfield We are restless because of incessant
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au> change, but we would be frightened if
Canberra, Australia change were stopped.
Message no. 4
From: Starjammer starjammer@**********.com
Subject: New Skill Name?
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 13:28:40 -0500
At 12:14 AM 1/31/99 +1100, Chris Maxfield wrote:
>
>Along this line of thought - "Sex" is what you are or what you do but isn't
>a good name for a skill in itself.
>
>Let me explain: My co-GM has decided that my mage's wife is after a bit
>more excitement in their relationship...know what I mean? (I'll get back at
>him when I GM. :) So, my mage has to develop a better "skill" in the area
>in question (burning some karma up in the process, of course).
>
>So what do I call the skill:
>any more ideas?

Well, GURPS has a handful of skills in this regard. There's Sex Appeal,
which is the art of being attractive to the opposite (or I suppose I should
be PC and say appropriate) sex. That's a charisma-based thing. Then
there's Seduction, which is self-explanatory. Also a charisma-based thing,
IMO. Finally, there's Erotic Art, which I will leave to your imagination.
That one would seem to me to be Intelligence-based.

Of course, if you're more interested in, um, performance issues, then I
suppose a Body-based Sexual Athletics skill would be in order.


--
Starjammer - starjammer@**********.com - Marietta, GA

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death
that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it
to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn
the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be
nothing. Only I will remain."
-- Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, Frank Herbert, Dune
Message no. 5
From: Joshua Mumme grimlakin@**********.com
Subject: New Skill Name?
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 15:40:55 -0600
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Maxfield <cmaxfiel@****.org.au>
To: <shadowrn@*****.html.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 1999 7:14 AM
Subject: New Skill Name?


>At 00:23 30/01/99 -0800, Dvixen wrote:
>>From our game tonight...
>>
>>Assuming sex is an active skill, what does it default to?
>
>Intelligence, I would say.
>
>Along this line of thought - "Sex" is what you are or what you do but isn't
>a good name for a skill in itself.
>
>Let me explain: My co-GM has decided that my mage's wife is after a bit
>more excitement in their relationship...know what I mean? (I'll get back at
>him when I GM. :) So, my mage has to develop a better "skill" in the area
>in question (burning some karma up in the process, of course).
>
>So what do I call the skill:
>
>Physical Relationship?
>Unearthed Erotica?
>Sex Savvy?
>Practical Passion?
>Stimulation Skill?
Hummm here are some other suggestions.
Paranormal Persistance
Oral FIxations
Fellatio Facts
hummmm I think that aught to cover it.

>any more ideas?
See above
>
>

>Chris Maxfield We are restless because of
incessant
><cmaxfiel@****.org.au> change, but we would be frightened if
>Canberra, Australia change were stopped.

Grimlakin

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