That so called romance in party night at camp is waaaay far from romance. It is a very low level grab what you can kind of one night stand. I mean your party members get aligned to be picked up by PC is a huge immersion breaker.
Another huge immersion breaker is nothing really changes in dialogs or personality of the companion with whom you made love a night before. There is just some kind of "what do you think about last night" option and it is completely empty.
I don't know what you guys over there understand from romance but the thing you implemented is not romance. It is just a low level one night stand.
And, please, get rid of those over the top facial expressions of PC during dialogs. They just look like teenagers who lack self esteem rather than an adventurer who is on an epic journey about life and death in a land full of magic and danger.
It may be worse than you think.
10 common reactions to Trauma A lot of the defense I've seen for the writing and characters is that it centers around trauma.
"9. Sexual relationships may also suffer after a traumatic experience. Many people find it difficult to feel intimate or to have sexual relationships again. This is especially true for those who have been sexually assaulted, since in addition to the lack of trust, sex itself can be a reminder of the assault."
Lae'zel: A githyanki, they party hard, they don't have monogomy. If you got Lae'zel pregnant, she wouldn't even tell you until after laying her eggs in a creche
"As a people, githyanki were generally proud and xenophobic. They viewed all other races with contempt[26] and were generally unwilling to learn anything about other cultures, including other languages.[14] They viewed Material Plane–dwellers as ignorant and incompetent, or, in worse cases, as potential slaves. They could only bring themselves to use magic items not of githyanki design if they were extremely powerful, and even then by rationalizing that any such items must have been designed with githyanki knowledge to begin with. It was uncommon, but not impossible, for a githyanki to overcome the prejudices of its people and start regarding others with respect."
"Within their communities, githyanki typically lived alone, unless they chose to share their dwellings with someone close. Since there were no family units, those bonds were most common among training partners."
Wyll: An emotionally fragile man who tries to put on a front that he's a big hero who does things heroes are supposed to do. Banging Sexy Ladies Is a Thing Heroes Do Right?!
"9. Sexual relationships may also suffer after a traumatic experience. Many people find it difficult to feel intimate or to have sexual relationships again. This is especially true for those who have been sexually assaulted, since in addition to the lack of trust, sex itself can be a reminder of the assault."
Asterion: A vampire who's primary job is half whore and half spy. Horny af
Free pass.
Gale: A pretty normal wizard who obviously has access to some kind of family or organizational wealth for his research that he's lost access to. Probably because of his PROBLEM
when I find a pertinent article I will link it but the trauma one applies here as well. There isn't that much research into how obsession and idolatry of someone affects casual encounters that I can source as of yet that pertains to this example.
Shadowheart: Doesn't do a one night hookup to my knowledge under any circumstance
Free pass, too incomplete.
