if the character themself is racist and wouldn't romance a specific race, but even then there is tropes of hate love or moving past past grievances and stuff like that.
That is certainly one of possible reasons ...
Personaly i dont see anything racist in not being attacted in one metter tall "(fe-)male" with beard, deep harsh woice and beer breath ... Especialy if you are elf.
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
Legolas and Gimli are a famous bromance (or romance under certain interpretations) and evoke similar themes.
Touché ... But they would never work so well, without that hostility from beginning ... if they never concider other one hideous from start, their friendship in the end would be worthless.
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
And specifically with Laezel, I feel like she actually begins to respect the others around her, and Shadowheart mellows out realizing that (in her eyes) you aren't a "bad" gith, I think?
Lae'zel is kinda specific character ... since she clearly states that your night spend together was only sex for her, no emotional attachments included. (yet, maybe?)
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
Moving away from that entirely (and can delete that if people want), it seems a solution to Playersexuality being maintained is to just add more specific dialogue? Something that indicates past relations or what they like, like: "Many a man and woman have tried to lay with the blade, but only a select few have caught my eye~" or something like that. Confirmation on what they did in the past and how it relates to the present. A line like that would indicate that he saw himself as Bi (or just attractive to both) and was able to have flings outside of Mizora. Another example. Like I actually wouldn't be surprised if Gale was a virgin or never had a relationship outside of his obsession with Mystra so you could give him a line like, "I never expected to feel this way about someone else... a mortal... A man..." or something like that that gives him a sense of retrospection and idea that he might have thought himself Straight before but now thats shifted. Similarly Astarion could says something like, "I never had a chance to do something like that in 200 years, Cazador never.... well, that doesn't matter anymore since you are here." giving an indication of the lack of relationships he might have had being a thrall or on the flipside could give a line about how he enjoyed a specific gender or even race while being a servant of the night and it was nice going out of his comfort zone and that he'd like to try again soon.
Love theese all! :3
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
tldr; I suggest adding dialogue that gives some of the characters a sort of past with their sexuality that also reconciles the present playersexuality.
Sadly it would never work as good if everyone would still be playersexual. How about this? Adding racial and sexual preferences ... but not to decline to our characters that particular romance completely, but simply delay it for later ... after all, we have only seen part of Act 1 ... i bet it should never end with one-night adventure ... So while some Elf girl would lay Gale first night ... Dwarf (fe-)male will have some bro-drinking scene ... and have to wait for that hot night to another romance scene. :P
I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. Lets us play Githyanki as racist as they trully are!
