Originally Posted by mrfuji3
All the above ties into the question: What purpose do the sex scenes in BG3 serve? Are they actually important to the story or character/relationship development? Or are they just an erotic reward for players, maybe that Larian has included to partially justify the rating of "Mature"? My current opinion is that the sex scenes are mainly the latter, and thus could be removed (or made optionally fade-to-black) without affecting much of import.

An additional consideration is whether these scenes affect further-down-the-line companion romances and/or game opportunities. If I reject Lae'zel and don't have sex with her, can my romance of her continue? Or must I accept and view the sex scene in order to get closer to her? If I reject Minthara, do I lose out on information and options regarding Moonrise Towers? (I'm curious about this. Does Minthara give you information the morning after regardless if you sleep with her?)

They don't serve any purpose whatsoever. Lets be clear, I would rather avoid the Sex scenes AND the romance stuff altogether because I think its such an overplayed trope. Its basic, puerile, pointless and hackneyed. However, I am not in any way a prude. I just don't see them as anything but a distraction from the far more interesting plot and subplots, and gods and conspiracies and ancient histories. Its such a rich tableau of a story that to sully it with romance/sex/whatever seems like putting ketchup on a hotdog.

Also you really shouldn't boink your co-workers and work associates. Its bad form. Causes drama.

But if you don't put it in the teeming masses, the bungled and the botched will bray with sadness and despair...and frankly I want Larian to have those people's money. Larian will make better use of it then they would.

Blackheifer