Profanity in mods, [split by Baronius; Domi's request] Options

[Domi]

BG1 is a PG13 game, so the developper to start with did not intend it for children. There are characters in BG1 that say stuff like "Will one of you rugged adventurers give me a good, hard shag?"

The mods/mods components are sometimes rated as well (for example some of BG1NPC Romances are rated R for language or adult situations), while the mod itself is the same as the game, to avoid embaracing the selective players. It will be nice, if people used the rating system more vigorously.

I guess this is why most sci-fi/fantasy tv creates new profanities - frac, frell etc

And that is why the authors who have guts to carter to adult audience and have no pangs of guilt about it, read so real and have their own appreciative following. (Points to Martin).

In other words, do what you feel is right, just warn the consummer about it. I always make a point of explaining that Martin is gritty, uses the obscenities and does not draw curtains when his characters decided to make love, when I recommend his books. Yes, I love what he does. No, I don't expect everyone to agree with me that it is how it should be done.

This post has been edited by Domi: Jan 9 2006, 09:03 PM

[Sorrow]

On the other hand, I was thinking about a scene where a female PC or NPC gets harassed sexually (horny comments, hands where they shouldn't be,...) in a BG1 inn, by some drunk ruffians. I believe no profanity at all in such a context would be unconvincing, so there will be some there. But, having read this thread, I should make this an optional element or at least warn the gamer who downloads my mod about it. (EDIT - hadn't read sorrow's post when I posted this - we were obviously thinking in the same direction.)

I think that sexual harassment would be very interesting.
It's worth mentioning that some adventurers, both male and female may be equally nasty as ruffians and more difficult to get rid off.

I think that making such thing an optional component would be equally silly as making being tortured by Irenicus an optional component, though a warning is a good idea.

I wonder when someone will make a R-rated mod

Oh, yes - mods which employ open rape at the moment do it rather clumsy, to my mind - and I doubt there's any real need for it in BG. The original story is excellent in this regard - and it only got hints. Just look at "Did Irenicus rape Imoen?" thread.

Are there any mods that allow PC to have some fun, not only her enemies?
I think that making a mod, where PC can be harassed/raped but she cannot rape anyone is very unfair.
Why wouldn't PC (especially the evil one) want to rape someone?

When I was beginning to make a module that I'm working on now, I planned to allow raping and degrading peasants, commoners and other weak characters .

Sadly, I had to make some cuts to make all the mod content fit the convention (no dialogues, only monologues) and dialogues are gone.

I don't understand, why <CHARNAME> must always be a victim, not a perpetuator of such activities .