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Alex Roberts and Sharang Biswas are back for round two, this time with “roll to seduce,” that classic action so many people try and even succeed at taking across any number of games. If I roll high enough on my persuasion check, surely the dragon will fuck me instead of killing us, right? In some games, yes! Right indeed!

This is such a weird dynamic, but clearly so appealing to so many people, and today Alex and Sharang get into the why and how of it all. That leads to all kinds of places, but in particular the seductive choice to quantify sex and romance, but put a number to all these ephemeral and scary ideas about sex and romance, presumably so we might better understand them or be able to avoid dealing with how potentially embarrassing and messy they can be.

Further Reading

The Book of Erotic Fantasy by Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel and Duncan Scott

Love and Sex in the 9th World by by Shanna Germain

Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Alex Roberts on Dice Exploder discussing Kagematsu

Fog of Love by Jacob Jaskov

Bluebeard’s Bride by Whitney “Strix” Beltran, Marissa Kelly, & Sarah Doom

Socials

Alex on Bluesky and carrd

Sharang on Bluesky and itch

Sam on Bluesky and itch

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