I dunno why, but trying to think of a practical use for this randomly made me think of an old flash game that involved a part where the character is fighting a lesbian ghost, and if you select the wrong choice the ghost possesses you, causing the main character to become gay, which makes him decide to unalive himself. So, maybe it could be useful against some homophobic bandits or something?
Practical use: if you didn’t know other characters’ or NPCs’ sexual orientation before (and couldn’t just ask them and trust the answer for some reason), you could find it out by casting the spell and checking for rainbow eyes.
Unless the DM is fucking stupid, and allows bards powers they shouldn’t have, this would make it possible to seduce someone that would otherwise not be attracted to you. That’s about it in terms of practical use.
I would rule that if you’re actually making them gay, they’re fully gay, so there wouldn’t be anyone upset about being gay within the duration of the spell. They might be upset at related problems, like a partner that made a saving throw now being incompatible, but not because they’re suddenly attracted to people of the same sex and/or gender.
Now, if the spell had been written so that all it changed was that they were now attracted to a different gender or sex, they might be distressed. And as written, they might be upset at the potential fallout of now being gay, but not the fact of being gay itself.
Side note: lemmy doesn’t tend to censor the word suicide, or kill themselves. It’s okay to use actual terms if you want. Not saying you have to, just that it’s allowed.
Side note: lemmy doesn’t tend to censor the word suicide, or kill themselves. It’s okay to use actual terms if you want. Not saying you have to, just that it’s allowed.
I would go so far as to say you should use the actual terms, in order to counter the societal chilling effect of the other platforms’ censorship.
I dunno why, but trying to think of a practical use for this randomly made me think of an old flash game that involved a part where the character is fighting a lesbian ghost, and if you select the wrong choice the ghost possesses you, causing the main character to become gay, which makes him decide to unalive himself. So, maybe it could be useful against some homophobic bandits or something?
Practical use: if you didn’t know other characters’ or NPCs’ sexual orientation before (and couldn’t just ask them and trust the answer for some reason), you could find it out by casting the spell and checking for rainbow eyes.
Unless the DM is fucking stupid, and allows bards powers they shouldn’t have, this would make it possible to seduce someone that would otherwise not be attracted to you. That’s about it in terms of practical use.
I would rule that if you’re actually making them gay, they’re fully gay, so there wouldn’t be anyone upset about being gay within the duration of the spell. They might be upset at related problems, like a partner that made a saving throw now being incompatible, but not because they’re suddenly attracted to people of the same sex and/or gender.
Now, if the spell had been written so that all it changed was that they were now attracted to a different gender or sex, they might be distressed. And as written, they might be upset at the potential fallout of now being gay, but not the fact of being gay itself.
Side note: lemmy doesn’t tend to censor the word suicide, or kill themselves. It’s okay to use actual terms if you want. Not saying you have to, just that it’s allowed.
I would go so far as to say you should use the actual terms, in order to counter the societal chilling effect of the other platforms’ censorship.