Book of Erotic Fantasy [Hardcover]

Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel (Author), Duncan Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2003

Love and battle are both intimate acts, both done in heat and sweat with the soun dof cries echoing in your ears, and really - who is to say which is the more dangerous? -- The Paladin Valeria

For decades in the gaming world, the subject of this product has been the source of much debate and speculation. Now you hold in your hands a 192 page, full color book that will finally address the issues of sex, love, seduction, marriage and pregnancy for the OGL system.

This book contains over 20 new feats, 3 new classes and 12 new prestige classes, 6 new domains, over 75 new spells, 6 new gods, 12 new monsters, many usable as player character races, and variant rules. This material is intended to add a new dimension to your game - courtly intrigue and manipulation, marriages of power and prophesized births, dangerous seducers and sex magic. All of this and more await you inside the Book of Erotic Fantasy.

To hear you talk we are facing an apocalypse - the world ending as we know it, the stars falling from the skies, the gods walking upon the earth and condemning us all for our transgressions. Look, I know I'm good - but darling, it's only sex! -- Cheval to Valeria after their first night

This product is for mature audiences only. This product is compliant with the Open Gaming License and is compatible with the world's best selling Fantasy Roleplaying Game

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Valar Project (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097420451X
• ISBN-13: 978-0974204512
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,188,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for adult-oriented RPG's, May 25, 2004

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This review is from: Book of Erotic Fantasy (Hardcover)

This is a book that caused a lot of controvery when it came out and, frankly, it shouldn't have. I've read it, and this book is probably less offensive than the Book of Vile Darkness was.

[Of course] you don't want this book for your underaged role-player; what do you expect from a book with this title? But if you're legal, and are interested in introducing sex and romance to your games, you couldn't find a better resource for d20-based games.

The BoEF handles sex and eroticism in a mature fashion, rarely if ever degenerating into the silly, somewhat immature approach other books on the subject take. Sex and love are topics handled from a variety of angles, differing by race, alignment, and other factors. There are new rules that are actually (sometimes more) useful outside the boudoir, and the artwork within uses generally tasteful photography and photo-manipulation.

All in all, if you intend to use sex in your d20-based games, you need to get this book.

38 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful for campaigns with mature - and open minded - players, October 24, 2004

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Brianna Sollandry (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Book of Erotic Fantasy (Hardcover)

This book has a lot to offer to any D20 campaign with mature players who recognize that sex and romance are legitimate motivations and interests for their characters.

If you want such activities to take center stage in your campaign, you'll find everything you need here, with a new Appearance ability score, several very well-thought-out base classes, a variety of specialized prestige classes, and new skills, feats, and spells.

But even if you have a more conventional campaign (such as the one I DM) and want the sex to occur "off screen", there's an awful lot you can use. I don't use Appearance, or any of the feats and spells that depend on it. Nor am I using any of the classes, but plenty of useful substance remains. My players enjoyed their encounter with my seductive Bard (a conventional archetype, if there ever was one!), whom I could have created with standard D20 rules and careful role-playing, but who was that much better with a smattering of feats and spells from this book.

The text and pictures are generally tasteful and well done. The spells and feats are mature and game-balanced, as opposed to some of the sophmoric efforts I've seen in other books supposedly addressing this theme.

The book does assume that the reader (and by extension, her characters) considers sex to be a natural and normal aspect of human relationship, and that whatever the participants consensually agree is fun is all right. If you are comfortable with that viewpoint, there should be nothing here to offend. Otherwise, perhaps you'll agree with other reviews I've seen that seem to think this book is somehow encouraging "perversions" in a role-playing campaign.

If the thought of a female bard hitting on a paladin (who, living up to her alignment, will not proceed with a liaison without ensuring that each participant is getting exactly what she expects) creeps you out, stay away!

I, however, found that refreshing - and highly recommend the book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Round out your gaming experience, July 15, 2007

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This review is from: Book of Erotic Fantasy (D20) (Hardcover)

It is entirely appropriate that this book should close with a "What's New with Phil and Dixie" cartoon; "Phil and Dixie" have been a charming staple of the D&D magazine Dragon for years, and they have been promising a "how to add sex to D&D" comic for almost as long. Kestrel and Scott have finally written a sourcebook for it.

For almost all games/gaming groups, sex will be only be an occasional element; most gaming groups are, after all, "mixed company." Because of this, I expect that very few players will opt to spend their valuable character resources on the prestige classes, spells, and magical sexual items presented in this tome ("How often would I get to use my abilities if I took the 'Sacred Prostitute' prestige class?").

Because of its limited utility, I would consider this book a whimsical addition to your gaming library; something to giggle and blush at, but not something you would actually use. On the other hand, when a player dares to venture into sexual territory ("I flirt with the shopkeeper to get a better price"), it might be nice to have a resource to cover the situation.

I cannot give this product 5 stars because of some cramped typesetting reducing the legibility in some places; and because of some gaps, like the fact that half-elf/half-elf offspring is not explicitly addressed (are they elf? human? half-elf? random pick? I wrote a paper on it).