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[–] CryptidBestiary 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean I'm assuming a powerful enough Patron would easily be able to shapechange into whatever form they want. So if they're offering...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

So much of our real-world sexual behavior presupposes the fact that one's physical form is difficult or impossible to change that it's easy to forget that in a fantasy setting with transformation (or even just illusion) magic only personality would matter. Everything else can be fixed by Alter Self.

(I expect that if wizards are fantasy nerds, they don't have the same problem of an unbalanced male:female ratio that real-world nerds do. Or maybe they would have the ratio just as unbalanced but in the other direction, with almost everyone being a Drow femme fatale.)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even if the male:female ratio is off you'll just have to get together with one of your bros and flip a coin to decide who's changing this time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

That's what I meant, except that I think they'd both shape-shift.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a refreshing optimistic take. My inner cynic says that wizards would just compete to see who could spellcraft up themselves the biggest schlong