Interest Check for Queer Adult-Rated Roleplay
Paizo has done a lot of work to make their Adventure Paths very inclusive and open. I've been running the Outlaws of Alkenstar, and in the first two books we've had same sex couples, a trans gang leader who came to Alkenstar to live as himself, since his culture rejected him, a number of non-binary NPCs, and plenty of room for characters of either gender to express as they wish. One of my players is currently attempting to romance a same-sex airship captain (a tiefling dwarf) in hopes of getting to share her rather spacious quarters, and at least one of my players has declared themselves asexual (actually being asexual, rather than just as a ploy) to stop advances from an NPC.
And my group is decidedly old school in their normal gameplay.
But if you're looking for a setting where all of this is actually way more built in, you might want to look at Starfinder, their Science Fiction/Fantasy system. Many of the alien species are multi-gender or even ungendered, and a lot of their work was done to make the system inclusive from the ground up, rather than changing setting tropes to ignore or blur lines. Having played a Host Shirren in my first game, and using they/them, it was a little bit of a stretch for some players, but I liked being able to play a character that was a little closer to my personality than more 'manly man' style characters that old-school fantasy tends to lean towards. And the thing I appreciated was that the players grew to know my character beyond the pronouns or the surface. They were a mystic, a believer in sentient potentiality, and the importance of mental health. Whether it was a player character, a captured villain, or a ravening being losing its mind, my character stopped to counsel, and then, as an icon, record and post to social media personal statements and self-help motivational speeches. The groans at the table were for me spouting psychobabble or asking probing questions, not for my gender.
Roleplaying can be so freeing and validating, especially for individuals who are not regularly seen in real life. Despite being cis-gendered in RL, I very much hope those of you in this thread who are looking for Queer roleplay have an outlet, or are able to make one.
This message was last edited by the user at 21:08, Fri 28 Apr 2023.