Gender and Gender Preference

[Nate McCloud]

Lots of us have heard of games like Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy 5, with skills and such where the effect(iveness) is based on the target's gender in relation to the caster's gender. But, suppose you wanted a system like this, but with characters that aren't exclusively straight?


My suggestion is a plugin that allows the developer to add genders and gender preferences for actors and enemies, and allow skills and possibly states to check the target's gender in relation to the user's gender preference or vice versa (or states to check the genders of surrounding allies or enemies in relation to the affected's gender preference, or vice-versa). This can allow healers to give bonus healing to characters of their preferred genders, or a flirt skill to charm only enemies that prefer the user's gender. Possibly even have a state that increases the affected's stats by an amount based on the number of units in their own party of their preferred gender (subtracting themselves if gay or bi). This idea is meant to add a bit of strategy to the game.


Genders include Male, Female, Other. Preferences can encompass any combination of these three genders, none at all, or all three.


Bonus: Preference can have varying degrees, ranging from Like, to Uninterested, to Hate.

 

[takashi1kun]

That plugin already exist: 

 

[Nate McCloud]

Hmm...but that appears to be very basic, and doesn't seem to allow for battle strategies based around character genders. What I'm talking about is more like...

Gay male healer uses a healing skill on an ally. If the ally is female, she receives normal healing. If the ally is male, he receives boosted healing.
Asexual female character gets a buff that increases her stats by a certain amount per ally of her preferred gender in her party. However, since she is asexual, the buff is useless.


Male character uses a skill to charm enemies that prefer the user's gender. A bi male and straight female are affected. A straight male and asexual female are immune.

 

[takashi1kun]

Hmm...but that appears to be very basic, and doesn't seem to allow for battle strategies based around character genders. What I'm talking about is more like...

Gay male healer uses a healing skill on an ally. If the ally is female, she receives normal healing. If the ally is male, he receives boosted healing.
Asexual female character gets a buff that increases her stats by a certain amount per ally of her preferred gender in her party. However, since she is asexual, the buff is useless.


Male character uses a skill to charm enemies that prefer the user's gender. A bi male and straight female are affected. A straight male and asexual female are immune.

it can be doned, that provide a state, the state whit yanfly state core can do that thing

 

[Nate McCloud]

Okay, so it can work with states. But can it also work with skills?

 

[takashi1kun]

Okay, so it can work with states. But can it also work with skills?

The gender plugins add a state to the actor, the state con be used whit yanfly's state core plugin to do near anything

 

[Nate McCloud]

Huh, neat. Will definitely have to check that out. Thanks!