Homosexual lovers?

[LarryLeica]

Yeah the Homosexual trait is pretty useless as it stands - I had a homosexual ruler who went on to have 7 or 8 children with his wife and not have a single event to suggest he was anything other than heterosexual. In contrast, Richard the Lionheart is believed to have been homosexual and he famously had no children. There NEEDS to be a reworking of this...is mechanic the right word? It needs to be reworked, in any case, to make it more interesting and fun to play as a homosexual character.

Bear in mind it also covers bi-sexual persons. It is perfectly reasonable for a homosexual person to have children, just because you happen to prefer sex with members of your own gender does not mean you have no desire to have children.

With my last Shia ruler, he had 4 wives, 3 of whom were homosexual - they were betrothals and hadn't acquired the trait when I 'betrothed' them so didn't realise until later. The straight wife had 5 children, each of the homosexual wives had 2.

A homosexual man would still want his dynasty to carry on regardless, for that sole reason there is ample motivation for one to have children. You can justify the fertility penalty in that they probably would have less striaght sex overall than a straight guy.

As for the gameplay elements, there's a few things that need fixing for homosexuals, particularly lover events, but am not sure it's worth adding things specifically for gay rulers, or maybe there is scope for a Gay DLC... who knows... The Priscilla Queen of the Desert DLC, they could ask Kylie Minogue to do a soundtrack! I'd buy it!