Erotic Art

Default: DX-5, Acrobatics-5

Erotic Art (DX/Average) represents general knowledge of advanced sexual technique. Precise details are best left unsaid in polite company. GURPS: Space states that in a multi-sapient game this skill is per species, but it might feel silly to spend points on multiple specialties.

Cinematic Powers

Thaumatology Chinese Elemental Powers (p. 19 )talks about cinematic abilities for it:

• transferring FP equal to Margin of Success (the sum of both if both have and succeed)
• Will-based roll to avoid pregnancy (if such a rule is needed)

also introduces REALISTIC: success is euphoria while a crit success is ecstasy

• lasts for Margin*2 (min1) days

Problem is no base activation time is given for purposes of Time Spent modifiers.

Realistic applies to base use, Harmony with the Tao is needed for cinematic.

Templates

Character Templates

Erotic Art appears in the following character templates:

• Bouncer, the Face in Pyramid 3/42 Noir p. 16
• Courtesan, in Fantasy, p. 214
• Wardancer, in Fantasy, p. 126
• Sorcerer, in Dragon p. 156
• Priests of Love, in Dungeon Fantasy 7 Clerics p. 19
• Holy Warriors of Love and Fertility, in Dungeon Fantasy 7 Clerics p. 20
• Rubberman, in Supers p. 51
• Sifu, in Supers p. 52
• Jungle Princess lens of the Tribal Chief template, in Land Out of Time p. 15-16
• Manipulator, in Psis p. 14-15
• Rogue, in GURPS Traveller Interstellar Wars, p. 153
• Femme Fatale, in Pyramid 3/8 Cliffhangers p. 7

Racial Templates

Erotic Art appears in the following racial templates:

• Romantic Vampire, in Horror p. 65
• Succubus, in Horror p. 66
• Incubus Variant of Tianyi in Transhuman Space Changing Times p. 49
• Berahi in Pyramid 3/62 Transhuman Space II p. 36

Traits

• ? Bonus from Prehensile Tongue
• Inner Awareness gives a +2, while Inner Discrimination gives +4

Trivia

• In Creatures of the Night, Vol. 3, Space Cows are listed with the Erotic Art skill with the asterisk, "just kidding!"