[crossfire] Love and marriage, love and marriage...

[Mark Wedel]

  Quick thoughts:

  IF we don't add the sex to characters, then we don't have to worry about the 
same sex marriage issue.

  If we do add player sex, I think we then need a bunch of new graphics for most 
of the races/classes to denote this (fireborn probably doesn't need to be done, 
and dragons perhaps don't need to be done either - why they have different 
sexes, may not be readily distinguishable).

  In terms of marriage, it once again depends on what we want to mimic and gameplay.

  Given the initial suggestion, I'd think this should be pretty generous.  If 
your limited to the same race and religion, the number of people available to 
marry on a different server.

  But what it really comes down to is the actual effects.

  Most of the initial suggestions could for lack of better term best be 
described as new party spells.  Married characters, being what they are, should 
perhaps always be in the same party, so the spells work for them.

  In terms of sharing apartments, I'd think the guild idea, or buildable houses 
work in that area.  That way, I can just as easily share a spot with friends.

  Divorce, especially with shared apartments, would get really tricky.  Who gets 
ownership of the apartment?  How do you split the items in the apartment?

  for that matter, even marriage gets tricky.  Suppose both people have 
apartments - do you somehow merge the stuff?  Choose one apartment not the 
other?  I'm sure you'd get some pissed off people if they suddenly lost access 
to their apartment when they got married.