So, might be using the term incorrectly; I've come to understand "skyclad" to just be polite and mystical way of saying "purposely nude". Are there traits for characters who have a history of nudity? I have a player whom is set to play the 3rd party race Squole, and stubbornly wants to be nude 100% of the time AND not face ramifications of the setting's (Ustalav) authorities and rumormongering townsfolk. He already has a strike against him for being a humanoid variety of common monster, but to be a female character with slimy breasts showing all the time is likely to be detrimental to his social status.
Any advice I can give him (that he likely won't listen to) for him to play such a character?
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It sounds like he doesn't want to accept the consequences of his character's actions. If he wants to run around nude then he should have to face the social repercussions.
Make it clear to him that this will cause major problems for his character and if he insists that he wants to continue to have his character streak, then have him arrested and thrown in jail for indecent exposure the first time he walks into town. Meanwhile continue on with the rest of the party while making it clear that he's free to leave as soon as he puts on, and keeps on, some clothes.
Slightly off-topic, I frankly think its a little creepy that a player would want to play a character that runs around nude all the time, especially one of the opposite sex.
Lol I plan to do that, but if there is a fair reason to give him a way to benefit from the decision, I'd like to incorporate it. If nothing else, he's having trouble picking traits, so I'd hope there is one that pertains to this aspect of his character.
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You could give them a bonus to fascinate. How's the whole naked thing going to work with wondrous items?
In the more primitive and tropical areas they might get away with it, but Ustalav falls pretty firmly in the midievil Europe side of things. Toplessness might be ok, but only children would be allowed to do the naked-all-the-time thing.
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Tell him 'No, I'm not comfortable with that and I think it's fairly creepy that you'd want to do that in the first place.' If he accuses you of being a prude, agree with him and stick to your guns. If he says you don't want him to have fun, reply that you and the other players deserve to have fun too without the disruption that what he wants to do.
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Is this a male playing a nude female character?
I think you've got a creep on your hands
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It sounds like the player is deliberately trying to make himself the centre of attention. Or is a creep
So, while I'd personally just say "No" or toss him into jail an alternative might be to totally and completely and utterly ignore either the nudity or, possibly better, the character.
Skyclad Player: "My totally nude character walks up to the bartender"
GM: The bartender turns to <other PC> and says "What do you want to drink?"
Skyclad Player: "My totally nude character tugs on the bartenders sleeve and asks where we can find the McGuffin"
GM: The bartender completely ignores you.
Just be sure to add a "stoicly" or two in there. You do NOT want this guy to mistake the lack of attention as au naturel invisibility.
He is basically is creepy and trying to be unique for the sake of being unique, and is a good friend of mine, but he wants permission to be unique in whatever way he sees fit just handed to him.
Considering he also wanted to be a playable Naga+Squole hybrid from the start, it's clear he was TOO heavily inspired by the anime Monster Musume. PART of his logic is if he's a humanoid ooze, that regular clothes would be inappropriate for a being that is perpetually moist. Any advice on how to sway this logic? And no, not a raincoat, the inspiring character does exactly that. I'd suggested if he wanted to be eerily underdressed (his character is going to be a Druid and Monk) she could perhaps wear a nightgown or something similar, but he rejected that proposal.
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He is basically is creepy and trying to be unique for the sake of being unique, and is a good friend of mine, but he wants permission to be unique in whatever way he sees fit just handed to him.
Considering he also wanted to be a playable Naga+Squole hybrid from the start, it's clear he was TOO heavily inspired by the anime Monster Musume. PART of his logic is if he's a humanoid ooze, that regular clothes would be inappropriate for a being that is perpetually moist. Any advice on how to sway this logic? And no, not a raincoat, the inspiring character does exactly that. I'd suggested if he wanted to be eerily underdressed (his character is going to be a Druid and Monk) she could perhaps wear a nightgown or something similar, but he rejected that proposal.
Ultimately its going to boil down to what you feel comfortable having in your game as a GM.
The first thing you need to consider is whether or not you as the GM are comfortable with him playing a topless female monster in your game. Then you need to consider whether the other players will be comfortable with it. Finally, consider whether or not it will be disruptive to the setting and the story you are trying to tell.
If you want my personal opinion, its not something I would let fly in my game. Hell, I wouldn't generally let someone choose a monstrous race in the first place unless they were prepared to deal with all sorts of discrimination, (especially in Ustalav) let alone create their own hybrid race. Also, there's a power level concern with the squole considering its immune to poisons, sneak attacks, and stuns. Additonally, having finally looked up Squoles, they're generally illustrated wearing clothing so this player really has no good reason to not wear clothes from a race perspective.
Personally I would not be comfortable letting a player do this, ESPECIALLY if they were trying to be deliberately creepy as you have said this player is. Just because he's your friend doesn't mean you shouldn't say no to him as the GM.
Well, he's certainly going to just be a Squole. I am interested in seeing such a character played in a campaign, esp this one, but no Naga hybrid (though I've considered having him bit by a wereserpent and becoming afflicted) and if he were a Hedge Witch I could consider it being overlooked a little more often, but as it stands, it's either not happening, or he'll have to deal with the consequences and just figure out the pros and cons and determine whether the nudity is a necessary factor in his ability to have fun in the campaign.
If anything and you were going to go through with it, give a heap of circumstantial penalties to social interactions, and maybe a +2 to interaacting with savage humanoids since they're more likely to see the character as "being like us" rather than city folk. But make it clear the penalties will be real.
And don't get me wrong, it's pretty creepy, specifically because it's clearly for all the wrong reasons.
That's fair enough, and as said before, he might be apprehended by authorities in most all settlements we come to.
If he were not a gooey monstrous race character who is also a monk and druid (monks I'm aware are less inclined to break the law like that, but they may understand sometimes different individuals have different methods of getting in touch with the essence of the world around them) I wouldn't even entertain the idea. Considering he's also intent on having things in common with serpents (he eventually agreed to simply level into the archetype of druid that does have a snake-theme instead of whining about not being able to be a needlessly unique naga-squole) I am considering either in addition to or instead of becoming a weresnake, giving him the opportunity to find a special garment that functions like the naga scale magic item. Fitting, since I fully intend for the party to encounter a Slime Naga and his character likely be controlled for a time.