(10-09-2016, 06:54 AM)Valence Wrote: I would like to point out that while I totally agree that Seeker societies embrace polyamory due to their harem structure, I am not so sure about Keepers. Maybe they indeed see several men at a time for some, but considering the rarity of those, I would find to see two or even more males showing up at the same time quite... rare. Even if it surely happens at times, but that would be far from being the norm.
Jumping from momentous frolicking after frolicking, sure, but that doesn't make those ephemeral relationships polyamorous.
I guess that depends on how you view both the dynamics of Keeper families and polyamory both?
There's a lot of scenarios: A Keeper woman with a primary partner that remains with the family and who has multiple other traveling partners who she has had children with; A Keeper woman with a primary partner who travels as well as multiple other traveling partners she has had children with; A Keeper woman without a primary partner at all, yet various traveling partners she has had children with.
Any scenario where multiple, consenting partners are involved and who all know there are multiple partners involved would be polyamory, no? Of course, I'm working under the assumption said couplings with a goal of children are actual relationships and not one-offs (which would indeed happen as well).
Polyamory isn't necessarily physically at the same time.
Keeper Woman has children with Keeper Man 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. Three and five were one-night stands and accidental children. One, two, four, and six she is in relationships with and cares deeply for. That'd be a type of polyamory.
And that's only considering heterosexuality!
The nice thing though is that since we have so little lore, and Keeper families aren't really establishes like Seeker tribes are, players can use their own interpretations of what they're given for their own Keeper families. Since I'm sure each family does things just a little differently.
