So, I got to thinking about DG today and I hand an idea about the "Fetish" flaw (i.e. the fun one that everyone takes so they can hopefully tailor their smut scenes to their liking while also getting a free talent without really having to deal with the downside because how often does it come into play, really?). Or does that parenthetical only apply to my toons because of the fetishes I list? ><
Anywho, I thought Fetish might be a little more interesting if instead of, or perhaps in addition to, causing pleasure damage, a character exposed to their fetish received willpower damage. Thus, if a character was exposed to their fetish long enough, they would gain the aroused and eventually the horny statuses. This could give raepy fights (the only ones that worry about pleasure and so on) a different way of playing out. Instead of struggling to submission hold and penetrate a character, a monster could try to break them down and be more willing as a way to "win." As long as they could figure out the character's fetish, either through RP or GM ex machina, of course. Maybe a simple "every round the character is exposed to their fetish, they take [static number] willpower damage", or there could be a roll. Maybe the +8pp translates to 1d8 willpower damage, or it could be a foreplay roll that applies to willpower. I guess it depends on how many rounds you think it should take for the aroused state to kick in.
Also, I said "exposed to their fetish," because that means more than something like "subjected to" or "experiences their fetish." How so? Well, a character that has a bondage fetish might see another character chained up and being pleasured and end up taking some willpower damage without the monsters even having to do anything to them. Or perhaps their fetish is one that doesn't necessarily involve the character receiving PP damage immediately (ie, giving foreplay, being seen naked, etc), and thus normally wouldn't take the +8PP because there is no PP to add on to. It could be an environmental hazard to fighting someplace where demons play with their slaves or an unintended side effect of an ally being in trouble.
Of course, this would require the GM to be worrying about stats and keeping the character's fetishes in mind during encounters, even when they might not be obvious. It could even come down to interpretation whether it applies or not. For example, does a character receive willpower damage from some innuendo that causes them to think about their fetish? Or does the character have to experience their fetish with one of their senses for it to apply? I would say the latter since the former could be subject to abuse or punish players for RPing, but I suppose it comes down to the GM and the players.
So yeah, I had an idea, but it might be more trouble than its worth. A possible game mechanic that some people might prefer to be handled through RP, I suppose. Right now, though, there are only two things that I know of that affect willpower, which are the gemini monsters and the Aphrodisiac Fluids mutation. It might be more interesting to give the stat a bit more importance.