males playing females and the other way around, opinions?

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barbarianguy

First Post

• Aug 17, 2010

• #1

What is your opinions on males having female PCs, and the other way around?

 

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DragonLancer

Adventurer

• Aug 17, 2010

• #2

Doesn't bother me at all. I've played both male and female characters, and I've gamed with people who play either gender. Makes no difference to me.

 

Doug McCrae

Legend

• Aug 17, 2010

• #3

It's fine so long as males playing females don't make them all slutty.

 

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hazel monday

First Post

• Aug 17, 2010

• #4

It bugs me a little. It doesn't ruin the game or anything. I'd just prefer that players wouldn't do it.

 

Umbran

Mod Squad

Staff member

Supporter

• Aug 17, 2010

• #5

I've got no problem with it.

I note that often enough it doesn't seem to add much to the character, and it isn't often done very convincingly. But if you want to stretch your skills, it's one obvious way to do so.

 

Doug McCrae

Legend

• Aug 17, 2010

• #6

Old school!

Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity: This broad leather band appears to be a normal belt used commonly by all sorts of adventurers, but of course it is magical. If buckled on, it will immediately change the sex of its wearer to the opposite gender. Its magical curse fulfilled, the belt then loses all power. The original sex of the character cannot be restored by any normal means, although a wish might do so (50% chance), and a powerful being can alter the situation, i.e., it takes a god-like creature to set matters aright with certainty. 10% of these girdles actually remove all sex from the wearer.

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Dausuul

Legend

• Aug 17, 2010

• #7

I don't want to hear about some dude's lesbian sex fantasies at the gaming table. Other than that, it's all good. I play about a fifty-fifty mix of male and female characters, myself.

 

Verdande

First Post

• Aug 17, 2010

• #8

How do you feel about humans playing elves? Or orcs? Or humans? Or vice versa?


I haven't got any problem whatsoever with it. If somebody wants to play a character of another gender and act like a fool, they'd probably act like a fool regardless.

 

Boregar

First Post

• Aug 17, 2010

• #9

It makes no difference to me at all. I mean, if you are happy enough to take on the role of a halfling, a dragonborn or a thri-kreen, why should you have to stick to your own gender?

 

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Jhaelen

First Post

• Aug 17, 2010

• #10

hazel monday said:

It bugs me a little. It doesn't ruin the game or anything. I'd just prefer that players wouldn't do it.

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Yeah, this. I mean, as long as you're playing in a setting where the genders are treated equally, which covers the majority of fantasy settings, there's little point, since no character concept requires a particular sex.

I can see why a female might want to play a male in, say, Pendragon, or how a male might find it interesting to play a female in Ars Magica.

But, e.g. in D&D? Better to stick with what you know how to roleplay best.