Piratecat
Sesquipedalian
Wow, not okay at all. I actually had to gently yell at someone recently (not at PAX) who was trying to run his girlfriend's hero. Far better to show a person why it's fun to run it themselves.The other thing that particularly annoyed me- there was a couple at our table, and the guy was sort of a typical domineering nerd who basically played his female companion's character for her. She didn't learn anything because of this, and just looked incredibly bored. To me, that seems like a case where if someone is trying to instruct new players, one could jump in and say "OK, Mr. Fellow, that's one way to play, but hey Ms. Lady, what do YOU want to do?" Instead I felt like the DM just said "oh, she doesn't want to be here because she's a girl, I'll let him play her character" which seemed incredibly unfair to me.
Have fun at Your Move! If it's not too wet, maybe I can try to go as well.