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<blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 4036151" data-attributes="member: 54364"><p>Dwarves IMC are egalitarian, there's no distinction between the male and female in terms of size or physical power. Thus they can play equal roles in combat. In evolutionary terms this may not be a great idea but that I guess is why they have such a unified society. And standing in the society is not based on role in war in any case. In fact soldiers, although respected, have little political power. Guilds are where the movers and shakers go and there are no gender boundaries. Age boundaries, yes.</p><p></p><p>Haven't much thought about other races, but then my current campaign has been going a long time now and it's Dwarf-only game.</p><p></p><p>(musing noises)</p><p></p><p>Last year I played in a short lived Orc game. All PCs were Orcs (except the one player who MUST play elves and thus took a Drow.) The female Orc character was treated as a second rate citizen, especially by my character. Which was a shame since she dealt out the healing and always claimed others needed it more than me. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>In terms of PCs I never make any difference in stats terms. No reason why a female player should be disadvantaged in a game. Even if the majority of women of fantasy race X are smaller and physically weaker I simply hand wave it and say that the PC is an exceptional case. One of the rare cases where I'll sacrifice verisimiltude for a meta game reason. I will have occasional NPCs give a female character a hard time because of their gender, but that's to illustrate what an arse the NPC is.</p><p></p><p>Actually, one of my "started but never completed" campaign worlds is based entirely on humanoid races. I've gone into some detail on societies including gender roles. If anyone likes I can trawl through it when I get home tonight and post a synopsis of what I dreamed up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrunkonDuty, post: 4036151, member: 54364"] Dwarves IMC are egalitarian, there's no distinction between the male and female in terms of size or physical power. Thus they can play equal roles in combat. In evolutionary terms this may not be a great idea but that I guess is why they have such a unified society. And standing in the society is not based on role in war in any case. In fact soldiers, although respected, have little political power. Guilds are where the movers and shakers go and there are no gender boundaries. Age boundaries, yes. Haven't much thought about other races, but then my current campaign has been going a long time now and it's Dwarf-only game. (musing noises) Last year I played in a short lived Orc game. All PCs were Orcs (except the one player who MUST play elves and thus took a Drow.) The female Orc character was treated as a second rate citizen, especially by my character. Which was a shame since she dealt out the healing and always claimed others needed it more than me. :) In terms of PCs I never make any difference in stats terms. No reason why a female player should be disadvantaged in a game. Even if the majority of women of fantasy race X are smaller and physically weaker I simply hand wave it and say that the PC is an exceptional case. One of the rare cases where I'll sacrifice verisimiltude for a meta game reason. I will have occasional NPCs give a female character a hard time because of their gender, but that's to illustrate what an arse the NPC is. Actually, one of my "started but never completed" campaign worlds is based entirely on humanoid races. I've gone into some detail on societies including gender roles. If anyone likes I can trawl through it when I get home tonight and post a synopsis of what I dreamed up. [/QUOTE]
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