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Nafije brought her hand up to cover a giddy, childish smile at the way Astra's ears twitched. Like a cat, she supposed. The sorts of ideas that came to mind with that comparison didn't help, and she squirmed to hold back laughter. Once Astra had disappeared around the corner, Nafije allowed...

It's different because I don't have any choice whether or not to be a woman in real life. If I want to play a character I can relate to, I'm going to want to play a female character. If playing a female character has game mechanics attached, and those game mechanics discourage some choices, then...

A better parallel would be to compare game mechanics based on gender to game mechanics based on real racial ethnicities. Crothian, if everything is either male or female, and you give +2 Strength to everything that is male, that's little different from a Strength penalty to everything that's...

I don't understand how you can ask me how I would feel about well balanced game mechanics attached to gender. It doesn't matter how balanced they are, they shouldn't exist. If they exist, they marginalize some choices and promote others. I want the full range of choices when I play a female...

I don't think I would care, unless one of the genders is clearly analogous to women. Playing a female character is a point of reference for me, and if there's no point of reference to be found then I'm not inclined to automatically choose one gender, and I don't feel unfairly penalized for...

Last week I played a Baldur's Gate-era CRPG called Arcanum for the first time, and was surprised to find that playing a female character meant a couple of things. First, it meant I would be penalized in Strength and thus inferior at melee. Second, it meant I had only three races to choose from...

I've been hoping for a list of published skill challenges.

"Thank you, Vrashek." Nafije stood to one side and let the others pass her as she produced the symbol of al-Kalim: a golden circle with slender, curving cuts to represent a palm tree in the desert, with the crescent moon behind. She recited a Ylari prayer, and caused the symbol to glow with a...

"Certainly not," Nafije smiled with just the corner of her mouth, "I mean we cannot rely on the Elvenguard to diffuse a bad situation at the Hog's Breath. Only a veneer of civility would hold back the hand of this Veiled Alliance." "We'll have to decide where to go. And unfortunately, my...

"The elite guards of the city," Nafije reported. "Duke Stefan commands them." She spoke of them with a reverence and naivete reserved for incorruptible authority. Assuming I know this- here's a Streetwise check if necessary!

Apropos of nothing, Nafije began to summarize the situation to Cassi, Astra, Questor, and Vrashek. Elsewhere, Goldie relayed the message to Adam. "Raef has shown us an escape tunnel. We're passing behind the book store. If you can get Mr. Allard to open the back of the Hog's Breath, we can meet...

If you say something to Goldie, Nafije will hear it. She'll be happy to converse through her familiar. But Goldie isn't capable of gathering or reporting information independently.

This is the best idea ever, I wonder if we could get Shelly Mazzanoble to write about them. I'll sample a couple myself and let you know what I think.

Nafije was not typically the one to ferret out suspicions. Once she had an impression of someone like Raef Boloum, she felt that she had them all figured out. But at the same time, she did have a head for people and their idiosyncrasies. She thanked Raef profusely as they funneled into the...

Almightyfoon asked us to bear with him in his own thread, while he dealt with end of semester projects. That would most likely make this week finals week, and I'm assuming that's what kept him from logging in. B-)

"Veiled Society thugs are headed here now? We should regroup," Nafije said. She had a way of restating the obvious, but there was a reason for it. Back in the Hog's Breath, Goldie squawked to relay Nafije's message. "Veiled Society thugs are headed here now. Regroup," Goldie whistled...

"Perhaps it wasn't a mistake, but the hand of fate," Nafije replied to Raef. "Adventure can find a man in his autumn years, if fate wills it. Perhaps that's what led us to you." "A voyage is almost certainly in our future. Already I am excited," Nafije said, her eyes full of life. Full of...

This adds a lot of empty space to my posts. Maybe I need a huge signature to balance it out.

Nafije played along with Raef's flair for the dramatic. "Indeed," she said breathily. "Have I come to the right place? I know you're a man of the world, Mr. Boloum. A man with contacts, or so they say." That was probably not what people said about Raef Boloum, but she supposed he would like to...

Nafije smiled over at Questor as she readied her things. "Of course, your company would be most welcome. It sounds as though we should make haste, though," she said with a look to Astrid and then to Vrashek, who seemed to anticipate danger. "I will leave Goldie with you," she said softly to...