amazon: Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress: A Hip Girl's Guide to the D&D Game

[Thanee]

I've actually seen druidess used and it seemed appropriate. The others, not so much.

Wizardess seems to be a fairly normal word, too.

Bye
Thanee

 

[AFGNCAAP]

Well, who says she's really referring to the Sorcerer class?

IIRC, one of the level-titles for Magic-User was Sorcerer/Sorceress....

 

[dargoth3]

*doesn't care about witches or what not* I only care about Orcus and the fact he likes me.

What exactly does the "Orcus Loved" feat give you?

then again I probably dont want to know

 

[heirodule]

<gigantic frakkin' nerd rant>
My whole issue with Sorceress is, why not Druidess or Paladiness (Paladinette?)? Why is it that only one class gets changed thusly?

Barbarianess, Bardess, Clericette, Druidess, Fighteress, Monkette, Paladiness, Rangerette, Roguess, Sorceress, Wizardette...

It's an either/or situation; either make them all have female variants, OR drop the sorceress pretentiousness.
</gigantic frakkin' nerd rant>

I'd use druidess and priestess (2e term) in a heartbeat. Of course, you can read C. S. Lewis on the way "priestess" and "priest" conjure up very different connotations. Witch is usually the female of Wizard.

Opposite of Monk is Nun.

 

[Nifft]

IMC, your class does not strictly determine your title. The female of Wizard is frequently Witch... Wizard has (moderate) male implications. Sorcerer / Sorceress are strongly male & female, respectively, while Mage, Magic-User, Spellcaster and Arcanist are unisex.

(As far as some members of the the Church are concerned, "Hell-Tainted Practicer of the Dark Arts" is likewise unisex.)

Also, the book looks neat, and I know exactly for whom to buy it.

Thanks, -- N

 

[jmucchiello]

<gigantic frakkin' nerd rant>
My whole issue with Sorceress is, why not Druidess or Paladiness (Paladinette?)? Why is it that only one class gets changed thusly?

Barbarianess, Bardess, Clericette, Druidess, Fighteress, Monkette, Paladiness, Rangerette, Roguess, Sorceress, Wizardette...

It's an either/or situation; either make them all have female variants, OR drop the sorceress pretentiousness.
</gigantic frakkin' nerd rant>

Actually there's a very simple reason that sorcerer/sorceress works but barbarian/barbarianess does not: Sorceress was a real English word before the creation of D&D. It's roots go back centuries. OTOH, Barbarianess ain't a word. So in the cases where there are pre-existing gender divided words, using those words is natural for a native English speaker. And I have used nun for female monk.

 

[hexgrid]

I am all for books like this. I imagine that a "hip-girl" perspective about D&D could only help squash the (still rather pervasive) perception that D&D is a game for only socially inept nerds.

Problem is, nothing that self-identifies as "hip" can possibly be so. I think this is a poor approach for a role-playing book- there's nothing as pathetic as something geeky trying to pretend like it's not.

 

[Whimsical]

So...are they going to follow up with a book on how to find yourself a gamer girl?

Here 'ya go!

The Slayer's Guide to Female Gamers

 

[dcas]

My whole issue with Sorceress is, why not Druidess or Paladiness (Paladinette?)? Why is it that only one class gets changed thusly?

Barbarianess, Bardess, Clericette, Druidess, Fighteress, Monkette, Paladiness, Rangerette, Roguess, Sorceress, Wizardette...

It's an either/or situation; either make them all have female variants, OR drop the sorceress pretentiousness.

The difference is that these are male professions. There are lots of female professions that don't have male equivalents; viz., maid, nurse, charwoman, housewife, seamstress, governess, babysitter, matchstick girl, alewife, spinner, damsel in distress, etc.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

There are lots of female professions that don't have male equivalents; viz., ... nurse, ... , babysitter, ..., etc.

To pick a nit, my brother-in-law is a certified nurse. When I was a pre-teen I was a babysitter for neighbors and friends of my mother. These two are dominated by women, but are not exclusively so.