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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SSS-Druid" data-source="post: 280165" data-attributes="member: 613">Absolutely folks are allowed to play characters of a gender they are not in my game.In my experience, is the player is the kind who is going to stereotype, they are going to do so regardless of what limits I put on it. Frankly, I've gotten way more "tough, silent loner" types than I ever have "man-hating lesbian" types.Stereotypes suck all the way around.And, frankly, yes there are reasons why one might play a female character that have everything to do with gender. These kinds of themes cannot be played for a male character (depending, of course, on the setting).For instance, the player wants to play a character that has something to do with breaking away from gender roles in the campaign setting. There are many interesting characters in fiction that represent exactly this kind of thing, and the expectations of men and women are going to be *very* different in most campaign settings.Plus, there are simply some fun archetypes that I'd rather not limit out of my campaign. I don't give a toss whether or not someone is playing someone of another gender or not - they are all held to the same yardstick:If you are contributing the fun being had, then everything is gravy. If you aren't, then I doubt it has anything to do with the kind of character you are playing, and far more with who you are as a player, quite frankly.Just my twopence.</blockquote>