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<blockquote data-quote="CharlesRyan" data-source="post: 4524615" data-attributes="member: 5265">But why does the observer set the standard? If it makes a difference to the player's experience, isn't that good enough?The truth is, in most RPG situations, your character exists almost entirely in your head and your head alone. It's pretty rare to really know much at all about the other characters. Ask the other players in your group what colour your character's hair is--unless they're looking at an accurately painted mini, I'd be surprised if they had a clue (or they might have an image--that happens to be quite different from yours).Given that, I think the level of &quot;roleplaying&quot; required to make gender obvious to the other players probably exceeds the level of roleplaying you would likely expect normally. In other words, sure, you might not be able to tell, based on play, when that guy's character is actually a woman. But, based purely on how he plays, can you tell that his character is a man?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CharlesRyan, post: 4524615, member: 5265"] But why does the observer set the standard? If it makes a difference to the player's experience, isn't that good enough? The truth is, in most RPG situations, your character exists almost entirely in your head and your head alone. It's pretty rare to really know much at all about the other characters. Ask the other players in your group what colour your character's hair is--unless they're looking at an accurately painted mini, I'd be surprised if they had a clue (or they might have an image--that happens to be quite different from yours). Given that, I think the level of "roleplaying" required to make gender obvious to the other players probably exceeds the level of roleplaying you would likely expect normally. In other words, sure, you might not be able to tell, based on play, when that guy's character is actually a woman. But, based purely on how he plays, can you tell that his character is a man? [/QUOTE]

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