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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 4527746" data-attributes="member: 232">I'm quoting myself so people know I don't make rules like this that prevent people from playing cross gender.  I am cautious of people that do it.  You might be fine at it, but I don't know that.  and I've had enough bad experiences with it that I no longer give people I don't know the benefit of the doubt anymore.  But i don't play with people i don't know so it is never an issueI've been in games that were both.  I don't usually game that way, but I have seen DM's that like to.  But that's another whole thread.I have no idea what the main reason for others is.  I'm not going to try to speak for anyone but myself.  I have seen women that were offended by how others have played the game.  Now, these players were bad players and it could have a been a lot of different things that caused the offense.  Ya, the problem is usually more of a player problem then anything.  But it can be seen to some people as a warning sign of a bad player.  Personally, I would talk to a player that wanted to do this and see why they wanted to do this.  Once I get into the reasons behind the choice it is usually clearer how it is going to work out.  I'm a reasonable person and even if the first character idea the player has doesn't work then we can try something else.  While people don't understand why some people would ban cross gender characters, I don't get why some people would refuse to play in games that do this.  For those posters are the only character ideas you have cross gender?</blockquote>

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