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<blockquote data-quote="Zinovia" data-source="post: 5480505" data-attributes="member: 57373"><p>Drow. It is possible to play one that isn't a Drizz't clone, or a dominatrix bikini babe, or an aloof sadistic biatch, but so often people don't look beyond the stereotypes. Then if you do have someone playing a female drow of the non-evil variety, other players are likely to tell her how she should be disdainful to men, and order them around, because that's what female drow do. Nevermind that if she enjoyed that kind of thing, she'd still be hanging with her sister priestesses in the Underdark, and not out trying to right wrongs as an adventurer.</p><p></p><p>Kender. Ugh. After reading Dragonlance my son told me that if he had kender in a campaign he was running, the other races would have rounded them all up and forced them to live in a walled kender reservation. With walls heavily guarded and magically warded to prevent escape, the kender could have fun stealing from themselves, and would only be allowed to leave under close supervision. There would be signs on shops and inns that read "No Kender Allowed". Forget modern anti-discrimination sensibilities. If there were truly an entire race of compulsive kleptomaniacs, no one would want them around.</p><p></p><p>The Lone Stranger, aka Mr. Dark and Mysterious, aka the "I'm antisocial and uncommunicative and expect these strangers to welcome me into their party even though their characters don't know me from Adam". We had one of these try to join mid-game in a Temple of Elemental Evil run. He would not talk to us because of some vow of silence. He didn't yet have telepathy, although he was working on it IIRC, and didnt so much as write a note when we demanded that he tell us who he was. So we fought and drove him off. Worst introduction of a new PC to the group ever. </p><p></p><p>Orphaned characters who are the lost heir to the throne, the Chosen One, the Dragon Reborn, or the destined wielder of the Ubersword Reforged. It is a great fantasy trope in a novel. In RPG play it tends to wind up either being dropped as a plot hook so you can focus on the rest of the adventure plot, or else makes that character the center of the story, with the rest of the party relegated to support staff. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zinovia, post: 5480505, member: 57373"] Drow. It is possible to play one that isn't a Drizz't clone, or a dominatrix bikini babe, or an aloof sadistic biatch, but so often people don't look beyond the stereotypes. Then if you do have someone playing a female drow of the non-evil variety, other players are likely to tell her how she should be disdainful to men, and order them around, because that's what female drow do. Nevermind that if she enjoyed that kind of thing, she'd still be hanging with her sister priestesses in the Underdark, and not out trying to right wrongs as an adventurer. Kender. Ugh. After reading Dragonlance my son told me that if he had kender in a campaign he was running, the other races would have rounded them all up and forced them to live in a walled kender reservation. With walls heavily guarded and magically warded to prevent escape, the kender could have fun stealing from themselves, and would only be allowed to leave under close supervision. There would be signs on shops and inns that read "No Kender Allowed". Forget modern anti-discrimination sensibilities. If there were truly an entire race of compulsive kleptomaniacs, no one would want them around. The Lone Stranger, aka Mr. Dark and Mysterious, aka the "I'm antisocial and uncommunicative and expect these strangers to welcome me into their party even though their characters don't know me from Adam". We had one of these try to join mid-game in a Temple of Elemental Evil run. He would not talk to us because of some vow of silence. He didn't yet have telepathy, although he was working on it IIRC, and didnt so much as write a note when we demanded that he tell us who he was. So we fought and drove him off. Worst introduction of a new PC to the group ever. Orphaned characters who are the lost heir to the throne, the Chosen One, the Dragon Reborn, or the destined wielder of the Ubersword Reforged. It is a great fantasy trope in a novel. In RPG play it tends to wind up either being dropped as a plot hook so you can focus on the rest of the adventure plot, or else makes that character the center of the story, with the rest of the party relegated to support staff. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. [/QUOTE]
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