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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 8125352" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.&quot;Allow&quot;? That's an odd word to use...it makes no sense when used in conjunction with RPG's.If someone can Roleplay a bipedal, talking, green furred mutant half-man-half-tiger with lazer beam eyes and immunity to fire when playing Gamma World...adding in &quot;Oh, and I'm also a dude&quot;, when played by a female shouldn't be a problem. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />If I ever had the misfortune of bellying up to a table where the DM said &quot;Oh, and you have to play your own sex&quot;...I'd excuse myself from the table, gather my books/dice/papers and say &quot;I forgot to do something in my car....leave&quot;. Then I'd leave.In my mind, someone who is going to get so uncomfortable with a dude playing a chick or vice a versa, is likely someone I'm going to have other issues with, so best to just nip it in the bud right off the bat.EDIT: Forgot to answer the actual question! Obviously...&quot;Yes, I 'allow it'&quot;. The default is yes for everyone playing an RPG...those that say &quot;no&quot; are the outliers. It's why, during most character creation steps, RPG's say &quot;Now choose your characters sex/gender/whatever&quot;, in stead of, &quot;Your character is the same sex/gender/whatever as you are&quot;. I think the only game where this MIGHT be the case is that one where the Players all play &quot;themselves&quot;, but in a different reality (like an apocalypse or something).^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pming, post: 8125352, member: 45197"] Hiya. "Allow"? That's an odd word to use...it makes no sense when used in conjunction with RPG's. If someone can Roleplay a bipedal, talking, green furred mutant half-man-half-tiger with lazer beam eyes and immunity to fire when playing Gamma World...adding in "Oh, and I'm also a dude", when played by a female shouldn't be a problem. ;) If I ever had the misfortune of bellying up to a table where the DM said "Oh, and you have to play your own sex"...I'd excuse myself from the table, gather my books/dice/papers and say "I forgot to do something in my car....leave". Then I'd leave. In my mind, someone who is going to get so uncomfortable with a dude playing a chick or vice a versa, is likely someone I'm going to have other issues with, so best to just nip it in the bud right off the bat. EDIT: Forgot to answer the actual question! Obviously..."Yes, I 'allow it'". The default is yes for everyone playing an RPG...those that say "no" are the outliers. It's why, during most character creation steps, RPG's say "Now choose your characters sex/gender/whatever", in stead of, "Your character is the same sex/gender/whatever as you are". I think the only game where this MIGHT be the case is that one where the Players all play "themselves", but in a different reality (like an apocalypse or something). ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]

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