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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 1344239" data-attributes="member: 834">I think roleplaying cross-gendre is fine for PbM.  I did it once and I daresay I pulled it off with panache.  But at the game table, it's not the same ball game.At least if the game uses mostly the third person to tell the story there's not too many problems.  The player will frequently say "She does this or that" and that reminds you that his PC is female and you're not focusing on the player but on what he's saying.  It's like listening to a storyteller.  As a DM, that's how I handle my female NPCs for the most part except for the occasional rebutal or comment that simply must be delivered in first person for dramatic effect.But if using first person as much as possible is the norm in the campaign, then cross-gender roleplaying becomes a problem AFAIC.When a 6' man with a two day beard tries to portray anything else than a Dwarven woman, It's weird.  First scenario : He'll try to emulate a female voice, body language and so on.  This is funny for the first five minutes and then it becomes hell.  Second scenario : He won't change his voice and body language.  This is much better for your sanity but then you keep forgetting the PC is supposed to be a woman and every phrase that brings back the feminity of the character to the forefront become jarring.  There's the same problem with a Woman playing a male character.  Especially in the "Anger" scenes.  I've yet to meet a woman who can roleplay an enraged man in the first person without looking completely ridiculous.  It's even worse than a man playing a nymph PC and doing a seduction routine.</blockquote>

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