Ever play a PC of the opposite gender?

[Kahuna Burger]

Kahuna Burger, so what you are saying is you would rather go with a myth that is so badly sexist in nature but has become popular than let someone suggest that the myth could be wrong? And then you have the gall to suggest someone else might be sexist?

nope, no gall, no suggestion of sexism. Merely the notice that since I have heard women who've practiced archery say that some sort of binding or other would be needed, one guys random assertion was not useful. but you can claim I brought sexism into it if you really feel like it...

When examined, the myth of removing a breast is a clear example of Greeks trying to lessen the Scythian women by making them less than a woman and by having them resort to self-mutilation, which is even more bestial in nature. That's pretty dang sexist.

or not. I find nothing at all sexist in the idea (well, its only about women, so lets say I find nothing anti woman about it). As a part of the myth it is no worse an idea than that of circumcision - a ritual removal to show membership in a group which may or may not have a benefit. I found the playing of a woman so unconcerned with her ability to lactate, or perception of her within a civilized view of what women is to be quite a wonderful expereince. I have examined the myth, and the mythos which has grown around it, and no, it doesn't even hint of the amazon being less than a woman, or bestial or any other bunk.

Amazons are a mythos. Whether there were some historic female warriors that started the mythos is as irrelevant to anything on this board as whether vlad tempes (sp?) was really allergic to garlic. Within the mythos is the very powerful idea that these woman warriors ritually removed one breast. For some reason, this part of a mythos turns otherwise sane fantasy fans into quasi historical scholars, and makes men weirdly uncomfortable. Its interesting. That reaction may well have some sexual connotations. But if the myth itself is a sexist attack on warrior women, it seems to have somehow eluded all the women I have ever told about my character or plans for a con costume. And the buyers of a very popular feminist poster which plays on the amazon mythos.

Kahuna burger

 

[Angcuru]

Whether there were some historic female warriors that started the mythos is as irrelevant to anything on this board as whether vlad tempes (sp?) was really allergic to garlic.[/B]

That would be Vlad Dracul.

 

[Ace]

So - have people played female NPCs in the past? If so, what did you think?

On the whole I dislike Gender Bending in my games and most of the time don't allow it

I have made exceptions on a few occasions but I prefer people play their own gender

Of all of my PC's I have one gnder bender, a mega traveller character I have played only once

 

[Kahuna Burger]

That would be Vlad Dracul.

So I was never a big vampire fan, and I think my only exposure to the idea that there might have ever been a real life inspiration was this one episode of GI Joe, and I can't think of dracula without this subconsious southern accent saying "Vlad Tem-pes"... I'm sure there's therapy for this...

Kahuna burger

 

[Angcuru]

So I was never a big vampire fan, and I think my only exposure to the idea that there might have ever been a real life inspiration was this one episode of GI Joe, and I can't think of dracula without this subconsious southern accent saying "Vlad Tem-pes"... I'm sure there's therapy for this...

Kahuna burger

Keep an eye out for documentaries on "Vlad the Impaler" (Real name Vlad Dracul, Crown Prince of Rumania), they're all over on the Discovery and History channels. He drank the blood of his enemies; disliked garlic: the favored spice of Rumania at the time(and at present, you might say); and he was really hard to kill, sorta like Rasputin; and there's a legend that a few years after he was entombed, one day the groundskeeper found his sarcophogus wide open and empty, and shortly afterward there were stories of a 'nosferatu' roaming the countryside and sucking necks. Oh, and when he finally became king, he added an -a to his father's name(Dracul), making him--you guessed it: DRACULA!

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Crown Prince of Rumania)

Its Romania.
And yeah, I'm playing a female Elf Wizard at the moment...though its one of my few PCs since I mostly DM...but really, DMs usually should be playing both male AND female characters or the world could be a bit..distorted.

 

[Black Omega]

Yep, I've done it several times. It's no big deal, though I know there are a few on the boards who have banned such things based on bad experiences.

The only time it can be a problem is that my concepts tend to be fairly whole cloth. I can't simply change the gender and play the same character. So if gender is ever an issued I'm more likely to create a new concept that fits the game and GM, instead of making the character male.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Keep an eye out for documentaries on "Vlad the Impaler" (Real name Vlad Dracul, Crown Prince of Rumania), they're all over on the Discovery and History channels. Oh, and when he finally became king, he added an -a to his father's name(Dracul), making him--you guessed it: DRACULA!

"Tepes" is Romanian for "Impaler".

Vlad the Impaler, son of Vlad Dracul, is Vlad Tepes Dracula.

It's certainly not inaccurate to refer to "Dracula" as Vlad Tepes.

-Hyp.

 

[DM_Matt]

Its Romania.

I'm pretty sure htat it was colled RUmania at the time. I believe that Romania refers to a later state, perhaps with somewhat different borders.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

"Tepes" is Romanian for "Impaler".

Vlad the Impaler, son of Vlad Dracul, is Vlad Tepes Dracula.

It's certainly not inaccurate to refer to "Dracula" as Vlad Tepes.

WOOT!!!! my strange collection of barely remembered anecdotes came up with something sort of correct! I love my junk filled brain...

kahuna burger