Female opinions, please

[Steely Dan]

Actually, you can take powers from all 8 classes in the PHB.

Regular Class A
Half-Elf (dilettante, Class B)
Multi-Class Feat(s) (Class C)
Eternal Seeker (Classes D-H)

Very, very good point – I hadn't thought of that combo…the shame!

 

[GreatLemur]

Not at all, just anecdotal experience, believe me; I would love to meet a woman that plays this game, that doesn't come off as a comic book store dweller.

You're also going to the wrong comic book stores.

 

[Weregrognard]

Actually, you can take powers from all 8 classes in the PHB.

Regular Class A
Half-Elf (dilettante, Class B)
Multi-Class Feat(s) (Class C)
Eternal Seeker (Classes D-H)

I'm so doing this

My SO is no longer intimidated about playing spellcasters because of 4E. Her only critique is that the PHB cover layout is horrible (she's a copy editor).

 

[Afrodyte]

I'm loving it. I really enjoy the more transparent tactical options for combat, as well as the more nuanced nature of skill challenges. And I'm one of those actor/storyteller types.

Furthermore, it seems more modular than 3.XE, so I can add things I want and take away things I don't want more easily. 3.XE had too many "requirements" for the system to work that made experimenting with different play styles too difficult to manage.

I really don't care if it steals borrows some ideas from MMORPGs, as long as it uses the good ideas.

 

[WhimsyTheFae]

Lol, you guys are funny. Everyone knows female role players don't exist!

Well, my wife isn't a roleplayer...she's a rollplayer (a point that she frequently reminds me of when I try to get her to do the former).

We will play in our first 4e session in a couple weeks, so must reserve our opinion until then. I will say that we are both cautiously optimistic.

 

[Joshua Randall]

As a scorching, pre-op transsexual, do my views count?

Get your own thread! This one is for GIRLS ONLY! Now get out!

Uh, , for the humor impaired.

 

[Tewligan]

My long-term girlfriend: "The new wizard kicks ass!"

So, overall, she likes it.

What does the disposable one think about it, though?

 

[Dinkeldog]

Can we please get this thread back on track, please? I'll also expect that people do not stray to a judgment on female gamers. This is about their judgment of the game.

 

[Moon-Lancer]

To quote one of the female players in my group, "If we have to play 4e, can I make a dragonborn female without breasts?"

I don't believe you. are you being honest? My experiences have been the exact opposite. No female player I know would ever play a dragonborn without breasts.

is your resident female gamer very logical or interested in biology? Just wondering because i can see how that view could occur, Its just hard for me to believe.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I don't believe you. are you being honest? My experiences have been the exact opposite. No female player I know would ever play a dragonborn without breasts.

is your resident female gamer very logical or interested in biology? Just wondering because i can see how that view could occur, Its just hard for me to believe.

My wife also thought they DB boobs were dumb, so you're wrong I'm afraid.

Edit - Pretty sure that anyone who has seen the Iksar from EQ2 is going to see the boobs on female DBs as dumb. You don't have to be a biology expert or "very logical" to know mammals are called mammals because they have mammaries.