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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Savage Wombat" data-source="post: 6140400" data-attributes="member: 1932">Since we're politely discussing this - no offense to OP - I dislike "toon" because it implies a level of separation between the player and the character I feel is unrepresentative of good D&D play.  It says "this is the little dude I put through the game", not "this is the persona I attempt to adopt in a role-playing scenario".  It's like those guys who name their Guild Wars character "XX_HealBot_XX" instead of "Argnar Hammerstein".  Maybe it's just me, but the direct denial of the role-playing aspect of the game seems like a direct attack on my attempts to enjoy that aspect.I don't really get angry at people who use the term Gish, but I enjoy pretending that I do.</blockquote>