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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7815856" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>Well, she's always brought up in these cases. To me, she's an exception, and an impossible one - not the rule.</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="Skip this if you're triggered by retrograde gender politics... "]...even if we're just discussing them in the context of a specifically retrograde fantasy genre!</p><p></p><p>Without any mechanical guidance, my experience is that D&D drives players that want to be absolute combat monsters into a strength build (certainly if the RAW feats are enabled), male or female. And I don't buy that your female character just happens to have 20 Strength while still looking not like Schwarzenegger with boobs but like Red Sonja. That's having the cake while eating it.</p><p></p><p>In fantasy it is absolutely the right thing to ignore real life physics. In a world of dragons and fireballs, who am I to argue your 16-year old 90 pound girl can't kick the naughty word out of zombies or umber hulks? But I happen to believe that S&S is improved by at least giving the nod to real-life gender limitations. In my S&S, women are from Venus, men are from Mars (sometimes they're on Mars but from Earth, but I digress). Women are not a match for men in physical contests. We're using the way 5E boosts Dexterity to still allow fierce bad-ass women warriors but still.</p><p></p><p>You're supposed to have to choose. </p><p></p><p>Maximum strength? Sure. Wielding a hammer bigger than a sofa? Of course. <strong>If your muscles are bigger than tree trunks!</strong> And since my business isn't how your junk looks like, I guess you could technically be any gender you like, but everybody will just assume you are a man, <strong>since you look like one.</strong> Remember: you're not just a body builder. You're a freakishly huge bundle of testosterone-driven muscle.</p><p></p><p>Want to look womanly, seductive and alluring? Sure. Still want to be a bad-ass fighter? Of course.<strong> Choose the Dex build and max your Charisma.</strong> And not Strength and Con.</p><p></p><p>Do note that just because males get +2 Strength does not mean you can't still roll up a female warrior with an hour-glass figure with Strength 18. It just means that you can't get one with Strength 20. </p><p></p><p>In the same vein, the only way to truly maximize diplomacy and seduction is to create a voluptuous Venus of a woman. (Even though you could create an intense and brooding charmer of a man with just 1 point less).</p><p></p><p>I fully understand not everyone shares these ideas.[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7815856, member: 12731"] Well, she's always brought up in these cases. To me, she's an exception, and an impossible one - not the rule. [SPOILER="Skip this if you're triggered by retrograde gender politics... "]...even if we're just discussing them in the context of a specifically retrograde fantasy genre! Without any mechanical guidance, my experience is that D&D drives players that want to be absolute combat monsters into a strength build (certainly if the RAW feats are enabled), male or female. And I don't buy that your female character just happens to have 20 Strength while still looking not like Schwarzenegger with boobs but like Red Sonja. That's having the cake while eating it. In fantasy it is absolutely the right thing to ignore real life physics. In a world of dragons and fireballs, who am I to argue your 16-year old 90 pound girl can't kick the naughty word out of zombies or umber hulks? But I happen to believe that S&S is improved by at least giving the nod to real-life gender limitations. In my S&S, women are from Venus, men are from Mars (sometimes they're on Mars but from Earth, but I digress). Women are not a match for men in physical contests. We're using the way 5E boosts Dexterity to still allow fierce bad-ass women warriors but still. You're supposed to have to choose. Maximum strength? Sure. Wielding a hammer bigger than a sofa? Of course. [B]If your muscles are bigger than tree trunks![/B] And since my business isn't how your junk looks like, I guess you could technically be any gender you like, but everybody will just assume you are a man, [B]since you look like one.[/B] Remember: you're not just a body builder. You're a freakishly huge bundle of testosterone-driven muscle. Want to look womanly, seductive and alluring? Sure. Still want to be a bad-ass fighter? Of course.[B] Choose the Dex build and max your Charisma.[/B] And not Strength and Con. Do note that just because males get +2 Strength does not mean you can't still roll up a female warrior with an hour-glass figure with Strength 18. It just means that you can't get one with Strength 20. In the same vein, the only way to truly maximize diplomacy and seduction is to create a voluptuous Venus of a woman. (Even though you could create an intense and brooding charmer of a man with just 1 point less). I fully understand not everyone shares these ideas.[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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