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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barastrondo" data-source="post: 5549624" data-attributes="member: 3820">Could there be? Yes. Should there be? No -- certainly not when you're talking RPGs as a whole, from the gritty to the superheroic.I can't help but think that from a publisher's perspective, "girly characters should be in a world of hurt" is a very problematic stand to take. For all that it's arguable that such a rule is for the sake of realism, it's applying realism in a very selective place, particularly if the game has any rules at all that model a more cinematic or mythical reality. It implies some strong prejudices on the part of the author, even if they don't exist. In some cases like Pendragon you can get away with this, as previously mentioned (though you should resign yourself to not winning over players who want to, say, play a female knight; seen it happen). For RPGs as a whole: good heavens, no.</blockquote>