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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5550391" data-attributes="member: 4937">This depends very greatly on the other details of the implementation of the system. 1) In the system, is strength the be-all-end of all of being a great warrior?  2) In the system, is there a way for a warrior to maximize the benefits of being 'wise'?Suppose we had an elective set of powers that gave various bonuses to warriors on the basis of high wisdom: reduced chance of surprise, accuracy bonus with missile weapons, better initiative, better defence versus combat manuevers, and so forth.   Suppose further more that in combination with the usual perks of high wisdom a 'high wisdom fighter' is a viable concept under the rules so that conceivable one might be tempted to build a warrior which did not maximize strength in order to buy a reasonable level of wisdom.  Under such a system it is conceivable that a trait, 'Female', which granted a racial bonus to Wisdom in exchange for a racial penalty to strength would be desirable for certain builds.  Sure, you might be inferior in some ways, but you might be superior in others.We might as well complain that characters with the 'Female' trait made better wise warriors than characters without.  The ultimate question at stake as you make it seems to be no more than whether gender ought to be nothing more than fluff and window dressing.  I'd want to know why gender alone of all things seems to you to be best rendered as fluff?  Would you really prefer that any other significant aspect of of a characters background not be reflected on the character sheet, or is it that you think that gender is entirely cosmetic and superficial?</blockquote>

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