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<blockquote data-quote="Jon_Dahl" data-source="post: 5550749" data-attributes="member: 89822">Many of you are asking &quot;why have difference between genders/sexes?&quot;.It's a good question. Let's think of fantasy races. If you would accept that there many kind of elves (in one subrace) and they can't be defined in one single way, then racial bonuses and penalties would seem harsh. Just like Pawsplay said, it's harsh to give larger than +1 bonuses due to gender. But giving +2 racial bonuses is also pretty strong.But still we like (I guess?) that high elves get some penalties and bonuses, thus radically simplifying all high elves.Doing the same (bonuses &amp; penalties) for genders would effectively &quot;double&quot; the amount &quot;races&quot; from a game-mechanic view.D&amp;D certainly doesn't represent realism, and I wasn't talking about just D&amp;D in general. Actually if you ask me, I'm sorry that this discussion is bit too much about D&amp;D. At the moment &quot;gender&quot; is simply a box that we fill and nothing more. The question is do we want more? General consensus is against it and it seems that the 70's are dead and buried. I can't say that I'm sorry about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jon_Dahl, post: 5550749, member: 89822"] Many of you are asking "why have difference between genders/sexes?". It's a good question. Let's think of fantasy races. If you would accept that there many kind of elves (in one subrace) and they can't be defined in one single way, then racial bonuses and penalties would seem harsh. Just like Pawsplay said, it's harsh to give larger than +1 bonuses due to gender. But giving +2 racial bonuses is also pretty strong. But still we like (I guess?) that high elves get some penalties and bonuses, thus radically simplifying all high elves. Doing the same (bonuses & penalties) for genders would effectively "double" the amount "races" from a game-mechanic view. D&D certainly doesn't represent realism, and I wasn't talking about just D&D in general. Actually if you ask me, I'm sorry that this discussion is bit too much about D&D. At the moment "gender" is simply a box that we fill and nothing more. The question is do we want more? General consensus is against it and it seems that the 70's are dead and buried. I can't say that I'm sorry about it. [/QUOTE]

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