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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5563919" data-attributes="member: 92511">This! <kow tows to the wisdom of EW> There are dragons and elves and dwarves and halflings running around the world...play as much verisimilitude/internal consistency as you want...and I, myself, enjoy a LOT of it in my games...but as a DM, I also don't want the endless headache...as Hussar points out, "where do you stop"? In a my fantasy world, a female (human or any other PC race) is just as capable as kicking my/your/any PC butt as any male of any race (and I have several female PCs who would love to). +Flexibility, - Strength, + Charisma (to do something to get you "off guard" in the midst of a fight) whatever...she's gonna kick my butt.I recall some ages old tome, I forget the name, it was an "art of D&D" book or some such that pointed out (and showed in the art) that the vast majority of "female PCs" (at least as portrayed in the art of the game) prefer to play spellcasters because women are instinctively more attuned to thinking and feeling in certain ways and are drawn to "thinking feeling" character types like clerics and sorceresses...I, in my gaming experience, have never found that to be the case.I've played with plenty of (exceptional) females (both players and male-run characters) who are quite eager to hack'n'slash or backstab their way through a game. I've also found most of the female players I've encountered do not at all feel a need to play female PCs. Part of creating a character is creating a character you want...part of the joy of roleplay, for many, is being what you are not in real life. And why not? So, as someone said above, could you make this kind of distinction in your (tawkin' 'bout D&D here) game? Of course you could. Should you? Certainly not....Particularly with female players in the group unless you want a world of hurt...But then, some people go in for that kinda thing too. ;PPersonally, I still think the Ganders still have it all.That is all. Carry on.--SD</blockquote>

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