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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 7588468" data-attributes="member: 92305"><p><strong>Ideas from CONAN and the Shadows of the Sinn</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Female Characters</strong></p><p></p><p>The Hyborian Age is dominated by men. Rarely is a woman described as all armored up, swinging a heavy sword, in battle, keeping their own, right next to men. It happens, sure, but it is rare. Valeria comes to mind—both incarnations of her (from Howard’s story Red Nails and the more battle oriented thief from the 1982 movie). Even then, it can be argued that Valeria (either version) is more of a finesse fighter than she is a strength fighter. Red Sonja comes to mind, too. But, Sonja’s power is imbued in her by her goddess. Her power is not natural.</p><p></p><p>In spite of this, I don’t advocate using any type of modifiers for female characters. The same 4D6, drop lowest, total and arrange to taste process should be used for both female and male characters in this game.</p><p></p><p>But, once the six totals are rolled, <strong>consider putting the lowest total into STR for female characters</strong>. This thinking will keep the gritty reality edge on the game that is a common part of the atmosphere of the Hyborian Age.</p><p></p><p>This is not to say that the women of the Hyborian Age cannot be strong. They are usually strong in other ways. The Temptress class in the game is devoted to strong Hyborian Age women.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 7588468, member: 92305"] [b]Ideas from CONAN and the Shadows of the Sinn[/b] [b]Female Characters[/b] The Hyborian Age is dominated by men. Rarely is a woman described as all armored up, swinging a heavy sword, in battle, keeping their own, right next to men. It happens, sure, but it is rare. Valeria comes to mind—both incarnations of her (from Howard’s story Red Nails and the more battle oriented thief from the 1982 movie). Even then, it can be argued that Valeria (either version) is more of a finesse fighter than she is a strength fighter. Red Sonja comes to mind, too. But, Sonja’s power is imbued in her by her goddess. Her power is not natural. In spite of this, I don’t advocate using any type of modifiers for female characters. The same 4D6, drop lowest, total and arrange to taste process should be used for both female and male characters in this game. But, once the six totals are rolled, [b]consider putting the lowest total into STR for female characters[/b]. This thinking will keep the gritty reality edge on the game that is a common part of the atmosphere of the Hyborian Age. This is not to say that the women of the Hyborian Age cannot be strong. They are usually strong in other ways. The Temptress class in the game is devoted to strong Hyborian Age women. [/QUOTE]
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