guys and girls

[Asmor]

What about interspecies roleplaying? I often choose to play human characters...

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Seriously, though. In video games I usually play female characters because, well, I just like to. If you're gonna stare at someone for god only knows how many hours, might as well make that person cute.

I definitely plan to play a female character at some point when I find someone else to start DMing...

 

[Thetford]

In the begininning I wouldn't have thought of playing a female. I played my first as a bet, I won the bet and she became one of the most favorite characters I have ever played. Now I often play both sexes equally.

 

[milotha]

We've never had a problem with it in our gaming groups. I've had guys play girls, and I've had girls play guys. It doesn't make much sense if you consider the fact that you're allowed to play elves, halflings, gnomes, dwarves, halforcs, and any other race that your GM allows in. I think that the difference between being a human and an elf is probably far more vast that the difference in being a male or female human.

 

[Ibram]

Interesting... The poll seems to be developing exactly as I had predicted.

I do wish that more female players would vote though.

 

[Agamon]

Yeah, as a GM, I play female NPCs roughly half the time. As a player, I have a Paladin of Mayahiene in Living Greyhawk along with my male elven archer. And in one of my MnM PbPs, I'm playing a PC that is probably my absolute opposite in every single way, including gender (okay, maybe we share a common wit )

 

[ltclnlbrain]

The characters I play tend to be a good mix between genders. For tabletop games, I seem to play mainly male characters because they are usually lighter on roleplaying and easier when face-to-face with the other players. On PbP games, though, I'd say about 70% of my characters are females because I find it more challenging to roleplay them and I have more time to develop their personalities online than on the fly.

As a DM, though, I run characters of both characters equally. I have been complimented in the past for my realistic portrayal of female NPCs especially. Just have a knack for it, I suppose.

 

[Nifelhein]

I have played one once in Hunter: The Reckoning, the hardest roleplaying of my life, a futile girl with a large wealth that her father gave her, I would say she is Alicia Silverstone in that damn movie I cannot remember the name. She lived in Berverly Hills, by the way, both my character and the one of Alicia.

I loved the character and it ended up being one of my best roleplaying acts and one of the greatest challenges I have ever had. Making a female fighter would be another good one, specially while tying to keep her feminility untouched...

Maybe I will take that idea a step further next time I can make a character...

 

[Alzrius]

Guys and girls...we're justa buncha crazy guys and girls...

Luke be a Jedi tonight!

 

[Kalendraf]

I'm usually the DM, so I need to roleplay for both sexes quite a bit. I also try to use a different voice for every character if possible. IMHO, I do a pretty decent old woman/cackling witch. But it's a lot tougher to do the younger females properly without sounding too corny.

When playing, I usually play males, but have done a few females. I try to break the mold and make them each somewhat unusual, but of course that goes for all my characters. No busty amazons, or dumb blondes or sultry brunettes. Instead, here's a few examples of various females I've played:

- A rather plain, bookish female human cleric who developed strong feelings for her mentor, which eventually led to them both getting tossed out of the sect. After a series of good deeds, she eventually earned her way back into favor with her church so that she was allowed to finally build her own temple and retire from adventuring.

- A female elven wizard who was extremely bright, but who had the personality of a board. I modeled it somewhat after how I thought a Star Trek Vulcan might behave which at that time was how my group was interpreting how elves might act. This was decades before T'Pal on Enterprise. She simply let her magic do the talking for her, but was prone to do unexpected things, especially if someone pissed her off. "Why didn't you fireball them?" "Last time you said you didn't need my help." She often bordered on being a smart alec'y be-atch, yet never quite crossed that line entirely. She was chaotic good, so it was within her alignment to be unpredictable.

- A beautiful female half-orc fighter. She was a most unusual specimen given her racial heritage. She was merely trying to be accepted for who she was, yet had trouble fitting in. Most people were put off by her orc-lineage, and she always felt like she had to go that extra step to prove herself. She tried for affection at times, but that usually backfired. She got tired of overhearing the men at the inn the next day saying things like "Man, you were so drunk, you hit on that half-orc!". Eventually, a powerful devil whom the party had met but failed to defeat in an earlier adventure returned and kidnapped her, claiming her as his bride (against her will, mind you). The party was unsuccessful in saving her.

 

[Sejs]

Have played male, which make up the bulk of my characters.

Have played female, because frankly, sometimes the character needs to be a woman to fit right.

Have played gender-neutral natural shapeshifters that would technically be both male and female. Particularly a doppleganger. That was a hoot.

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