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<blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1720662" data-attributes="member: 12744"><p>Works for me.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>And, as a male, you can play a female character who is real without being one. I once played a cleric of a sun god who was female, and she was quite martial and good in combat for a cleric, but also compassionate and quietly noble. She also portrayed just a bit of Victorian "sensibility" but without expressly passing judgement on others; she held high standards for herself, but didn't expect others to be the same. She patient with the barbarian and mildly disapproving of the thief; patience was one of her virtures but also a drive to lead and command filled her. Of course I didnt develop these traits *because* she was female; they were her character traits. The only difference between her and the same character as a male was in minor differences in how they may have reacted to certain roleplaying situations, and was really only flavor (plus the badly lilted voice I chose to speak in when I spoke "in voice"). Honestly, like others have said, it's not that huge of a difference unless you choose to make it so.</p><p> </p><p>If you actually know any women, just *pay attention* to the differences in how they react to normal everyday things, and note the subtleties. It's those little details that make the difference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So right. Most of us are not musclebound at all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>And there is a lot of fun sometimes in playing against the stereotypes; one of the reasons I play a lot more Modern than D&D these days is that I simply got tired of feeling pushed towards a stereotype. But I did have a barbarous cleric once who rarely memorized heal spells, much less threw them; I had a half-orc sorcerer who was a trained gentlemen. One of my stoutest fighters was a halfling. All fun, but difficult at times, but that's where a lot of the fun came from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ledded, post: 1720662, member: 12744"] Works for me. And, as a male, you can play a female character who is real without being one. I once played a cleric of a sun god who was female, and she was quite martial and good in combat for a cleric, but also compassionate and quietly noble. She also portrayed just a bit of Victorian "sensibility" but without expressly passing judgement on others; she held high standards for herself, but didn't expect others to be the same. She patient with the barbarian and mildly disapproving of the thief; patience was one of her virtures but also a drive to lead and command filled her. Of course I didnt develop these traits *because* she was female; they were her character traits. The only difference between her and the same character as a male was in minor differences in how they may have reacted to certain roleplaying situations, and was really only flavor (plus the badly lilted voice I chose to speak in when I spoke "in voice"). Honestly, like others have said, it's not that huge of a difference unless you choose to make it so. If you actually know any women, just *pay attention* to the differences in how they react to normal everyday things, and note the subtleties. It's those little details that make the difference. So right. Most of us are not musclebound at all. :D And there is a lot of fun sometimes in playing against the stereotypes; one of the reasons I play a lot more Modern than D&D these days is that I simply got tired of feeling pushed towards a stereotype. But I did have a barbarous cleric once who rarely memorized heal spells, much less threw them; I had a half-orc sorcerer who was a trained gentlemen. One of my stoutest fighters was a halfling. All fun, but difficult at times, but that's where a lot of the fun came from. [/QUOTE]
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