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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1721368" data-attributes="member: 5171">Maybe I'm overly trusting of my group, but I think my advice is to actually not be afraid to be a stereotype.  Just don't be a stupid stereotype.If your gaming group consists of:- A prissy arrogant freedom-loving stereotypical elf- A gruff stoic battle-loving stereotypical dwarf- A loud boisterous honor-loving barbarian- A fully realized woman with no stereotypical tendencies who always behaves in a manner that is toughtfully appropriate to her gender and doesn't imply any negative aspects of sexuality......well, she's gonna stick out like a sore thumb.It's a game.  Have fun.  And have her be fun to play.  Part of being fun to play is being intelligent and observant enough to play someone who is simply drawn (simply enough to be a fun roleplaying character, at least) without turning it into something offensive.  Don't try to play Anna Karenenenenenena or Madame Bovary.  Try to play Haley from Order of the Stick.As a DM, one of my favorite moments was having the party's paladin DMPC (we were low on melee and healling), a virtuous and pure half-elven maiden, have to make a bluff check.  She and the party rogue were chained to a wall in their under-armor clothing -- light clingy padded tunic in her case.  The rogue needed a distraction to pick the lock, and the paladin decided to compromise her integrity just the one time to distract the guard.So she tried to seduce him.It went roughly like this.Voiced as though reading from a cue card: "Gosh... these chains are tight, and I can't even wipe off this... um... apparently attractive bead of sweat that has gathered on my neck and is now slowly sliding down the front of my tunic.  Maybe if I, er, writhe a bit in these chains I'll be able to stop the bead of sweat from tickling me.  No, it didn't work.  Rats.  Maybe if I ask very nicely, the... um... surprisingly attractive guard could help me get it off?"She knew what some women did in these situations.  She'd read the magazines.  She just wasn't particularly good at it.Of course, she had a pretty high charisma, so she did get the guard to move in closer to "help" her.  And then she combined Smite Evil with Power Attack and took him out with one unarmed attack while the rogue took out the other two guards with hidden weaponry.If I had her do that every session, it would get really old really fast.  But playing it for laughs every once in awhile.If you want to see how decently done stereotypes of women act, watch a comedy chick-flick, or a musical with a strong female lead, or even a decent TV show.  I stopped watching Ally McBeal when the writing started its death spiral, but when she was allowed to be funny, she was a fun character, sometimes stereotypical, sometimes individual.  Thoroughly Modern Millie won me over with a similar character.Dunno.  Rambling.  But I just thought it was worth emphasizing that if you're playing your female character right, she should be just as much fun to play as a male character.  When I'm playing a male PC, I don't spend all session thinking, "Man, if I do that, are the guys gonna think that I think all guys act like that?"  If you have a mature, fun group, it's likely not to be an issue unless you turn it into one.(And in PbP, you could always just leave your RL gender ambiguous so that nobody knows whether you're playing across gender lines.)</blockquote>

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