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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vulcan_idic" data-source="post: 1724331" data-attributes="member: 19615">Kemrain - congratulations on learning more about yourself and being comfortable with it - it's more than I can say for a lot of people I know.On a separate note - Monks are one of my favorite character types to play, but I also enjoy shapeshifters (Eberron's Changelings, Druids, Shifters, etc.)  which brings up an interesting thought about gender in a fantasy environment...  if your sex is mutable through a mere act of will, how would this affect your gender?   Also, on a side note I thought of while watching Ranma last night (this thread inspired me to go back and enjoy the classics) - if a character in female form (natural or assumed) got pregnant, how would a gender shifting shapechage affect that?  Would the fetus shapeshift with the parent?  If so, one could concieveably not change back to a female form for 9 months and miss most of pregnancy...  or not shift for longer and bear it over time...  or would time spent in male forms not count towards fetal development?  In which case a 9 month pregnancy could be extended over a very long time...  And how would constantly shifting back and forth, if you did so, and had all your life, affect your gender identity?  To put it in terms of Star Trek, for those familiar with it, why is Odo male and the "female shapeshifter" (the one played by Salome Jens) female?</blockquote>