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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 4597230" data-attributes="member: 5122">Of course, more than a handful is a waste.(I can't believe nobody beat me to that, or to several dirtier alternatives.)I game with three groups, each of which has one (different) woman as a player.One of the women is definitely all about the combat.  Getting her to RP her PC's (ridiculously high) Charisma is like pulling teeth, and it's not a matter of shyness.Another woman is more dramatically inclined -- she's also involved in stuff like Dickens Faire -- and really likes to RP her PC's (ridiculously high) Charisma, but there's no question she loves to roll attack dice.  (She actually very much enjoys "kill stealing."  Since none of us care who finishes off a bad guy, we let her have her fun.  The tactical blunders sometimes get annoying, though.)The third player is a relatively new arrival, so we're not sure where she falls on the spectrum.  (We've decided to make her and her boyfriend sit separately, though, as he has shown a tendency to play her PC for her, despite her knowledge of the rules and clear independent enthusiasm for the game.)  She has told me that when she joins my game, she wants to roll "lots of damage dice," so take that for what it's worth.In general, while I've found that most women like killing monsters and taking their stuff, there's a better chance that a woman player will also enjoy more immersive RP than most male player IME seem to enjoy.  Since I wish our games were more immersive, I'm all in favor of more women gamers getting involved.  Of course, we'd have a better chance of attracting them if we guys weren't all such (largely ironic) horn-dogs in behavior and conversation.  (See my opening comment.)</blockquote>

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