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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 751718" data-attributes="member: 2572">As sommeone who is currently playing accross gender let me put in my 2 copper on how I ended up playing this character. This is certainly not the only reason as to why someone might choose to play accross genders and might not even be typical for that matter. Its just how I ended up doing it.Gender is one of the last things I end up deciding on. I don't think hey I want to play a female, how can I do that. First I think of what broad type do I want Fighter, Spellcaster, skill based, or some combination thereof as well as what race do I want it to be (This includes racial stereotypes and whether I want to play into or against them). Having a broad idea of what I want I then look at Classes (and yes even thinking ahead to prestige classes) to see which one best fits the architype I am after. I then asign stats, feats and skills (There is some min/maxing, but not munchkining, since I don't want to try playing a wizard with a 12 Int and Power Attack). It is only at this point that I think ok, where did this person come from  and what made them the character type I want to play. It is here that I finally decide on gender. At this point I look at the big picture and start thinking what type of person would be like this, what background did they come from, what personality type are they, and then whether I think a male or female would be more suited to the mental image I come up with. More often it is male since being one I tend to gravitate that way, but if the image I get doesn't seem male to me I will go female.</blockquote>

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