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Message: <blockquote data-quote="knightofround" data-source="post: 5285533" data-attributes="member: 27884">I played a female barbarian once, she was a really cool character but I found that her gender didn't add very much to the play experience. She probably would've been just as interesting if I played her as a male character.When it became clear that I didn't making the character for laughs as a "super slut", some players got uncomfortable. Its ironic, but most of the gaming groups I play with are hardcore evangelical christians. I'm not one myself, but I have a wide variety of friends, and it just so happened that they were the ones who got me seriously interested in D&D...and ever since then the D&D groups I end up joining are heavy-faith groups, even though that's not something I seek out.I find it very bizzare that some people are uncomfortable with gender-swapping in D&D. Especially my group, because they've seen me DM female PCs all the time, and never a peep...pretty much all of them would include at least 1 or 2 female NPCs of mine in their top 5 favorite NPCs. I don't think the religion thing is too big of an issue because most of them are very laid back, and didn't bat an eyelash when I ran campaign worlds with multiple dieties, gratuitous sex/violence, offensive cultural beliefs, etc.However, me PCing a female character did make them (both males and females) uncomfortable, so I haven't done it again since then. I went to college for a degree in economics, and I became a research assistant in gender economics, but gender issues in D&D still puzzle me. The same players do not have any problems with me playing a female toon in MMOs, because of the "avatar booty" factor.</blockquote>

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