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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nameless1" data-source="post: 5289772" data-attributes="member: 83379">Most instances of "doing it badly" that I have witnessed have been when someone was really trying to make gender apparent as a player. Gender is one of the things that other players and the GM should be highlighting, not the player of the character. How does the orc shieftain treat the female fighter in a conversation? That is an interesting bit to RP. That is how to bring out gender. Bringing gender out through stereotypes as a player is often going to be bad. Bringing it out through NPC reactions is often very good. When a player puts down a gender on their character sheet, the player is stating that they want to deal with situations in game that have to do with that gender. It is an invitation for the GM to make life difficult/interesting for the character because of their gender. A male player who playes a female fighter is asking for some joan of arc type stories. It is the GM's job to make the decision of gender have meaning, not the player's job. When a player attempts to make it meaningful without the assistance of the GM, the element of gender becomes uncomfortable.When I play female characters it is because I want to explore the world through the lens of women. I want the opportunity to explore the differences between men and women. Almost always, these differences are in how the world treats them, not in what the character does. There are not many areas as fertile for "role"-playing as exploring gender roles. These gender roles have much less to do with the inherent natures of the sexes as they have to do with societal expectations and interpersonal interactions. That is the heart of RP, and that is why I play games. In games where a character is just a pawn, gender has no meaning except as scenery. In my games, gender is a very interesting and fulfilling aspect of character/culture to explore.</blockquote>

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