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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5291524" data-attributes="member: 15538">No, they're really not. And in fact, the first time the GM makes a pronoun error with the PC, the experience is going to be different for the player. Gender is not an inconsequential construct. The idea of gender-neutrality is conceivable only in a world with no genders. It's like the old joke... I don't have an accent, everyone else does. I agree that the characters are similar, but there a thousand something-elses that change the experience. For instance, let's say you defeat a vicious opponent. One of the PCs decides to urinate on the villain's corpse. That presents a substantially different picture if the PC is in question is the female fighter, versus a male fighter, versus another PC in the presence of the PC fighter, and so forth.Characters have names, and the vast majority of names are gendered. The vast majority of names have associations, as well. Isn't that enough?I would be cautious in assuming, but I would not make NO assumptions. Human interaction largely doesn't work like that.Here's a question for y'all. Imagine a player decides to play a prank on the other players. He's a male player. He conceives of a female barbarian and imagines what she would be like. However, he gives a male name and tells all the other players he is playing a male character. He plays only the psychological aspects of being female. First of all, can anyone tell? Second, is there any aspect of femininity that can be captured by the masculine mind? Third, is his character rendered unbelievable? Fourth, if a character is "more feminine" in behavior, what does that mean if we are talking about a male playing a male character?</blockquote>

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