Personal Preference (P)for PHB Pronouns?

[Kahuna Burger]

Dinkledog suggested that we could revisit this topic again after a few days, so I'm going to try a new poll with some of the alternate suggestions from the last thread. While I wouldn't presume to speak for the moderators, I suspect the thread will stay open longer if people (including myself ) stick to stating their preferences rather than telling other people that their preferences are bad-wrong-word. I'm sure a debate on the grammatical and political implications of any given position would be welcome over on Circvs Maximvs, but the question here is what you would choose to use in the 4e players handbook.

Poll is multiple answer, so choose all options you would be willing to use if you were the Pronoun Wizard of the Coast.

 

[Szatany]

Alternating, 3e's style is fine.

 

[EricNoah]

Alternating is the way to go, I think, but would bend on "they".

 

[Olaf the Stout]

For me it doesn't matter one bit. As long as I can understand who the writer is referring to when there are multiple characters involved they can use whatever pronoun the want. I think this issue has been much ado about nothing in previous editions.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Meloncov]

I liked 3e's method of using the gender of the appropriate Iconic.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

"He and she alternating" or "he and she tied to the gender of example characters/players" are both fine with me.

I'd also be perfectly fine with "they".

 

[el-remmen]

"He and she alternating" or "he and she tied to the gender of example characters/players" are both fine with me.

I'd also be perfectly fine with "they".

I agree with the first part, but don't like "they". I will accept "you".

 

[Kaodi]

If only those jerks who took the neutral and neuter out of English had known what they had done to us...

 

[Nifft]

HATE "they" especially in this context.

"He" and "she" are exceptionally useful, as it allows use of pronouns to designate subject & object. For example:

Kahuna Burger uses her Improved Logical Trip feat while intellectually grappling with diaglo. She makes an attack against his Will defense at +4, and may add either her Intelligence bonus or her Charisma bonus to the attack roll. If she succeeds, she threatens another adjacent topic, and he may not traverse that topic for the duration of the grapple without suffering a Snark of Opportunity.

However, if she fails to beat his defense by 5 or more, he may attempt to counter-trip her as a reaction. He may make an attack against her Will defense, but she gains a +4 bonus due to this feat.

If the argument she is wielding has the Strawman special ability, she may opt to drop the argument to avoid being counter-tripped.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Kahuna Burger]

"He" and "she" are exceptionally useful, as it allows use of pronouns to designate subject & object.

I was thinking of that advantage (though not that particular example ) earlier myself... you can use more pronouns and not say "the caster" "the target" "the defender" over and over again.