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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4849842" data-attributes="member: 177">He's laughing at the idea of -4 strength.D&amp;D, on the whole, doesn't have any rules-based gender bias.&nbsp; Males and females are the same, statistically speaking.&nbsp; And, honestly, having watched far too much Ranma back in the day - the character there didn't change stats upon changing forms.&nbsp; And definitely not by a whopping 4.&nbsp; In the show, the issues that made it a curse were social and gender-roles based, not mechanical.&nbsp; As a general precept, you don't balance mechanical benefits with role-playing detriments.The problem with a &quot;curse&quot; like that is it becomes a mechanical element to use for min/max play.&nbsp; Need to cross a chasm?&nbsp; Quick, turn into a girl!&nbsp; Need to fight a strong monster?&nbsp; Quick, turn into a boy!&nbsp; Bascially, it gives the player access to a choice to flex her statistics that the other players don't have.&nbsp; I would not allow that in my game, without some other hefty element to the curse to balance that flexibility.&nbsp; I'd ask the player if they really cared about the stat-change.&nbsp; Gender change alone I'd have no problem with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 4849842, member: 177"] He's laughing at the idea of -4 strength. D&D, on the whole, doesn't have any rules-based gender bias. Males and females are the same, statistically speaking. And, honestly, having watched far too much Ranma back in the day - the character there didn't change stats upon changing forms. And definitely not by a whopping 4. In the show, the issues that made it a curse were social and gender-roles based, not mechanical. As a general precept, you don't balance mechanical benefits with role-playing detriments. The problem with a "curse" like that is it becomes a mechanical element to use for min/max play. Need to cross a chasm? Quick, turn into a girl! Need to fight a strong monster? Quick, turn into a boy! Bascially, it gives the player access to a choice to flex her statistics that the other players don't have. I would not allow that in my game, without some other hefty element to the curse to balance that flexibility. I'd ask the player if they really cared about the stat-change. Gender change alone I'd have no problem with. [/QUOTE]

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