D&D General "Players in my D&D Group Sometimes Play Characters of a Different Gender." (a poll)

[el-remmen]

True or False: "Players in my D&D Group Sometimes Play Characters of a Different Gender."

This one is pretty straightforward. Do your players ever play characters of a different gender from themselves? Men playing women. Women playing men. Either playing non-binary or vice versa? Is that cool? Is that a problem?

 

[RoughCoronet0]

True for my group.

In particular, while everyone has played at least one character in the last 12+ years that was of a different gender from themselves, one player and myself often prefer playing characters of the opposite gender from ourselves (he likes creating and playing female characters, and I enjoy creating and playing male characters).

 

[delericho]

Yes.

For a very long time I had an absolute ban on it - I'd seen several instances where it had been horrible and no counter-examples, so that was that. That gradually fell by the wayside about fifteen years ago, largely due to leaving one group and forming another, and fortunately it hasn't been a problem since. (It's still not particularly common...)

Of course, the DM has always played characters of different sexes, genders, and indeed those with neither.

 

[Arilyn]

Definitely. Most of us have a 50/50 split.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Absolutely.

Since as long as I've been playing actually, though I didn't until my first 4e character, purely for the fact that she HAD to be a cartoon cheerleader (out of spite for someone who said all tieflings had to be angstlords), but I'd done it lot since. Currently playing two women out of my four characters.

Sometimes, just sometimes we also play characters of a different species.

 

[payn]

True. However, for a while I had a couple gamers that always made super model lesbian female characters. Was good to finally get away from that.

 

[Reynard]

True. However, for a while I had a couple gamers that always made super model lesbian female characters. Was good to finally get away from that.

Dungeon fantasy, you say...

 

[Mind of tempest]

no as in my first group I would not trust them to do it without making it bad fast.

 

[payn]

Dungeon fantasy, you say...

With my beer drinking gaming buddies...

 

[Seramus]

I know you mean well, OP, but this seems like a perilous question. I mean, how do I promote a genderless future without getting political?