Supplement Four
Mongoose
Flatscan posted a link to a pseudo music video in another thread that makes me wonder...
I see a lot of men playing female avatars in Age of Conan. I hear that farily common in mmo's.
Is that the way it is in your rpg games, too? I'm curious.
With the people I've played with, we've pretty much stuck to the same sex: Men play male characters while women play female characters. We've had a few cross-matches through the years, but never as main characters. I remember, back in the D&D days, everybody would have one main character and slowly, as the campaign built up, gather a small of posse of other characters that they'd play as those characters came into the story.
Or, when we played something pre-packaged, like Dragonlance, sometimes female characters would be handed out to male players--but never as their main character. Goldmoon, for example, might be companioned with Riverwind, and the two characters would be given to somebody with Riverwind being the main character.
Weird that this really didn't go for non-human races. What I mean is, the people I've played with have no problem playing elves as long as they're male elfs.
I know that Gnomes and Halflings and Half-Orcs have never been popular choices, with a few exceptions, although Dwarves and Elves and Half-Elves have always been favorites.
So, what about you? Do you have a lot of male players routinely playing female characters in your rpgs?
I see a lot of men playing female avatars in Age of Conan. I hear that farily common in mmo's.
Is that the way it is in your rpg games, too? I'm curious.
With the people I've played with, we've pretty much stuck to the same sex: Men play male characters while women play female characters. We've had a few cross-matches through the years, but never as main characters. I remember, back in the D&D days, everybody would have one main character and slowly, as the campaign built up, gather a small of posse of other characters that they'd play as those characters came into the story.
Or, when we played something pre-packaged, like Dragonlance, sometimes female characters would be handed out to male players--but never as their main character. Goldmoon, for example, might be companioned with Riverwind, and the two characters would be given to somebody with Riverwind being the main character.
Weird that this really didn't go for non-human races. What I mean is, the people I've played with have no problem playing elves as long as they're male elfs.
I know that Gnomes and Halflings and Half-Orcs have never been popular choices, with a few exceptions, although Dwarves and Elves and Half-Elves have always been favorites.
So, what about you? Do you have a lot of male players routinely playing female characters in your rpgs?