(TFT) Re: Female Characters

[Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>]

At 15:48 -0500 1/28/09, Gavin wrote:
> So, I ask you:
> 1).  Who likes to play females?
> and, more importantly,
> 2).  Why?  What is the allure?

	Once. Had fun, would not mind doing it again, but generally don't.

	For me, role-playing is partly a matter of acting. It's a 
challenge to me to "get into my character's head", see the world as 
he - or she - would see it, and react appropriately. I get enjoyment 
out of doing something well-timed, alien to me and my friends sitting 
around the table, but entirely appropriate to the character, more so 
if the action is unexpected but acknowledged to be appropriate by the 
rest of the players.

	Note, I also enjoy the "munchkin" aspect of FRP games, but 
its an *added*, not exclusive, pleasure, and I'm often willing to 
compromise that for the role-playing. I was once upbraided 
mercilessly for taking a wizard without illusion. But illusion just 
didn't fit into his character development - so I left it off. (On the 
other hand, I once played a hobbit librarian. He carried molotails, 
and did OK in combat.)

	So, since I like the idea of playing foreign characters, 
Wizards that can *fly*, Dwarves that *like* to be underground, elves 
that will live *forever*, hobbits that can't over-awe *anybody*, and 
females are all interesting challenges. All of those are different 
from me, so I enjoy the challenge of playing each of them.

	On a tangent, I have toyed for years with the idea of a 
campaign in which each player plays as himself (or herself). I can't 
figure out how to have any battles that don't wipe out the whole 
crowd. Kirk is probably the only person I've played with who might 
survive a melee.
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