Re: [DL] RPG's and the Sexes

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On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 04:26  PM, David R Goecke wrote:

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> I'm curious...
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> 1. How many of you of the list are women?

not i.

> 2. How many women does everyone out there have in their posse?

I have one in my DL/HOW group, and one as a fellow player in the D&D 3e 
group I'm in. I had another in my game, but Real life interfered.

> 3. What character types do women players prefer?

I get a variety. From one person, I've seen her best known character 
(the town saloon gal) as well as a blessed and, for HOE, a templar.

The other played the aforementioned Saloon Gal's kid sister, and was a 
great character, pyromania and all.

While it is a different game, in the D&D game I play in, the resident 
female (a different character) usually plays the talker of the group... 
Usually either a thief or magic-user type who isn't going to be in the 
front line in combat, even if she;s got some nice combat abilities. (As 
I;ve mentioned elsewhere, in D&D combat sklls are a key component.)

> 4. Any women Marshals?

Dare I mention the infamous Marshall Brock?

> 5. What are the playing styles of the women out there?

I think stereotyping the playing styles of female gamers would be as 
incorrect as stereotyping those of male gamers. There's a slight 
preference for women to be 'talkers' but that isn't a hard and fast rule.

--
Brett

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