What's the deal with guys playing female characters in RPG's?

[Jon Miller]

if I am looking at someone all teh time, it is better to look at girls

I also don't get into cyber relatinoships, both as a girl and as a guy

JM

[LDiCesare]

Anyway, in Wizardry, there is a class Valkyrie, which is open only to female characters.

So does Nethack. But then in Nethack, you may change sex by putting on some helmet, so you may end up playing a girl by accident.
I agree that Arcanum had different gameplay when you were male or female (particularly 2 side quests: one with a club where only males were allowed into, and another one -Ms Lilly's-).
Seeing a girl running around the screen is probably the main reason after stats/gameplay.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Barinthus
I do it for the diversity. It all started when I played fighting games like Mortal Kombat and I noticed I tend to prefer female characters due to their speed advantage. It goes well with my playing style.

Originally posted by Zero game designers stereotypically design females with stats like speed,agility,dexterity etc etc while males get mostly power and etc.

He said RPG's, but yeah, I played Chung Li a lot because I liked the speed advantage. Although that edge wore down quickly.

[Dis]

Originally posted by DrSpike
There are sometimes slightly different plot lines. Didn't you always want to seduce Carth in KOTOR?

Carth is a Pansy

Now Canderous. that's one sweet hunk

[Dis]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Good point. When you play an evil baby eating devil worshipping necromancer it doesn't mean you want to be one. Or does it Diss?

that's be cool. I wouldn't mind being an evil baby eating devil worshipping necromancer.

[pg]

i've never played a girl unless there was a real benefit, and no pixelated boobs don't count. in quake 2 everyone copied thresh and played with female models because they were quieter and smaller model wise(even if the hitbox was the same) so they'd be harder to see/hit.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Dissident

Carth is a Pansy

Now Canderous. that's one sweet hunk

It's more fun playing as a guy and seducing Bastila anyway.

[DarkCloud]

So does Nethack. But then in Nethack, you may change sex by putting on some helmet, so you may end up playing a girl by accident.

...Remember Baldur's Gate's Cursed Girdle of Gender Reversal I accidentally slapped it on Ajantis... and that made an amusing character just that more amusing

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DarkCloud

...Remember Baldur's Gate's Cursed Girdle of Gender Reversal I accidentally slapped it on Ajantis... and that made an amusing character just that more amusing

I put it on myself without bothering to identify it.

I didn't realise I was a woman until I was about 2 thirds of the way through the game.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by LDiCesare
So does Nethack. But then in Nethack, you may change sex by putting on some helmet, so you may end up playing a girl by accident.

nethack is not a real RPG

[Mr. President]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Good point. When you play an evil baby eating devil worshipping necromancer it doesn't mean you want to be one. Or does it Diss?

Of course it does

[DrSpike]

Speaking for Dissident or yourself?

[Sandman]

I very seldom play as female characters in RPGs.

In beat-em-ups, on the other hand, I tend to prefer female characters because of their speed.

[Dis]

speaking of.

I once made a thread in another forum saying females shouldn't be able to have a strength of 17 or 18 (in the AD n D ruleset). The idea that women are completely equal to men in every respect seems silly. What's the point in choosing a woman then?

If if you do choose a female with a strength of 18, then you shouldn't be able to use a petite character portrait/avatar. It should force you to choose the huskier pictures

[Theben]

Women in AD&D can't have higher than 18/50 strength, and that's if they're human. Other races are weaker (ex. dwarves and half-orcs). But that may have changed since I played.

And really anyone with a strength over 13 should be somewhat buff.