Sex change?

Aunora Moonvale · 05-28-2003, 12:20 PM

I often play a male character even though I am most definately not male (Anomen is not my image of an engaging romance and the female NPCs just seem a little more interesting), I was just wondering if any of you fellas ever play female characters. And before you get any ideas, I'm straight, it's just a game, after all. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Faceman · 05-28-2003, 12:37 PM

I am most definitely a straight male. Still I am playing the game with a female ranger a this time. Done a lot of walking through Amn with both sexes and most of the different classes as PC. It's just nice for a change sometimes.
And after all it's just a game as you say.

Vedran · 05-28-2003, 01:11 PM

I always play the female char. (Ahm, except dwarves. My dwarves are always male.) I tend to have all-female parties as well, and even if not, girls are the majority.

Why? Because I like women more than men. Why would I observe a muscular guy throughout the game? It is not me down there deep inside the monitor, it is some well shaped girl. If you have played Fallout, you know what I am talking about.

spydar · 05-28-2003, 01:27 PM

if you want an engaging romance for your chick then download kelsey (though it has yet to let me install it, but this comp may just be crap)
I try playing as guys but I always get way to attatched to my characters so they always end up being girls, but I do intend to play a male next. maybe a wizard or something since I'm playing a kensai right now.

IronDragon · 05-28-2003, 02:03 PM

I have only played a female through ToB once and that was to experience the Anomen romance. Anomen is not that bad once he decides to get friendly with you.
Interestingly the only times the romance thing has worked out well is when I was a female romancing Anomen and when my male PC and decided that Sola was not such a bad catch.

Morgeruat · 05-28-2003, 02:06 PM

My first time through was with a female cavalier I imported from bg1 (the only character I've actually finished that game with) quite alot of fun actually.

Xen · 05-28-2003, 02:14 PM

I mostly play with males. Well i once played with a female Blade and a female Swashie

[ 05-28-2003, 02:14 PM: Message edited by: Xen ]

Olorin · 05-28-2003, 02:57 PM

I've played both male and female. More often male since there are more romance options, but when I play IWD or use a multiplayer party, I always have a mix of men and women. In SoA, I tend to use a male as the PC in multi games, both because of the romance options and because I can of course identify better with a male character (SoA has the feeling that the PC is meant to be the player's persona, while in IWD, it's a little more removed, and no particular character is identified as representing the player)

Although I have the same bias as Vedran when it comes to dwarves...for some reason, I only come up with character ideas for male dwarves.

Raistlin Majere · 05-28-2003, 03:30 PM

i dont use female gnomes either. neither do i use halfling or halforc females, which leaves: Human, Half-Elf and Elf. i think that the player usually wants the charcter to be flawless, meaning that the male is strong and muscular and the female is beautiful and well "shaped". there are, of course, exceptions.

Vedran · 05-28-2003, 03:55 PM

I can never completely identify myself with a character I play. Not only in Baldur's Gate, it is the case with first person games too.

05-28-2003, 12:20 PM	#1
Aunora Moonvale Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 20, 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 48	I often play a male character even though I am most definately not male (Anomen is not my image of an engaging romance and the female NPCs just seem a little more interesting), I was just wondering if any of you fellas ever play female characters. And before you get any ideas, I'm straight, it's just a game, after all. [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ \"I don\'t suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.\"

05-28-2003, 12:37 PM	#2
Faceman Hathor Join Date: February 18, 2002 Location: Vienna Age: 42 Posts: 2,248	I am most definitely a straight male. Still I am playing the game with a female ranger a this time. Done a lot of walking through Amn with both sexes and most of the different classes as PC. It's just nice for a change sometimes. And after all it's just a game as you say. __________________ \"I am forever spellbound by the frailty of life\"<br /><br /> Faceman

05-28-2003, 01:11 PM	#3
Vedran Lord Soth Join Date: July 28, 2002 Location: Sisak, Croatia Age: 39 Posts: 1,930	I always play the female char. (Ahm, except dwarves. My dwarves are always male.) I tend to have all-female parties as well, and even if not, girls are the majority. Why? Because I like women more than men. Why would I observe a muscular guy throughout the game? It is not me down there deep inside the monitor, it is some well shaped girl. If you have played Fallout, you know what I am talking about. __________________ Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, adhuc dulcius pro patria vivere. (It is sweet and glorius to die for one's homeland, even sweeter to live for it) Horatio

05-28-2003, 01:27 PM	#4
spydar Avatar Join Date: March 6, 2003 Location: my parlour Age: 40 Posts: 510	if you want an engaging romance for your chick then download kelsey (though it has yet to let me install it, but this comp may just be crap) I try playing as guys but I always get way to attatched to my characters so they always end up being girls, but I do intend to play a male next. maybe a wizard or something since I'm playing a kensai right now. __________________ \"One short sleep past, we wake eternally, and Death shall be no more- Death thou shalt die.\" -John Donne

05-28-2003, 02:03 PM	#5
IronDragon Elminster Join Date: January 16, 2003 Location: Michigan Age: 58 Posts: 419	I have only played a female through ToB once and that was to experience the Anomen romance. Anomen is not that bad once he decides to get friendly with you. Interestingly the only times the romance thing has worked out well is when I was a female romancing Anomen and when my male PC and decided that Sola was not such a bad catch. __________________ Ever notice that "What The Hell!" is always the right decision?- Marilyn Monroe

05-28-2003, 02:06 PM	#6
Morgeruat Jack Burton Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: PA Age: 43 Posts: 5,421	My first time through was with a female cavalier I imported from bg1 (the only character I've actually finished that game with) quite alot of fun actually.

05-28-2003, 02:14 PM	#7
Xen Symbol of Moradin Join Date: June 5, 2002 Location: Slovenia,Ljubljana Age: 36 Posts: 8,554	I mostly play with males. Well i once played with a female Blade and a female Swashie [ 05-28-2003, 02:14 PM: Message edited by: Xen ]

05-28-2003, 02:57 PM	#8
Olorin Avatar Join Date: May 27, 2002 Location: Boulder, CO Age: 47 Posts: 544	I've played both male and female. More often male since there are more romance options, but when I play IWD or use a multiplayer party, I always have a mix of men and women. In SoA, I tend to use a male as the PC in multi games, both because of the romance options and because I can of course identify better with a male character (SoA has the feeling that the PC is meant to be the player's persona, while in IWD, it's a little more removed, and no particular character is identified as representing the player) Although I have the same bias as Vedran when it comes to dwarves...for some reason, I only come up with character ideas for male dwarves. __________________ "Many are my names in many countries. Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkun to the Dwarves; Olorin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not" --The Two Towers

05-28-2003, 03:30 PM	#9
Raistlin Majere Ra Join Date: March 26, 2002 Location: Finland Age: 36 Posts: 2,323	i dont use female gnomes either. neither do i use halfling or halforc females, which leaves: Human, Half-Elf and Elf. i think that the player usually wants the charcter to be flawless, meaning that the male is strong and muscular and the female is beautiful and well "shaped". there are, of course, exceptions. __________________ If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One. "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

05-28-2003, 03:55 PM	#10
Vedran Lord Soth Join Date: July 28, 2002 Location: Sisak, Croatia Age: 39 Posts: 1,930	I can never completely identify myself with a character I play. Not only in Baldur's Gate, it is the case with first person games too. __________________ Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, adhuc dulcius pro patria vivere. (It is sweet and glorius to die for one's homeland, even sweeter to live for it) Horatio

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