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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Travis Casey" <<A HREF="mailto:casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu">casey#NU,cs.fsu.edu</A>></LI>
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> (1) Beware putting characters into roles based on character sex.
Gender-roles
> are fast becoming a moribund concept in our society and you would
> definately offend soem people (me, for instance ;) )
> The only excpetion is where your game is set in an earlier era or
world
> with stronger roles but EVEN THEN players shoudl be allowed to be
> "exceptional" men or women who break the stereotypes-- such have
always
> existed historicly. The reaction of then world shoudl not penalize
> them significantly for this, though it should ideally be visible in
the
> "fluff" (NPC comments and so forth.)
I'd agree with this... for humans. Non-human races in fantasy or SF could
have any kind of sex roles. Indeed, different sexes might be physically
different in major ways. Also, don't forget that a race might have more
or less than two different sexes.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00212" HREF="msg00212.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 25 Apr 1997, 12:38 GMT
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clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 03:13 GMT
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Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Fri 25 Apr 1997, 12:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00230" HREF="msg00230.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00227" HREF="msg00227.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Issues from the digests and Wout's list</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 02:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00238" HREF="msg00238.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Reposts</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</a>, Sat 26 Apr 1997, 10:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00267" HREF="msg00267.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Reposts</A></strong>,
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