Piestar
member, 785 posts
once upon a time...
...there was a little pie
Fri 15 Jan 2021
at 00:12 | Over reaction?Okay, this didn't happen to me, but there is a guy on FB asking this question, and I am wondering if anyone has any insight.
According to the original poster (OP) one of his characters put on a the magic item that changes your gender, and the player freaked out. Quit the game, maybe stopped being that GM's friend.
I can't grasp why anyone would be upset by thing, but I am a very small sample size by myself, are there any players out there who would get very upset? I am really curious what would cause such a reaction...
This message had punctuation tweaked by the user at 02:47, Sat 16 Jan.
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MrKinister
member, 102 posts
Fri 15 Jan 2021
at 00:26 | Over reaction?I would imagine such a reaction would come from someone who very strongly identifies with their gender, and may have a (strong?) reaction against the other gender.
But you'd have to ask that person specifically. I've never seen that. The worst reaction I would ever imagine would be a lot of giggles or a hearty "WTF?". =)
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Jewwk of Shuu
member, 2 posts
Fri 15 Jan 2021
at 00:28 | Over reaction?In reply to Piestar (msg # 1):
That reaction seems...drastic. To say the least.
If player has an issue they should immediately raise it with GM; GM should immediately be sympathetic.
Player and GM should work together to remove whatever one person is uncomfortable over.
Mutual respect and empathy should help each come to a suitable compromise or solution.
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RanzarthPhx
member, 43 posts
Fri 15 Jan 2021
at 00:39 | Over reaction?Being as I wasn't there can't really say. It really depends on some background elements too, was this discussed prior, was this put in just to mess with said player, etc.
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Piestar
member, 786 posts
once upon a time...
...there was a little pie
Fri 15 Jan 2021
at 00:42 | Over reaction?In reply to RanzarthPhx (msg # 4):
I am specifically asking for people who would share that person's reaction. You're in the same camp as me...
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tmagann
member, 689 posts
Fri 15 Jan 2021
at 00:51 | Over reaction?As I recall, there used to be a cursed magic in earlier editions that did just this. It doesn't exist anymore. I assume that's for a reason.
The implication here being that enough folks were bothered by it for it to go away during the changing cultural attitudes of the last 45 years.
Personally I don't see a big deal, but then, I don't play my characters such a way that gender makes much of a difference.
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