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Originally Posted by Lady Dragonfly  I agree - I find those ethnic hairdos and body piercing excessive and tasteless, in a fantasy RPG. And if you recall Nameless One, he had a similar Bad Hair Day. |
It's true about TNO, but he was one character. No problem with that. No problem if it was *just* Aerie, *or* Jaheira, *or* Anomen, *or*...
Anyway, to keep it on subject, I think this might be an example of why you would play the other gender, because the first didn't have anything that suited your fancy. I'm thinking of NWN here. I hated playing human males, because all of them were broad-shouldered gorillas and there were very few heads which appealed to me. In general, there were very few heads at all that I liked. A few "oddball" choices are nice, but not 10 heads which look like they came from a punk rock festival, 5 with horns and 2 that look like they were humped by an orc. What's wrong with a girl or guy with a ponytail, single braid, an up-do hairdress, close-shaved military crop, or twin pigtails?
So, to conclude: my choice of gender is sometimes determined by the options available to them.