Races and Sdescs

[Mr.B]

Since Sdescs are supposed to show the outstanding features of character, I have to say I get really annoyed when I see descs like, "the so and so male or female" and it turns out to be a dwarf, or a half-giant or something when the main desc obviously states the character race. I think it would be a good rule of thumb to use male or female descriptors with race descriptors, or these descs shouldn't be allowed in game. Discuss.

[Vessol]

Personaly I only use male for a half-elf when his/her hair is long and if you just looked at him/her you would not be able to tell unless you took a closer look.

[jstorrie]

If your race is obviously not human I am of the opinion that you should specify it in your sdesc, as it is a readily apparent stand-out feature.

[Ender]

If your race is obviously not human I am of the opinion that you should specify it in your sdesc, as it is a readily apparent stand-out feature.

This person begs to differ.

[Foolash]

Race and sex is important.

I want to know if the PC's can interface with me, in the nether regions, at sight.  Thanks.

[mansa]

I disagree with ya'll.  What's important in my features isn't how big my penis is.

[Cale_Knight]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a non-human who didn't have race in the sdesc. The only exception here is half-elves, and they're close enough to humans that they can get away with it.

[Vessol]

Half-elves are about the only exception, well besides a cleverly disguised mantis with an awesome wig and stuff, those guys sure can be tricky!

[Shalooonsh]

NOT ENTIRE STAFF OPINION:

I've always played it like this-

Anyone that is 'female' or 'male' is most likely a human or a halfbreed that highly resembles the human side.   Most players I have seen also make specific point to put race into the sdesc if it differs from human.

By the reasoning provided here, we would have a great many 'human man/male' and 'human woman/female' running around... with the character limit for sdesc being what it is, this is severely hindering to creativity.

Half-giants in particular already have a severely shortened amount of characters... that's 10 characters right there, just for race.  Adding sex adds another three to five, which is getting close to the half-way mark of how many charaters total you have to allocate towards sdesc.

I think it best to 'look' at anyone you are dealing with, first, in order to not mistake them for another gender.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE OPINION OF THE ENTIRE STAFF.