Several people write their characters so that it will not be depicted as a Mary-Sue, ie, an "absolutely beautiful maiden who can defend herself from evil with her perfect swords skills and has a troubled past but is absolutely upbeat because of it" etc. In trying to do so, they create even more Mary-Sue-ish characters in that everyone is making thier RP characters that way.
That is exactly why I have only played an elf once, and the only weapon she could hold without killing herself was a dagger. She was a writer thank you very much! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I currently am only playing one female character that can wield a sword, and I think her character traits weigh out the weapon. All my other characters I have tried to make unique...a writer, a scribe, a smith, a slave, an assassin that uses daggers and is currently without one [img]smilies/redface.gif[/img], a stablehand.
I guess I kind of wish people would put more effort into their characters, and try to make them unique and not your average Jo(sephina? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]). That makes the game funner to play. As long as characters have quirks, you've got a lot to work with.
Playing guys is always...erm...fun too! Not that I know how a guy would act, but it's still kind of cool to play something that 'broadens your horizons!' Like Dorlas and Rolan! (Or as Jem/Orual knows him, 'Him'!)
I also am a firm believer that it does get better in Rohan (with the exception of one or two characters/games [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]) and especially Gondor.
Aylwen
P.S. Durelin, I liked being an evil character (Jerika!) and right now am the only evil character in Betrayal of Trust. I like playing evil characters! Fun fun fun!
[ April 28, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]
[ April 28, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]
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