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walbournI found this article very funny, probably because over half of my gaming characters are female...
Area Tulsa Living Player Draws Strange Looks When He Announces His
Character is Female
TULSA, OK -- Seasoned roll-players who generally applaud in-depth
roll playing are calling Jim Keener, 25, mannerisms towards playing a
female character, "a little over-the-top".
"When Jim said he was going to play a female elven wizard, everyone
thought it was a challenging idea," Monday night gaming regular Larry
Williams, 32, said. "We all thought it would be Jim making a few
comments about chauvinistic barbarians now and again. Man, were we
wrong."
Although players expected a certain amount of flamboyant behavior
from this stray from Mr. Keener's usual favorite Half-Orc Barbarian
race/class, but no one expected for him to proclaim a blatant
preference for men at every conceivable opportunity.
"We all thought he would say things like, 'I'm checking out the
muscular fighter in the corner' when we would be at a tavern,"
continued Larry. "What we couldn't get was how he took such lengths
to advertise his characters gender as well as its sexual preference
during the entire game. Just last night the party was deliberating as
to what to do with a captured kobold and Jim gets this far off look
on his face and out of left field he says, 'You know what the Head
Priest's of Iuz needs? A nice hot oil massage. That would probably
make him mellow out' We all just looked at him stunned, it was
like, 'What did he just say'.
"It's like he thinks if he doesn't slap the ass of the nearest player
after each successful attack roll, someone will think he isn't
playing his character right." continued Larry
Alice Lindshaw, 31, a new gamer to the organization wondered about
his rant on the 'liberation of the female'.
"We spent a whole extra fifteen minutes at a merchant shops bartering
over a piece of silk, and why he didn't carry a lighter shade of
red." Alice said. "After a while the DM just gave up and said that
the shop keeper had any color she...er... he.. wanted. I started
wondering if I wasn't playing my female Halfling too masculine by
just commenting occasionally instead of looking for the next male to
sexually dominate."
Even Mark Harwick, 18, a game shop browser reported finding
it 'strange and unusual' for Mr. Keener to be using pink dice. Living
Times later investigated this un-orthodox method of adding
character flavor to roll playing, and found that Mr. Keener had
purchased the dice some months before introducing his character.
Mr. Keener's DM added, "He handed me a character sketch made in air
brush. I mean it was a good picture and all but I didn't think a nude
she-elf with nipple clamps would meet the Ethical guidelines of the
RPGA. I tried to explain to him that he couldn't display this obvious
boarder on elven porn to the other players. He just walked away in a
fluster, and I could have sworn I saw a bra strap poking out of his
shirt."
Mr. Keener's mannerisms weren't limited to just occasional comments,
he reportedly adopted a "limp wristed" style of rolling his dice, and
yelling "WHOOO" in a high toned voice while lifting his right leg
high in the air, no matter what he rolled.
"We're not sure where this unusual behavior is leading but it is
obviously tied to something much deeper than we all want to find
out." Added Mr. Williams. "We just hope that he doesn't make it to
5th level and get the feat to create a wand. Damn, I don't want to
know what kind of intense therapy sessions that would take to get the
other players back to normal."
- Bo Luellen, Tulsa Living reporting.
Area Tulsa Living Player Draws Strange Looks When He Announces His
Character is Female
TULSA, OK -- Seasoned roll-players who generally applaud in-depth
roll playing are calling Jim Keener, 25, mannerisms towards playing a
female character, "a little over-the-top".
"When Jim said he was going to play a female elven wizard, everyone
thought it was a challenging idea," Monday night gaming regular Larry
Williams, 32, said. "We all thought it would be Jim making a few
comments about chauvinistic barbarians now and again. Man, were we
wrong."
Although players expected a certain amount of flamboyant behavior
from this stray from Mr. Keener's usual favorite Half-Orc Barbarian
race/class, but no one expected for him to proclaim a blatant
preference for men at every conceivable opportunity.
"We all thought he would say things like, 'I'm checking out the
muscular fighter in the corner' when we would be at a tavern,"
continued Larry. "What we couldn't get was how he took such lengths
to advertise his characters gender as well as its sexual preference
during the entire game. Just last night the party was deliberating as
to what to do with a captured kobold and Jim gets this far off look
on his face and out of left field he says, 'You know what the Head
Priest's of Iuz needs? A nice hot oil massage. That would probably
make him mellow out' We all just looked at him stunned, it was
like, 'What did he just say'.
"It's like he thinks if he doesn't slap the ass of the nearest player
after each successful attack roll, someone will think he isn't
playing his character right." continued Larry
Alice Lindshaw, 31, a new gamer to the organization wondered about
his rant on the 'liberation of the female'.
"We spent a whole extra fifteen minutes at a merchant shops bartering
over a piece of silk, and why he didn't carry a lighter shade of
red." Alice said. "After a while the DM just gave up and said that
the shop keeper had any color she...er... he.. wanted. I started
wondering if I wasn't playing my female Halfling too masculine by
just commenting occasionally instead of looking for the next male to
sexually dominate."
Even Mark Harwick, 18, a game shop browser reported finding
it 'strange and unusual' for Mr. Keener to be using pink dice. Living
Times later investigated this un-orthodox method of adding
character flavor to roll playing, and found that Mr. Keener had
purchased the dice some months before introducing his character.
Mr. Keener's DM added, "He handed me a character sketch made in air
brush. I mean it was a good picture and all but I didn't think a nude
she-elf with nipple clamps would meet the Ethical guidelines of the
RPGA. I tried to explain to him that he couldn't display this obvious
boarder on elven porn to the other players. He just walked away in a
fluster, and I could have sworn I saw a bra strap poking out of his
shirt."
Mr. Keener's mannerisms weren't limited to just occasional comments,
he reportedly adopted a "limp wristed" style of rolling his dice, and
yelling "WHOOO" in a high toned voice while lifting his right leg
high in the air, no matter what he rolled.
"We're not sure where this unusual behavior is leading but it is
obviously tied to something much deeper than we all want to find
out." Added Mr. Williams. "We just hope that he doesn't make it to
5th level and get the feat to create a wand. Damn, I don't want to
know what kind of intense therapy sessions that would take to get the
other players back to normal."
- Bo Luellen, Tulsa Living reporting.
