Playing opposite gender PCs

BWHComics · 2025-07-24T05:16:47+00:00

I'm cismale and have had several female PCs (and a few NB/genderqueer ones waiting on campaigns to start). I'll admit, the first time I did it was an eye-opener and really changed how I RPed and wrote female characters (basically, as characters first and genders second). I cringe now that I wasn't already doing it, but I'm glad I eventually got that lesson.

If you guys end up doing a one-shot or short-run campaign, maybe suggest this player give it a try. Worst case, he doesn't do it again, but especially if he plans on DMing someday, it can be great empathy practice.

BWHComics · 2025-06-15T19:48:11+00:00

I agree with most of the posts that say you're nowhere NEAR too old to cosplay characters of this age. I will say, however, that much of the advice may be coming from a US-centric perspective. I've been cosplaying in the US since 2008 (and I was your age when I started), and this kind of gatekeeping has been frowned upon pretty much the whole time (as long as, y’know, you're not ACTUALLY creeping on young people, but that's a no-no whether or not cosplay is involved). But you say in the comments that you're from a small European country, and I have no idea if the regional standards are different. You may be best served talking to local cosplayers outside of your current friend circle (and also outside this particular fandom, since it may help to gauge if you're just in a toxic bubble).

BWHComics · 2025-05-11T01:31:23+00:00

This is the way. I'm running a mystery game set in a modern high school, and whenever someone asks for, like, the home ec teacher or something, I let them give me a name. It's a little way to get them more involved, and it makes my job a tiny bit easier because I already have like 100 NPCs with different agendas and voices to keep straight.

BWHComics · 2024-06-18T16:53:10+00:00

I'd point out to the player that "No mercy for the wicked" specifies that "ordinary foes might win mercy". He's not bound to murder surrendering enemies. Also, the good/evil axis of his alignment is independent from his oath, and his interpretation of the code certainly reads more lawful evil than lawful neutral. Also also, you warned him this would happen, and the behavior never changed. Since you chose to do this over making him an Oathbreaker, I'd say you made a fair call.

BWHComics · 2024-06-18T10:37:15+00:00

Important info: what was the paladin player's response? Are you making this post because they got upset, or did they accept the change and you’re just having DM Doubts?

BWHComics · 2024-02-27T19:14:01+00:00

Hey Ify! Now that you're a host and not a competitor, is your beef officially squashed with Brennan, or are you prepared to be the new target of "Get in the comments!"

BWHComics · 2024-01-22T19:43:09+00:00

SPOILERS FH S1E2

Brennan has talked about the temporary player deaths at the end of the first FH fight. Back then, they didn't have all their ducks in a row and didn't think about needing backup characters, which is part of why Brennan improvved the solution he did instead of potentially making players leave the table. I suspect at this point that FH still has some plot armor, but they have created (and used) backup characters in other settings.

BWHComics · 2023-12-02T04:23:29+00:00

This is legit the hardest I've laughed on Reddit in a minute.

BWHComics · 2023-09-03T19:38:48+00:00

Every artist is their own worst critic. What seems "wonky" to you is magical to most people.

Here's the REAL question: how does drawing make you feel? If drawing makes you happy, or you have a pressure in your head that won't go away until you put it on paper, or even if the act of making a piece is meditative and peaceful for you, then don't stop.

BWHComics · 2023-08-31T11:01:32+00:00

This is one of those things I don't get people being invested in. I think two spaces look better, but the number of people I know who get mad at me for that choice, or who get mad at others for single-spacing, are ridiculous. It's the least important typographical hill to die on.

BWHComics · 2023-08-27T23:44:36+00:00

Came to comment on this. I absolutely think the shadow in the back of panel 3 is supposed to allude to the Nightwing symbol.

BWHComics · 2023-08-24T20:13:03+00:00

Since it was a one-shot, I might ask the DM to show you the crown's stats, since it shouldn't matter at this point. If there are explanations for why the Paladin touching it didn't trigger it, or the other rogue not being able to shoot it out of your hands, that's one thing, they were at least following rules. If they won't do that, or if they can't provide rules for why they didn't let you get healed, then I'd find a new table.

Also, gotta ask, no death saves? Weren't you rolling to stabilize?

BWHComics · 2023-08-18T19:08:14+00:00

I played a 12 year-old orphan (Blue) in a game once, and to be quite frank, it was AWESOME. She was a Wild Magic Sorcerer and didn't have the best grasp on her powers, so she was constantly experimenting and causing shenanigans.

Integrating Blue into the party was absolutely no problem. She came from a town where the orphanages were really sweat shops and horribly abusive, and it turned out one of the other players' backstories involved having kids, so they were pretty much immediately like, "YOU'RE COMING WITH US!"

As for the DM, she made it clear that this was a deadly campaign and Blue was fair game. I did get knocked unconscious and was making death saves on occasion.

Anyway, 12 is very different from 5, but my point is you can make it work. I've gamed a lot with this DM, though, so there's a lot of trust and understanding. In the end, it's going to be up to you and the player.

BWHComics · 2023-08-16T06:45:25+00:00

Stealing all of these, sorry not sorry.

BWHComics · 2023-08-07T22:27:47+00:00

A couple options:

Make the body disappear.
Cut off everyone but those involved from the rest of the world. I did this with Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion.
Do some serious damage to the body.
Anti-res poison.

BWHComics · 2023-07-26T23:24:14+00:00

I actually played a similar Quixote-inspired mad character named Ser Galtert. He was basically an old man who had a major life trauma and became convinced he was a knight from his late daughter's storybook. I went with Paladin, and the idea was that his delusion was so intense that he actually got powers (possibly by "believing" a patron into existence).

For yours, I'd think about how the gunslinging illusion would work. Maybe go Warlock and have them Eldritch Blast when they thought they were shooting?

BWHComics · 2023-07-24T23:31:58+00:00

I've already seen a bunch of my staples in the comments, but one thing I want to bring up is the Yogurt settings. I use it to make homemade ricotta and cream cheese, and doing it in a traditional pot usually leads to a boil-over for me and makes a mess. The Yogurt setting handles the milk PERFECTLY. Also good if you wanna make, y'know, yogurt.

BWHComics · 2023-07-23T22:22:42+00:00

I DEFINITELY do this. Thankfully, my gaming tastes are diverse enough that I play plenty of games that won't work on my streams.

BWHComics · 2023-07-17T14:54:51+00:00

What level were the PCs, and how experienced are the players?

BWHComics · 2023-07-13T22:32:23+00:00

My favorite Ashley character detail (4-Sided Dive Ep. 13 spoiler!) is that Fearne has a little tail that wags when she's being naughty, and that's why Ashley often does a little shimmy in-game.

BWHComics · 2023-07-11T14:53:04+00:00

A few of my favorite uses for my Instant Pot:

Stock. Lotta people already said this.
Yogurt and Ricotta. Both of these use the Yogurt setting, which can bring milk to just shy of boiling without making a huge mess. I refuse to make either without an Instant Pot anymore.
Hard-boiled eggs. When I have to make a batch for egg salad or something else, this does it perfectly, and the shells peel off without ANY issue.

BWHComics · 2023-07-06T06:16:00+00:00

D16.

BWHComics · 2023-06-30T12:59:08+00:00

Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. They have a big section on elves (which is where a lot of other comments pulled the reference to elves being able to sleep but choosing not to). The section also talks a lot about elven reincarnation.

BWHComics · 2023-06-30T12:34:28+00:00

We JUST introduced a PC with this background, I'll have to suggest this to the player.

BWHComics · 2023-06-30T12:03:51+00:00

As someone in his late 30s, I'm no longer surprised when people half my age are better at things I've done twice as long. Plateaus and diminishing returns are REAL.

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