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(10-08-2014, 12:36 PM)Kinono Wrote:(10-08-2014, 12:24 PM)Aya Wrote: Â What he is hesitant about, and I think with good reason, is the concept that every Lalafel has the strength of a Highlander (plus the quick mind of a Lalafel) buried within provided he can tap into the aether to produce it.
Not everyone plays Lalafell as quick-witted or even smart, though! Automatically placing made-up stats on a character because of their race is akin to god-modding, to me. If I play a Roegadyn (and I do!), I should be free to make her weak but smart. People would buy that, despite her size. Same exact reaction if I play a highlander. People would more than likely find the dichotomy interesting!
Assuming personality traits to be automatically true about a character based on race in any context besides in-character is just... really, really bad!
I only wish this was what everyone did, but what you're calling "personality" traits are in fact racial traits! There's nothing wrong with expecting someone to adhere to the standards that SE's put forth regarding the stereotypes (and I don't use that word negatively, but in the sense that "all roegadyn are huge" is a sterotype).
To call again to my example earlier: Fine, lalafell work really hard and can punch just as hard as a roe can. We're wrong for assuming they shouldn't ever be able to, in fact!
How serious would you take a roegadyn who trained really, really hard to be as hard a target to hit as a lalafell? I mean outright bodily-unable-to-fight-easily-because-he's-dodging-so-good. In fact, you can only hit him in a lalafell-sized shape near his knees because he's just that good and also physics don't work as we know them so it's totally cool.
This is an impossible concept. No one would ever agree to fight it. (Universal) you picked a teensy race intentionally, you do not get to just handwave away their implied racial penalties.
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