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female

  • noun A persona in the game which is of the feminine gender; also used as an adjective. Some humanoid mobiles are also females. In general, gender in the game is not constant, and except for a few intransigent mobiles (eg. the man, the maiden, the dwarf king and queen) gender can be toggled readily. There are no non-presentational differences between the sexes in the game except for a skewing of the probability distribution for attributes when a persona is created: male personae will tend to have a strength 10 greater than if they were female, and female personae will on average have a dexterity and stamina each 5 higher than if they were male. Otherwise, chosen gender only affects output and a few anti-porn commands. If a player claims to be a female, the assumption is that they are a male masquerading as a female. An informal convention appears to have emerged whereby personae that are socialisers are of gender female, whereas killer personae are usually male. This is challenged, however, by the existence of real females.

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