Psychomorph
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A discussion in the Romances in the latest Bioware titles. brought me to some thoughts, so I move the post here:
A thought occured to me. What if Thaumaturgy is a female trait. That means females would be naturally gifted. Males are not all huge bodybuilders, so many of them would have sort of a strong "female side" and would excel at Thaumaturgy (note, it's not about what gender is more powerful, but more naturally gifted, initially at least). That means going for a super huge, testosterone pumped Gorilla of a dude, would naturally balance his talent for more physical abilities (naturally and initially, can still develope to be an expert mage, but comes not easy). Some females however are more dude than girl, lol. They'd be larger and stronger and affinity would naturally go more toward the physical side.
What if you had a little Yin/Yang-ish sign above your character in the character menu. Yin means "dark", which is the female side and goes for the passive, affective, indirect, hidden and mysterious traits (stealth, magic, intelligence, etc). Yang means "bright" and goes for the active traits (strength, speed, energy, persistance, confidence, etc).
Interesting and somewhat contradictory is, that the male trait means power (physical and mental) and is a big advanatge and skill for high Thaumaturgy. So the most aggressive and dangerous Thaumaturges have been noted to be the strongly Yang sided ones. The female trait may also influence a strong and heavy character, like making a warrior agile and stealthy (think of the character Richard B. Riddick, one of my favourite characters in film, because of strength, confidence, but also agility, stealth and intelligence).
Things, traits and affinities would overlap basically. That also means that thaumaturgic features would change based on your male/female balance. A strong Yang character developes a more faster, aggressive, devastating magic, while a strong Yin character would go for a more passive, deceptive, and difficult to identify (and defend against) magic. As you can tell, a female trait is not weakness, but strength in its own way.
Also, you could shift the Yin/Yang balance during the game. A strong male sided character can develope a stronger female side, which at some point could become the dominant part. That would lower his physical abilities, but allow for other potential.
A thought occured to me. What if Thaumaturgy is a female trait. That means females would be naturally gifted. Males are not all huge bodybuilders, so many of them would have sort of a strong "female side" and would excel at Thaumaturgy (note, it's not about what gender is more powerful, but more naturally gifted, initially at least). That means going for a super huge, testosterone pumped Gorilla of a dude, would naturally balance his talent for more physical abilities (naturally and initially, can still develope to be an expert mage, but comes not easy). Some females however are more dude than girl, lol. They'd be larger and stronger and affinity would naturally go more toward the physical side.
What if you had a little Yin/Yang-ish sign above your character in the character menu. Yin means "dark", which is the female side and goes for the passive, affective, indirect, hidden and mysterious traits (stealth, magic, intelligence, etc). Yang means "bright" and goes for the active traits (strength, speed, energy, persistance, confidence, etc).
Interesting and somewhat contradictory is, that the male trait means power (physical and mental) and is a big advanatge and skill for high Thaumaturgy. So the most aggressive and dangerous Thaumaturges have been noted to be the strongly Yang sided ones. The female trait may also influence a strong and heavy character, like making a warrior agile and stealthy (think of the character Richard B. Riddick, one of my favourite characters in film, because of strength, confidence, but also agility, stealth and intelligence).
Things, traits and affinities would overlap basically. That also means that thaumaturgic features would change based on your male/female balance. A strong Yang character developes a more faster, aggressive, devastating magic, while a strong Yin character would go for a more passive, deceptive, and difficult to identify (and defend against) magic. As you can tell, a female trait is not weakness, but strength in its own way.
Also, you could shift the Yin/Yang balance during the game. A strong male sided character can develope a stronger female side, which at some point could become the dominant part. That would lower his physical abilities, but allow for other potential.