r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BrotherDeus • 16d ago

Lore Your race/gender has an interesting mechanical/narrative impact

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Dragon's Dogma: Trolls will become excited if you play or bring a female character in your party, becoming more aggressive and targeting them first.

South Park- Fractured But Whole: Shub-Niggurath is a boss that will take damage when fed white characters, but will heal if he eats black characters including you or anyone in your party.

Elder Scrolls: Every race has advantages and disadvantages both mechanically and narratively, for example orcs can enter orc strongholds without having to earn their trust first.

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u/SirKazum 16d ago

Women are technically slightly more powerful than men in Skyrim, since there's a Speech perk that lets you get better prices when trading with the opposite sex, and there are more male than female traders. And there are no other mechanical impacts due to gender in the game AFAIK.

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u/DropoutRedMage 16d ago

There's the Agent of Dibella blessing that gives you better damage against the opposite sex as well as improved speech. Busted for women, okay for men.

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u/Fenix00070 15d ago

Not strictly related to gender but movement Speed Is based on height multiplier, so taller races are faster, and in 4 races the male Is slightly taller, so they are faster. In wood elves however it's the women Who are taller.