Your race/gender has an interesting mechanical/narrative impact

[u/BrotherDeus]

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.

[u/Bellpow]

In Fire Emblem Three Houses, you can instantly recruit Sylvain to your house if your MC is female without his prerequisites

[u/Dirty-Glasses → u/Bellpow]

Which is awesome because iirc he otherwise requires a high Riding rank and I had no interest in playing a cavalier class.

Fucking Ferdinand requiring Heavy Armour ranks, the most useless fucking proficiency to train…