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One of those players who make playing "beast races" really weird...
Went down last night and I'm annoyed as heck.
I hopped into a one-shot little game because I had a free evening. I've played with this group before, they're okay most of the time.
We roll up characters, I decide to bring my fun tabaxi Drunken Master monk gal. Aaaand that's where it gets WEIRD.
Another player, a new guy we'll call H has a tabaxi too. A thief rogue. Ok, cool. He immediately wants us to buddy up as "fellow beast women". Okaaaay...?
To cut things short... he was a weirdo. Like, full blown cliche stereotypical furry who CAN'T not bring weirdness to the character. Described his character in excruciating detail, roleplayed her with annoying traits; rubbing herself on people, lapping up milk from bowls, meowing mid-sentence, goddamn LICKING HERSELF to bathe...
Ugh.
All this made everyone uncomfortable and kind of shifted the party against both of us, even though the only comments I ever made about my monk's race affecting her behavior were describing expressive ears and tail and a tendency to "floof up" when scared.
We told him repeatedly to tone it down. He insisted he was just playing his character and even made a dumb comment about how his rogue was not " in denial of her species' nature like the monk is"
Wat.
The session left a bad taste in my mouth, so to speak. I am definitely never playing with him (even though he's an otherwise competent player) and I think the rest of the group agrees.
But man, it bummed me out. I'm getting reluctant to play my monk now. She's a kinda homage/love letter to old-school kung-fu movies, especially the work of Jackie Chan, and my fondness for cats (I say as my Yorkie dog snores in my lap...). I don't wanna hesitate to bring her into games for fear of people assuming I might do that kinda shit.
Edit: typo
https://redd.it/eplfk0
@r_dndgreentext
Went down last night and I'm annoyed as heck.
I hopped into a one-shot little game because I had a free evening. I've played with this group before, they're okay most of the time.
We roll up characters, I decide to bring my fun tabaxi Drunken Master monk gal. Aaaand that's where it gets WEIRD.
Another player, a new guy we'll call H has a tabaxi too. A thief rogue. Ok, cool. He immediately wants us to buddy up as "fellow beast women". Okaaaay...?
To cut things short... he was a weirdo. Like, full blown cliche stereotypical furry who CAN'T not bring weirdness to the character. Described his character in excruciating detail, roleplayed her with annoying traits; rubbing herself on people, lapping up milk from bowls, meowing mid-sentence, goddamn LICKING HERSELF to bathe...
Ugh.
All this made everyone uncomfortable and kind of shifted the party against both of us, even though the only comments I ever made about my monk's race affecting her behavior were describing expressive ears and tail and a tendency to "floof up" when scared.
We told him repeatedly to tone it down. He insisted he was just playing his character and even made a dumb comment about how his rogue was not " in denial of her species' nature like the monk is"
Wat.
The session left a bad taste in my mouth, so to speak. I am definitely never playing with him (even though he's an otherwise competent player) and I think the rest of the group agrees.
But man, it bummed me out. I'm getting reluctant to play my monk now. She's a kinda homage/love letter to old-school kung-fu movies, especially the work of Jackie Chan, and my fondness for cats (I say as my Yorkie dog snores in my lap...). I don't wanna hesitate to bring her into games for fear of people assuming I might do that kinda shit.
Edit: typo
https://redd.it/eplfk0
@r_dndgreentext