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Yeah I don't think it has anything to do with charisma. It's just that there's no discernible difference, or they don't have a sex at all.

Look at the animals vs. the humanoids:

- lions have a visible difference (mane), and I think all the lions in game have a mane. But they're still referred to as "it" not "he" right?

- That makes me think it has less to do with charisma and more with intelligence. The "it" seems to me more referring to them as savage creatures with lower intelligence. And of course this is relative - to the humans the kobolds are savage dumb brutes, even though they may have their own society

- for animals that don't have a visible difference, it would be strange to say "he" or "she" - how can the player tell? (The odd exception is the adult male vs. female carnivorous mutant bunnies. Maybe we should remove those gender modifiers and just call them "adult")

- the same should apply to kobolds, orcs, etc. They're all ugly, their gender bits are covered by clothing, so the player can't tell. I do think it would be somewhat interesting to read "she blocks your attack" or "he hits you" when fighting a goblin. But we should look at each species individually and decide which ones have a discernible difference. The NPCs have an assigned gender because they're relatively famous - the player recognizes them, knows who they are.

Are there a lot of rape jokes in the quotes? The only one I see is:


Which is sadly a factual observation.. I'm ok with removing it though. Attached the list of quotes, I don't see any other offensive ones. I think it's possible to be too PC

I'm fine with it being cosmetic only but I would also be fine with female having slightly smaller size / str, and much higher int / wis

Joking around but would love this change.

IVAN does seem a little different from most roguelikes. Seems like 99% of them allow you some customization when you start out. Did the IVAN devs do it differently intentionally to keep it simple or to keep everyone on the same path?

Ighalli under Additional Coders! i had no idea you were contributing that long ago

Haha yeah I took it a little far. But I do like the idea of more things like the valpurium +10 sword. They are really helpful for a short time but could screw you over if you're not careful.

The symbiont idea is neat. You would have to eat twice as much but it helps you heal more quickly too. And maybe it keeps growing and you have to "carry" it so it counts towards your burdened/stressed status. The bigger it gets the harder it is to vomit out, and if you wait too long it'll burst out of you

we should totally rename that flag to IS_ERNOMOUSE as a dev easter egg

Do they avoid the traps outside after you place them?

That would certainly help balance Mellis as well

That is a great idea