Quote Originally Posted by Gez View Post
Yeah, but that's just dumb. D&D 3 did it right (they alternated gender, but not for the same character; if an example started with "she" and "her", it continued with "she" and "her" till the end; same for "he" and "his"). There it does it completely wrong. It's not gender equality, it's just poor writing. If an author does not want to choose a gender for a single character, they can use the singular they instead.
Usually, but the Stronghold Builder's Guide was a notable exception. It only had one character in an extended example throughout the book, with an androgynous elven name. He or she changed gender from sidebar to sidebar, and the whole thing gave me a headache.

Lesser minion: I believe most people have voted for "Deathknight needs hug badly." Gauntlet reference FTW!