Fearless Leader said:
True enough, but if you went to a Ren Faire and saw a bunch of gypsies speaking in any of those accents, it wouldn't bother you in the slightest. However, if one of them said "Oh, faith and begorrah, I'm a gypsy, tura lura lura!" you might have a problem with that.
True, but if you entered a chapter that said ahead of time "Hey, our local gypsies sound like drunk leprechauns", you'd know it going in and just roll with it. You'd go "hey, someone get Lucky his bucket of charms or he'll curse ya quick". My real question is, if you played a non-gypsy who also sounded like a drunk leprechaun and went there, would you think it untoward if the chapter asked you
not to use it?
Mobius said:
a Gypsy must have *AN* accent, not a *specific* accent
Well, yes and no. If you're playing, say, a gypsy from Alliance Sasketchewan and their gypsy race packet indicated that West Country, Scottish brogue, or Italian were called for, I'm not sure that it would be rules-appropriate for you to play a gypsy with a different one.
At the same time, if you wanted to get really deconstructive about it, by definition,
everyone speaks with an accent, they're just accustomed to their own so they think it's "normal". But obviously,
some distinction is required. Alternatively, if
every accent gets to count for gypsies, then under the "cats should never seem like dogs" concept, every non-gypsy character that talks funny is cheating, because per the rulebook, gypsies are
defined by their accent rather than their looks.
Deadlands said:
I've played a human with an accent for ten years. Never once, that I know of, did anyone think he was a gypsy, perhaps because I don't also wear bright colors, which is the other requirement for gypsies. If I wanted to wear a yellow something or other then there would be an issue.
If you wore bright colors and the accent was one that was in common use for the local gypsies, would you feel slighted if you were asked not to use that accent while at that game?