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Frequently-Asked Questions
What do the unusual genders mean?
For you MUD afficianados, Triad follows the
TinyMUD tradition in that there are quite a number of gender
choices available for your character. Currently these are:
Female,
Hermaphrodite,
Male,
Neuter,
Plural,
Random,
Spivak, and
Splat.
Female.
Sugar and spice and everything nice: that's what little girls
are made of. Well...you know...sometimes. When females are
referenced by the game system
the pronouns used are "she", "her", "hers", and "herself".
Hermaphrodite.
Combines characteristics common to both polar genders. When
hermaphrodites are referenced by the game system the pronouns
used are "s/he", "her/him", "hers/his", and "herself/himself".
Male.
Frogs and snails and puppydog tails: that's what little boys are made of.
When males are referenced by the game system the pronouns used
are "he", "him", "his", and "himself".
Neuter.
Partakes of neither polar gender. When neuters are referenced
by the game system the pronouns used are "it", "its", and "itself".
Plural.
Multiple or collective organisms: flights of birds,
schools of fish, reefs of coral. When plurals are referenced
by the game system the pronouns used are "they", "them", "their",
and "themselves".
Random.
Shifts between characteristics common to both polar genders, from
one moment to the next. When randoms are referenced by the game
system the pronouns used are either "she" or "he", "her" or "him",
"hers" or "his", "herself" or "himself", and these could change
from reference to reference.
Spivak.
A third gender alternative; or, perhaps, the absence of gender in
the common sense. When spivaks are referenced by the game system
the pronouns used are "e", "em", "eir", "eirs", and "emself".
Splat.
A noncommital gender posture, at least typographically.
When splats are referenced by the
game system the pronouns used are "*e", "h*", "h*s", and "h*self".
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