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1. I like Karlach with all her flaws. Why would I like someone who is unrealistically perfect? That's the definition of a Mary Sue and no one likes those. Karlach is a good person who sometimes errs and stumbles and fails. Her greatest moral shortcoming is nothing in comparison to Gale pursuing the crown and arrogantly thinking he can save all of us. Gale is morally reckless and that's cause for disliking him. His entire character arc, if you've paid any attention, is actually letting go of some of that hubris. Then he can become someone more likable, but that's at the end of the game.

2. It just so happens that we have five well-written female companions and only two male ones. Blame the writers, not me. Again, disliking a character doesn't mean you can't discuss them, so feelings are irrelevant here.

3. You're misinterpreting a very simple statement - again, because of speedreading or willful ignorance. What I said was, and I quote, we choose "beauty over mechanical advantage." We choose A or B. You picking an ugly race is option C - the third option that is both ugly and mechanically disadvantaged. The idea that you're playing a dragonfreak out of a desire to roleplay is also dubious. Dragonfreaks are not even native to Toril. They have no history and no culture. Roleplaying a ruthless gith or drow is fairly natural - you can see firsthand how their history and culture shape their people, how they shape Lae'zel and Minthara. How do you roleplay a dragonfreak? You're very ugly (but no one seems to notice) and you love your clan? The entire race is a checkbox with the depth of a puddle.