Should I genderlock this player character, or can it be made to work somehow?

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In my opinion, IF does not mean you are obligatorily allowed to choose gender, hair color, eye color, height, voice tone, if you have hair on your arms, past reincarnations, freckles, left or right handed, shoe size, if you show only the upper teeth when you smile or the bottom one too + cheek dimples, and any other trait you can think off.

A quote from myself quoting wikipedia:

@Loudbeat

A little extracted quote from wikipedia:
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game ;[1][2] abbreviated RPG ) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development.[3] Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.[4]

According to that you play a role, you assume the role of characters, you aren’t supposed to be the character.

Edit: I don’t want to sound like I want to argue about it as I’m questioning it for myself too.

So yeah, quoteception. You’ll have to keep in mind though that anything you “restrain” taking as a standard an average of the CoG and HG books already published that feature gender choice as people are used to might impact on the sales and popularity, but your book is your book, if you don’t want to include x or y feature for whatever reason you don’t have to, just be happy with it as you portray it.