[color:"orange"]My big worry is that what he describes isn't exactly what I saw.[/color]
If I have time tomorrow I'll start a couple games and see if I get the same values listed in that post.
[color:"orange"]It worked, I get a male, probably the survivor[/color]
Check your special move; if it changed from the mage's 'swap places' to 'sneak', then the character is now a survivor.
[color:"orange"]All of that is so weird it's like if no french player tried a female character or quote the problem.[/color]
The French localization may not have been tested very rigorously. Alternately, it may be a know bug, but the fix would require more work than the publisher was willing to support, or a fix could involved making so many changes that there would be a serious risk of causing additional problems.