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Originally Posted by mhacdebhandia  That's great, but, you know, most Hispanic people I've ever met or seen on TV were a lot browner-skinned than the could-easily-pass-for-Spanish-or-Italian iconics. So, I will definitely concede that you can read Alhandra and Kerwyn as Hispanic, but you can also read them as just European, and I don't think the ambiguity is really a good sign.
Hell, we're arguing about how to interpret the illustrations - how could it not be better to have unambiguously non-Caucasian characters in the artwork? If Hennet in the Player's Handbook looked like the novel cover, or the sketch you posted there, instead of the whitewashed version actually printed, I think everyone would be a lot happier.
Ember is unambiguous: no-one argues about her ethnicity. I'm just saying I'd like to have seen these arguably Asian and Hispanic iconic characters painted as obviously Asian or Hispanic. That's all. |
I greatly prefer the ambiguous look, myself. After all, this is a fantasy world. If I recognize someone as being distinctly from one real-world culture or another, it kind of breaks my suspension of disbelief.
By the way, the Pathfinder iconics have names and backstories? I had no idea. Where could I find them? I've been searching the Paizo site...
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