R&C Art, the Women of R&C

[Gloombunny]

Also, if there are pinup girls in the art, let's see a few pinup boys too. And no, burly Conan wannabes in loincloths don't count.

 

[Wolfspider]

Those are, honestly, worse than armored bikinis.

I tend to agree. And, seeing that there is a female with a boob-window on the cover of one of the new 4e core rulebooks, the elation in this thread seems rather premature.

 

[Tewligan]

Then we will move to another hobby. Never yeld, mon frère.

Wouldn't moving to another hobby be, in fact, yielding?

 

[Simia Saturnalia]

Alright, well, full marks in missing the point entirely in favor of The Struggle. Fight on, brave internet warrior.

This seems like a pretty silly (and inappropriate) place to have set up your soapbox, though.

 

[megamania]

That said, I'm in favour of reasonably-build people wearing enough clothes / armor so as not to get stabbed and / or freeze to death. The excuse for nearly-clothesless characters went out of print with Dark Sun.

Scarred Lands female mages..... elderich energies keep them very hot so clothes are few and generally see through.

 

[Rechan]

Scarred Lands female mages..... elderich energies keep them very hot so clothes are few and generally see through.

The thing that the designers forget is that 1) That also means naked dudes, and 2) Not all spellcasters are hot. I specifically reference the fat, slobbish aberration monsters that have a habit for spellcasting.

That seriously was a rule implemented by lusty nerd designers, I swear. That was the first thing I said, "Hahaha, not in my game" to.

 

[Barastrondo]

The thing that the designers forget is that 1) That also means naked dudes, and 2) Not all spellcasters are hot. I specifically reference the fat, slobbish aberration monsters that have a habit for spellcasting.

That seriously was a rule implemented by lusty nerd designers, I swear. That was the first thing I said, "Hahaha, not in my game" to.

I'll go you one further: I invented coldweave specifically so I could have the greatcoat-and-hat, heavy-scarves conservative look of the Hollowfaust necromancers. The sword-and-sorcery "casters in loincloths" is definitely a classic, even if the casters don't look good in loincloths, but I wanted something more distinctive.

Which, to be totally circular, allows me to return to the original post and say that I too am very happy about William O'Connor doing art for 4e. His cover for the Hollowfaust book is absolutely fantastic, and it was just one of his many, many great works. He deserves the central role in visual design they're giving him.

 

[Gloombunny]

Which, to be totally circular, allows me to return to the original post and say that I too am very happy about William O'Connor doing art for 4e. His cover for the Hollowfaust book is absolutely fantastic, and it was just one of his many, many great works. He deserves the central role in visual design they're giving him.

I'm not familiar with his other work... he's not the one who did the 4e PHB cover, is he?

 

[Gort]

To be honest, the girls dressed like strippers and the men dressed like they're out on the lash don't particularly bother me. I live in a country where I can get soft porn in a newspaper if I want it. It's the people who seem to want to combine their prostitute-wear with armour, leading to some sort of slight chainmail covering with a completely bare chest or boob-window that get to me.

Either you're dressed to titillate, or you're dressed for protection. One or the other. You think that zombie cares about your boobs beyond their high fat content?

 

[Orius]

Good, I like women that look like women, not skeletons.

None are dressed in a sexist cheese way, like chainmail bikini.

I'd say damn, but honestly, the chainmail bikini never really did it for me.