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Has anyone here ever played a character in a chainmail bikini or been in a group that included one? If so, how was AC handled? I'm also curious: how many of the people reading and commenting are women?

The flumph in 4E: D&D Insider's April Fools preview?

I chose that Monica pic because I think it's an example of sexy without showing skin, and sometimes the argument seems to be that if a woman wants to play a sexy character she must be in favour of the CMB/half-nakedness, then. But context is important: Monica isn't on a battlefield, risking her...

Wizard traditions and spellcasting are what I'm most curious about, because it seems there's going to be some big changes with the potential to either be exciting and refreshing or go horribly wrong.

I didn't have much luck finding paintings of handsome men in seductive poses and ridiculous outfits (it's winter and she chooses a bikini!), but I laughed when I saw this photo. It might be the closest I've seen to a male equivalent of the chainmail bikini. Artificial, passive pose that...

Looking at that list of suggested creatures, Feywild could end up being quite an interesting environment. IMO, it sounds more fun than the new take on fiends. My DMs haven't done much with fey but I'm hoping that will change if 4E manages to make Feywild exciting and relatively easy to use; I...

Well, I'm a fan of April Lee's art (Geron Raveneye linked her gallery, unfortunately it hasn't been updated in years). For example, I think this character is handsome and this one's a beautiful badass. Michael Komarck's illustrations of Jaime Lannister from A Song of Ice and Fire are good...

I can't remember Mirumoto Shiryu ever doing anything in the storyline (CCG or RPG), but ages after his one and only card was released he keeps getting mentioned when female players of Legend of the Five Rings talk about art. Even this guy is clearly more muscled than the actors women tend to...

So can we have incubi like this in the Monster Manual? Or would it lead to a lot of whining from fanboys unable to handle the sight of men that women actually find attractive and whose sexiness is emphasised? Not just gross half-naked Schwarzeneggers or men who happen to be showing some skin...

Greenwood created a setting I've enjoyed a great deal and, according to all the reports I've read, is very gracious and helpful when dealing with Realms fans, but unfortunately his novels only offer entertainment on the "Wait, what?!" level. There's some good enough pulp fantasy in the FR novel...

I should probably have said that many women dislike stereotypical romance novel covers - the Viking holding a swooning lady doesn't appeal to them at all. The site has good examples of art that was meant to be sexy but failed miserably; the Worst Cover pages contain some hilarious voter...

I don't play WOW but that sounds familiar. The community had some kind of argument about succubi? Those who dare might want to check out this page that has the results of contests where romance readers voted for their favourite covers. I've found it a useful enough link in past conversations...

Heh, he sounds Harlequin hot enough, boyish charm and all. :) But purple prose can bad for both female and male characters: Examples from the Forgotten Realms novel Silverfall. The woman's outfit is unbelievably impractical, but some might still see it as having fetish appeal. The man...

Klaus, your pictures show a lot of variety and that's what I'd like to see for both male and female characters in 4E. Among your women, the monk with bare arms, the desert warrior and the woman carrying a magic bow are all cool in their own ways. Teenaged girls tend to like boybands and Zac...

Half-clad male characters in fantasy art may be relatively easy to find but I think their purpose is to inspire "Wow, he's strong and cool, I want to be him!" reactions from men. In my experience I have never heard Schwarzenegger, Conan or He-Man called attractive by women. The closest was this...

I don't think this has been confirmed. We just know that the prologue of the new Drizzt book is set 100 years in the future, but that doesn't necessarily mean the FRCS will be. IMO, we'll probably have to wait a little longer to see whether the heart of the Realms (in my definition: its...

More of his 4E comments here, third post on the page. I don't like the changes I've heard about but I do like Greenwood's responses. He seems to respect the opinions of those fans who are unhappy with the changes and isn't afraid to note that he himself is not happy with everything ("Those don’t...

I've never seen the official stats of Alias, but in her case that unnatural balance would make some sense. She wasn't born, she was a construct created by a cabal of powerful villains to be the perfect servant; they would have tried to give her abilities above the average. Is she non-offensive...

That's basically how I feel, too. I liked FR's kind of high fantasy and my FR DMs never had a campaign crash because they felt they had to have Elminster appear and solve the problem for the PCs. But on other boards I've run into an unfortunate amount of glee over the fact that FR might become...

I liked 2E/3E FR for the possibility of heroic campaigns in a cosmopolitan world. I have no interest in a dark and dreary post-apocalyptic game. How does the setting become more distinct if it's transformed into the generic barbarian darkness of Points of Light, an approach that won't favour the...