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It's not at anyone's expense. If you want a miniature of a sexy slender lady in a dress with a slit up to her waist, or in a chainmail halter top, WizKids and others have produced metric ***loads of them for you to buy. A burly barbarian woman is harder to find as a miniature, so this helps...

Sure, but specifically you appeared to blame, not ComicBook.com, but WizKids: ...and people posting on this thread: If "them" was actually meant to specify someone other than the direct antecedents in your postings, you should consider being more careful with pronouns.

My reason for not liking this illustration is that the subject is clearly presented as a stereotypical mermaid in an Impressionist style, and wearing glasses like that would make no sense underwater. This is my opinion, so there's no need for disagreement.

<sigh> So, wearing glasses is a "flaw"? You know, I thought the days of my childhood when it was common for people to denigrate those who wore eyeglasses (often via the near-ubiquitous jibe of "Four-Eyes") was part of a bygone era, especially given how many of us wear them. I suppose I was too...

And cultural ideals, particularly those of physical beauty, do not include people who wear glasses. Got it.

So, in response to: You didn't say: Do you really not get how your words are relevant outside of a game, for people in the real world?

Okay, that's fine, it didn't make sense to you. But after I conveyed my experience as a nearsighted person, and some of why I choose to wear glasses when I could've instead followed your path and gotten Lasik, and after others in this thread have stepped in with similar sentiments, does it still...

Obviously I would, but I don't generally spend much time in dungeons. ;) Even in the context of playing a D&D character, I'm not sure your point holds much weight with me. I enjoy playing characters that learn to deal with a myriad of challenges, including their own limitations, and have...

I have myopia, and I've come to appreciate its virtues, to the point that I sometimes feel sorry for those who can't share my experience. I tell you what, being nearsighted comes in pretty handy when plucking a tiny splinter out of someone's finger, or painting a miniature, or doing other...

The shoes are an interesting fashion choice; don't think I've ever seen that style used in fantasy/sci-fi illustration before. And is that Dinehart's signature in the lower right?

Cash garb?

I know others have already commented on this, but... were you around for that transition? I don't know anyone pining for the days of inferior audio quality, aged casettes with wobbly music playback, and nervewracking unspooling from the guts of a player that decided it was hungry for magnetic...

What are you talking about? You would find a woman dressed like that "grotesque"? Maybe she isn't the problem.

Just like the original Dragonlance adventures, then? ;)

You're cherrypicking. I can do that, too. Here's another graph from the same article: Only the last year shows a dip (on a per-product basis; given that WotC has been releasing more products per year, the overall sales are way up), following the COVID-associated bump in sales. That is simply...

Please support this claim. I've already demonstrated in another thread that the Bookscan data from last year doesn't support it; is there another source that does?

That is not at all what it showed. First, assuming you're referring to the Bookscan data discussed in Alphastream's postings, they're from July 2023; not enough for an entire year of sales for the most recent adventures, including Dragonlance. But let's look at what the Bookscan data show about...

There was a pulp-era character who lines up with the modern D&D barbarian perfectly, IMO, but it isn't Conan: it's Tarzan. The lack of armor, wilderness survival capabilities, quick reactions, and (significantly) primal rages are all there. The alignment is so close that I wonder if 3e's...