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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6303633" data-attributes="member: 2067">The mind just boggles on how someone can look at a picture where one of the major sources of light is emerging from right next to the breasts and say with a straight face "Nope. Not sexualized at all. Not calling attention to secondary sexual characteristics or the attractiveness of the character even a little. Her appearance is definitely not considered a thing of value and attention in that image."There is almost literally a spotlight on her sex appeal. But then I've gotta remember that just 6 years ago we had the 4e PHB and people were defending that monstrosity, too. It's hard to see the air we breathe, and a fish won't understand what water is, after all. If it's not in a chainmail bikini, waving flesh in your face, I guess it's hard for some straight dudes to notice what's going on. The calibration is all off. People un-ironically compare it to artwork of flowers. I'm certainly not going to enlighten anyone who is invested in the "It's no big deal and it's just an over-reaction if you think otherwise!" dismissal, here. I'm happy it's better. Subtler, at least. There's leagues and leagues of worse images out there. It's the sort of mild everyday sexism that happens probably a dozen times on the way to work in the morning. I'm not offended, though I'm a little disappointed in civilization in a broad sense right now because even if it's acceptable, it shouldn't be this controversial to talk about what the image is doing in the first place. I hope 6e's is even better than this. I like what I'm seeing of 5e's artwork on display here. It's good stuff.</blockquote>

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