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Message: <blockquote data-quote="small pumpkin man" data-source="post: 3965858" data-attributes="member: 57910">This picture is appropriate<img src="http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff156/smallpumpkinman/104775.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />as are most of the other pictures in this thread, Klaus's #1, while a fine pin up pic, is not. RPG art, especially in the PHB is supposed to show prospective players ideas for their character, that is inappropriate for the following reasons. (none of which have anything to do with race)a)She's posing like a softcore porn model, or a "pin up picture", as opposed to actually doing something.b)She's wearing makeup and lipstick, and has hair like model, not an adventurer. (To be honest, this one is pretty much acceptable most of the time, since many women want their character to be be pretty, and most guys wont notice, but it's not something that should be overdone.)c)In Western culture, thigh high boots and thongs are generally associated with prostitutes, fetish wear, and risque fancy dress (eg, halloween). To put a more general spin on it, showing the upper thighs and lower stomach, while covering large other areas of the body is lot more sexualized than just wearing a bikini.d)Part of the reason for c) is that wearing heavy clothing on the legs and not the torso is uncomfortable and restrictive, and most people won't do it without a specific reason, this is, the character is hurting their ability to fight and adventure to look sexy, like a woman wearing fetish wear while on a construction site.e)Related to d), Barkskin or not, wearing armour like that will restrict her ability to fight in combat, meaning she's more interested in looking good than fighting, to many people, this implies she's just another  incompetent pretty girl for the real hero to save. Not a good implication for something that's supposed to be inspiration for a female player's character.I should also point out that this doesn't really offend people, it just tells them (especially women) that this isn't the type of game or pastime they would enjoy, and since this would be counter to WotC's current marketing strategy, they should stick to the 4e art they have (much of which is quite sexy, and most of which and I like, with the exception of some of the covers).</blockquote>

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