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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet-7" data-source="post: 9341769" data-attributes="member: 7025282">The fact that this is a story—-at all—-is because of course it was meant to be a man and Wizkids and or WOTC assumed that is how he was perceived. Of course you are right.  Why else would this even be a thing otherwise?!So they thought it would be fun to subvert expectations.  Or generate buzz.  Or whatever.I am not a fan of it myself but I am not outraged  by the change.  I am mildly annoyed at pretending the Easter bunny hopped by and people going along with it. And also that they chose an iconic character to change.  So many other options!  But then you don’t get the outr—buzz.  I meant buzz…with other characters.  This was not a random choice.As far as female miniatures, I am Most interested in the female dwarf with a maul from this series!  She was probably my favorite art from the PHB.  I also went out of my way to repurchase a female ranger from the starter set.  I like a good selection of female minis since my daughters and friend often prefer female PCs and just need a range of NPCs.  Relatedly, if I pull this one in a random box, I will be happy to include it in my “PC” minis but am under no illusion that was a thing prior to whatever discussion led to the change.It’s not a big deal.  I can use a badass female mini.  But please don’t act like this is anything other than an attempt to create buzz by subverting expectations…Mission accomplished…around these parts anyway.</blockquote>

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