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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Electric Wizard" data-source="post: 5945247" data-attributes="member: 83982">Most women I know are more amused than offended by how cheesy old-school fantasy art depicts women. That being said, I don't see a lot of that stuff in RPG art these days. I think there are lots of women who want to identify with sexy characters, as long as the characters also capable of holding their own and kicking ass/ruling the castle/researching magic. Almost all art for recent RPG's portrays this pretty well. You almost have to go back to the 80's to find many women portrayed according to negative stereotypes.A few years ago I DM'd a group with two women. One played a Chaotic Evil tiefling cleric with 20 charisma who usurped the party leader position. The other played a soft-spoken eladrin wizard/aristocrat whose boyfriend played her bodyguard. Two very different people with very different characters, but the rules supported both, and they excelled at their roles.The campaign worked while it lasted because we toned down the macho talk and dirty jokes. It was different than our typical "guys' night in" games, but we all had a great time. The campaign ended mostly because the tiefling cleric decided that the best way to settle a dispute with a corrupt landowner was to loot and burn down his house in broad daylight. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil    :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" />So I guess I'm casting another vote for "It's up to the group." I think as long as men are welcoming and respectful of social boundaries, women shouldn't have problems.</blockquote>

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