No More Reptiles with Boobs!

[Alzrius]

Did you mention to the women that not all the races would look "unfeminine", just the ones where the animals they started with look "unfeminine" themselves?

I know this wasn't directed at me, but this sentence really makes my head hurt.

Sylrae, if you're going to posit that non-mammalian races can look "feminine" (as the people who play the game - e.g. humans - define the term), such as by having an hourglass figure, "softer" facial features, etc., then since you're giving them that degree of sexual dimorphism, why not let them have breasts too?

Secondly, saying that the only "unfeminine" animal-people races will be those that look unfeminine as the actual animals is just...odd, as it seems to posit that there are female animals that do look "feminine" from a human standpoint.

 

[Richards]

How about a simple compromise? In 5E, female dragonborn will have ONE BOOB. Split the difference, and everybody will be happy, right?

Glad I solved that problem.

Johnathan

 

[gloomhound]

I for one would like someone to show me any flavor of reptiles that have six appendages.

Oh and Therapsida.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I dunno about everyone else but I was making a point /not/ to mention furries

[MENTION=67338]GMforPowergamers[/MENTION]:
Did you mention to the women that not all the races would look "unfeminine", just the ones where the animals they started with look "unfeminine" themselves?

Ie: If you wand a-x cup boobs there are always the classic races and all of their subraces.

In the case of the roleplayers I did, and they understood, in the case of my sister she got it enough to understand we were not talking elves (although she brought up dwarf women with beards) in the case of my mom it was 10 mins of me expalining it followed by 30 or so mins of my brother in law useing the books and my DDI account to try to explain it...

 

[Klaus]

That always drives me crazy.

Dragons, Snake People, Birds...

If they're based on animals that aren't mammals, and aren't obviously "mammal from the waist up" like a drider or something, why are you giving the females boobs?

And why is it that cat people and dog people and such have ape boobs!

When was the last time you saw a housecat with boobs, or another question, how many nipples does a housecat have? (Hint, "not 2")

This is a personal gripe I have with alot of cheesy fantasy art, I have to admit, but its kindof dumb.

Huh.

I thought dragonborn were monotremes...

 

[Rechan]

If dragonboobs are the most serious issue people have about 5e, then I think we'll be ok.

 

[Sylrae]

Sylrae, if you're going to posit that non-mammalian races can look "feminine" (as the people who play the game - e.g. humans - define the term), such as by having an hourglass figure, "softer" facial features, etc., then since you're giving them that degree of sexual dimorphism, why not let them have breasts too?

Softening features that are already present or exaggerating them in a way to make them look more femine, to make it easier to distinguish, is alot different than tacking on new body parts. - At least to me it is. In one case you're only slightly altering proportions of whats already there.

Secondly, saying that the only "unfeminine" animal-people races will be those that look unfeminine as the actual animals is just...odd, as it seems to posit that there are female animals that do look "feminine" from a human standpoint.

There are many that do. The female in a species is often a little smaller, with a thinner bone structure, and a softer appearance to them.

It applies to most species where the male is the one who does the more aggressive of the two.

In the case of the roleplayers I did, and they understood, in the case of my sister she got it enough to understand we were not talking elves (although she brought up dwarf women with beards) in the case of my mom it was 10 mins of me expalining it followed by 30 or so mins of my brother in law useing the books and my DDI account to try to explain it...

Dwarf women totally have beards. They keep them neater than dwarf men do though. Goatees and stuff. lol.

 

[Klaus]

And lest we forget: in most (if not all) D&D settings, the mortal races were created by extraplanar entities. So if dragonborn have boobs and no tail, we know what Io preferred.

 

[gyor]

No! it makes LESS Sense!!!!!

Dragon Flight makes more sense than Dragon Boobs!

[edit] About Hands n Feet: Thats a concession to make them stand on 2 feet and use weapons and stuff. IE: to make them playable.

Boobs don't have mechanical implications.

Boobs are the concession you make when you want fanboys to play them.

As for being on cat people, cats are seen as symbolicly sexy. Clearly they've never seen mine chasing reflections of light. Love cats to death, but thier goofy critters.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

And lest we forget: in most (if not all) D&D settings, the mortal races were created by extraplanar entities. So if dragonborn have boobs and no tail, we know what Io preferred.

I may be wrong, this might even have been something a DM pulled on me, but I think 4e has the origin of the species being not evoltion (take that darwin) but dumb luck (ha thought you were getting intellagint design didn't you)

When IO was cut in half and the 2 halves became behamut and tiamat, his blood fell to the earth and were the blood feel the dragonborn and kobolds rose up.

even if that isn't exactly right, it deffently means no evolution here.