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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 1115399" data-attributes="member: 571">Getting Serious HereDisallowing gratuitous displays I can understand, but what about situations where showing certain subjects is entirely appropriate.Say a d20 publisher gets permission to do an adaptation of Harry Turtledove's Darkness series (Harry's fantasy take on World War II, and a damn good read). One of the kingdoms in the books is called Zuwayzi, a polity in the tropical north. The Zuwayzi are a dark skinned race physically adapted to local conditions who go about nude. Their soldiers even fight nude.Now, the hypothetical publisher could 'arrange' things so Zuwayzi genitalia are covered, but wouldn't that be a form of cheating? A denial of an essential fact of Zuwayzi culture?I can understand when the display is for salacious or prurient purposes, but not when it's a simple depiction of a person or persons dressed (or undressed) according to cultural norms. For a real world example consider Pharonic Egypt, where public nudity was accepted, and children went skyclad as a matter of course.The problem I see here is the possibility somebody might complain about an 'inappropriate' display. Frankly, that sort of person cannot be satisfied, for he will find something to complain about in any D&D or d20 product. Don't worry about that sort, be concerned with potential customers. My advice is to treat subjects in a mature fashion, honestly. If your setting book is about a tribe of tropical rainforest dwelling goblins who go about bare skinned, then show them bare skinned in the illoes. But be grown-up about it.</blockquote>

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