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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 6204626" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>Well said. A few years back, the players in my game were going to encounter a potential ally in a female warrior type. When making major NPCs, I try to find a decent picture online to give the players a visual (example: Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth was a world weary cleric NPC) However, when trying to find one of a woman dressed in realistic armor and I could not - so I actually posted here and somebody pointed me to some website about "women in realistic armor" and I finally found some good choices. Most of my original searches seemed to find women in chainmail bikini tops, or women in form fitting armor that was designed for Dolly Parton.</p><p></p><p>I agree with you on the situation as well - a female barbarian that is topless or in a leather/hide bikini is fine. However, a female paladin should not be dressed in the chainmail bikini outfit if a male paladin would not don a skimpy chain shirt.</p><p></p><p>Sexism is an issue in gaming, though it has been getting better over the years. Heck, I've also found that most guys are thrilled to have a woman (or women) in the group, but there has been a minority that are not so welcoming, or just not used to being around women. Back in the late 90s, a gamer in my old group had his girlfriend join us midway through the campaign. It was a huge group with the DM and 10 players, so I didn't notice anything unusual... however, later on, I found out that another guy that had joined the group a month earlier was leering at her so intensely that it made her uncomfortable, but she was too shy to call him out at the table. The DM booted the leering guy out of the group between sessions because of it. I've heard similar stories from other women gamers over the years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 6204626, member: 10784"] Well said. A few years back, the players in my game were going to encounter a potential ally in a female warrior type. When making major NPCs, I try to find a decent picture online to give the players a visual (example: Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth was a world weary cleric NPC) However, when trying to find one of a woman dressed in realistic armor and I could not - so I actually posted here and somebody pointed me to some website about "women in realistic armor" and I finally found some good choices. Most of my original searches seemed to find women in chainmail bikini tops, or women in form fitting armor that was designed for Dolly Parton. I agree with you on the situation as well - a female barbarian that is topless or in a leather/hide bikini is fine. However, a female paladin should not be dressed in the chainmail bikini outfit if a male paladin would not don a skimpy chain shirt. Sexism is an issue in gaming, though it has been getting better over the years. Heck, I've also found that most guys are thrilled to have a woman (or women) in the group, but there has been a minority that are not so welcoming, or just not used to being around women. Back in the late 90s, a gamer in my old group had his girlfriend join us midway through the campaign. It was a huge group with the DM and 10 players, so I didn't notice anything unusual... however, later on, I found out that another guy that had joined the group a month earlier was leering at her so intensely that it made her uncomfortable, but she was too shy to call him out at the table. The DM booted the leering guy out of the group between sessions because of it. I've heard similar stories from other women gamers over the years. [/QUOTE]
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