D&D 4E The 4e PHB : Cheesecake Y/N?

[perchy]

wow lots of art dicussion. The question about cheesecake got me thinking, whilst i don't want soft porn in my D&D, what is cheesecake (and more importantly - at what point we should be offended by it)

Definition(ish)

So lets go with what will be the iconic D&D 4e picture

The 4th edition PHB cover

How much does this offend/please you?

Looking at it, the male warlock at the back is showing a fair amount of chest, but he's a tiefling male and pretty ugly, so i'm not going to take offence (i mean, trolls with just a loin cloth are ok)

The female teifling fighter i think is athestically pleasing. Her armour is fairly practicaly, even if it is showing a bit of thigh (if she stood up strait that would be pretty much covered too). I do think the beauty spot is a nice touch.

 

[Masquerade]

I guess I would say the PHB cover is "just the right amount of cheesecake." The designs of the characters are obviously meant to look stylish, not titillating.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Looks pretty tame to me.

 

[Jhulae]

Hmm. Do we really need two polls about 'cheesecake' art and 4e?

 

[perchy]

Hmm. Do we really need two polls about 'cheesecake' art and 4e?

no we don't, the 1st poll is stupid, it's just about cheesecake, it fails to notice there isn't really any in 4e

Well thus far we have 1 person who's offended, and a great chunk who ain't.

If anyone has an example of a worse 4e pic, bring it up, but i looked and i think this is the wildest thing out there

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I wouldn't go with the term "offended," but I don't care for the cover. I think it's dumb-looking and, yeah, for my taste it shows off the worst of what I usually privately refer to as "oogle-itis."

If I'm in the minority, I'll rest there comfortably. 'Sides, it's what's inside the cover that counts, eh?

 

[3catcircus]

Regardless of "raciness," its just plain ugly.

 

[Jhulae]

And, regardless of the cover's look, it's been pointed out in past threads that it's just a placeholder anyway. So, that's another strike against this poor poll.

 

[HeinorNY]

And, regardless of the cover's look, it's been pointed out in past threads that it's just a placeholder anyway. So, that's another strike against this poor poll.

If that's true it's good news IMO, but I think the placeholder was the FRCS' cover.

 

[Jhulae]

If that's true it's good news IMO, but I think the placeholder was the FRCS' cover.

Nope. This was mentioned as a placeholder long before the FRCS cover was announced.