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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 6586371" data-attributes="member: 907">Wearing skimpy clothing when you're ready for a night out on the town is one thing. Wearing it when you're about to descend into a dungeon where you're likely to be doing battle with all sorts of horrid things is quite another.The late sir Terry even commented on the issue in one of his earliest Discworld books, The Light Fantastic: &quot;The point that must be made is that although Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan would look quite stunning after a good bath, a heavy-duty manicure, and the pick of the leather racks in Woo Hung Ling's Oriental Exotica and Martial Aids on Heroes Street, she was currently quite sensibly dressed in light chain mail, soft boots, and a short sword. All right, maybe the boots were leather. But not black.&quot;In other words, your warrior women, when dressed for war, should not look like the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Exalted-The-Abyssals-Bryan-Armor/dp/1588466655" target="_blank">Maiden of the Mirthless Smile</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 6586371, member: 907"] Wearing skimpy clothing when you're ready for a night out on the town is one thing. Wearing it when you're about to descend into a dungeon where you're likely to be doing battle with all sorts of horrid things is quite another. The late sir Terry even commented on the issue in one of his earliest Discworld books, The Light Fantastic: [I]"The point that must be made is that although Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan would look quite stunning after a good bath, a heavy-duty manicure, and the pick of the leather racks in Woo Hung Ling's Oriental Exotica and Martial Aids on Heroes Street, she was currently quite sensibly dressed in light chain mail, soft boots, and a short sword. All right, maybe the boots were leather. But not black."[/I] In other words, your warrior women, when dressed for war, should not look like the [url=http://www.amazon.com/Exalted-The-Abyssals-Bryan-Armor/dp/1588466655]Maiden of the Mirthless Smile[/url]. [/QUOTE]

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