The Proper Use of Nudity in FRPG Art

[Dausuul]

Thats kind of my point though. If the scene has naked people in it... let there be naked people in it. If you CAN'T let naked people be in the scene then don't even put people pretending to be naked in the scene.

While I share your irritation with the knee-jerk "the world will end if anyone sees a bare breast or genitals" attitude, it is what it is. If artists have to engage in a little sleight of hand to comply with that restriction, well, I can't blame them. Artists can't sell covers that publishers won't buy, publishers won't buy what bookstores won't stock, and bookstores won't stock what the buying public won't tolerate.

And for the reasons I gave above, I would rather see a character naked (even if that entails some strategically placed hair or a sword held at just the right angle) than wearing a chainmail bikini or something similar.

 

[avin]

Add me to "full naked before chainmail bikini" team.

I see no reason a fighter should use a bikini plate and I see no reason a succubus or a nymph should wear clothes at all.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Add me to "full naked before chainmail bikini" team.

I see no reason a fighter should use a bikini plate and I see no reason a succubus or a nymph should wear clothes at all.

Bikini Plate? Only Glamored Armor.

Nymph? Maybe it's cold in the pond or she's undercover, looking for adventurers to help her?

Succubus? She is undercover, tempting and manipulating mortals.

 

[FeministGamer]

...Dice?

Johnathan

(Welcome to EN World, by the way!)

Heh! Yep...D-38s!
(Thanks!)

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I just wanted to say what a great thread title. I love the amount of views this thread has generated.

 

[HardcoreDandDGirl]

::Waves:: Hi, female gamer here. Proud owner of a set of "D's"

Heh! Yep...D-38s!

first welcome...then Darn I am jealous.

Game books have been a household staple, and my daughter has certainly never thought that she had to wait on a prince charming to swoop in and save her. She likes being a princess, but she would pick up a sword with her tiara and go off to save the day on her own.

Yea, I have always been more the “I want a guy who can keep up” and less “I want a guy to save me” I guess you could say more princess leia like then less modern fantasy.

I don't think many people would want to see a lot of half naked men though. Not even the females.

Put me on the list of want. I don’t mind female, but man good barbarian cheese cake could be nice. (I don’t think we will EVER see full frontal male in a RPG)

 

[Betote]

Put me on the list of want. I don’t mind female, but man good barbarian cheese cake could be nice. (I don’t think we will EVER see full frontal male in a RPG)

Ironically, here in Spain there's a whole generation of gamers who started with books full of male and female nudity, even on the covers (which, IIRC, were specifically remade). Those were good times, hiding your games from your parents along with the pornography

 

[Amphimir Míriel]

Everytime I come across the "chainmail bikini" question, I like to post the following two part cartoon:

Credit: Obsidian of Commisioned

 

[shilsen]

Everytime I come across the "chainmail bikini" question, I like to post the following two part cartoon:

That's just beautiful

 

[Starfox]

Notice that she still is less covered when armored (and more covered when unarmored) than he is - some stereotypes are hard to break out of even when making a parody of them.