D&D 4E Women in 4E

[Seeten]

There is a difference between sexualized, and not sexualized. The art in the races is not sexualized. You want sexualized race pics, check out white wolf's work on Scarred Lands for the races. The girls have exposed boobies, and they tried to make em sexy.

 

[Rechan]

There is a difference between sexualized, and not sexualized. The art in the races is not sexualized.

I'm not trying to say that the races are sexualized, but that the races pictoral represents the mindset of: "They're women, so they MUST show more skin".

You want sexualized race pics, check out white wolf's work on Scarred Lands for the races. The girls have exposed boobies, and they tried to make em sexy.

That's not the half of it.

In the Scarred Lands book, there's a little sidebar that says "Casting magic creates lots of heat (causing effect of Resist Cold), which makes wearing clothes uncomfortable. So many sorceresses wear very little." This is pretty much an arbitrary rule to excuse hawt nekkid spellcasters.

But what they forgot to mention is that a certain race of bloated, disgusting aberration/abomination critters also favor sorcerer classes, so you'll be facing naked Jabba the Hut.

 

[Mad Mac]

Men can get away with being shirtless; so why aren't they?

Well the Half-Orc is, for what it's worth..I don't have a PHB handy, so I'm working off memory, but most of the male race pics as I recall are wearing small vests, loose, open shirts, ect. It's not like they're hiding much more than the females are.

As for why? As the art isn't sexualized, I'm discarding that as a likely option. Instead, I tend more to notice that the different races are giving different styles of clothing to further accentuate culture differences, and the female pics are all dressed in different varities of fantasy bras.

If all the men were shirtless, you'd have to give them notably different styles of pants instead, and that just doesn't work for dudes. (I don't really want to see a Male Gnome in a bra, either.)

 

[Rechan]

Well the Half-Orc is, for what it's worth..I don't have a PHB handy, so I'm working off memory, but most of the male race pics as I recall are wearing small vests, loose, open shirts, ect. It's not like they're hiding much more than the females are.

Nope; the Human and Half-Elf had big, ruck-sack looking shirts. The other males had a full, beat-up looking vest that covered the shoulders; they all looked the same, really.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

But what they forgot to mention is that a certain race of bloated, disgusting aberration/abomination critters also favor sorcerer classes, so you'll be facing naked Jabba the Hut.

Drenched in sweat, no doubt.

 

[Rechan]

Drenched in sweat, no doubt.

Thanks for that mental image.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Thanks for that mental image.

I aim to please.

Add the odor of armpit pizza and a neglected fish tank to that, and my work here is done.

 

[Rechan]

I aim to please.

I should at least be thankful you're not describing slitherin eating habits.

 

[Klaus]

I hope we see more top-heavy women in little to no clothing in 4E.

Hey, I can do that too!

 

[BryonD]

I'm not trying to say that the races are sexualized, but that the races pictoral represents the mindset of: "They're women, so they MUST show more skin".

No it doesn't.