This is what mental illness looks like; the inability to discern reality from one's hallucinations.

Past generations wisely locked these people in attics and institutions, but these days they're left free to roam the streets, run the asylums, and invent regulations to punish all who don't indulge their madness.

Quote from: Zalman on May 09, 2024, 09:27:13 AMAs Elmore says, when he paints a woman, there's never a question about her gender.

There isn't one in this case, either.

This is just deliberate contrariness on WOTC's part in order to draw attention.

Quote from: ForgottenF on May 09, 2024, 03:51:58 PMMy first thought when I heard about this a couple of days ago was to wonder if Larry Elmore was still with us. Now that I know he is, I found myself wondering if there was some kind of legal action available to him. Clearly not, and it doesn't look like he'd be interested even if there was, but there really should be.

I'm not sure whether it's more insulting to an artist to clearly pervert the intent of his work after his death, or to do it while he's still alive but unable to do anything about it.

Elmore seems to be taking it in stride, or at least not want to stir up a shit-storm by speaking out in harsher terms. Someone mentioned Frank Frazetta upthread. You can bet that if someone had tried to pull this crap with his work while he was still kicking, he'd have been a lot more vocal about it.

Also, does anyone else find it funny that they made the figurine into the most hilariously over-muscled woman? She looks more jacked than the man in the painting to me. Honestly, I'd have to have been told that was supposed to be a lady, or I wouldn't have known

There is something called moral rights. It differs by country. Basically, even if an artist sells a piece and its copyright, the artist can still retain moral rights which can protect how the piece may be presented and protect against defamation and other things. Moral rights vary widely by country. However I don't think moral rights existed in the US in the 80s.

Quote from: Krazz on May 09, 2024, 01:19:56 PMSo a pair of breasts makes a human a woman in D&D, rather than how she identifies. Has WOTC managed to attack both sides of the culture war at once?

Well in fairness, "s"he does have a penis, and those are coconuts in his chainmail for extra protection.

All is normal in the world of modern D&D. The undead horse is still kicking and bucking.

My first thought when I heard about this a couple of days ago was to wonder if Larry Elmore was still with us. Now that I know he is, I found myself wondering if there was some kind of legal action available to him. Clearly not, and it doesn't look like he'd be interested even if there was, but there really should be.

I'm not sure whether it's more insulting to an artist to clearly pervert the intent of his work after his death, or to do it while he's still alive but unable to do anything about it.

Elmore seems to be taking it in stride, or at least not want to stir up a shit-storm by speaking out in harsher terms. Someone mentioned Frank Frazetta upthread. You can bet that if someone had tried to pull this crap with his work while he was still kicking, he'd have been a lot more vocal about it.

Also, does anyone else find it funny that they made the figurine into the most hilariously over-muscled woman? She looks more jacked than the man in the painting to me. Honestly, I'd have to have been told that was supposed to be a lady, or I wouldn't have known

What I want is more robust vehicle combat. I have something I'm working on now, I'm planning on modifying more when the final Sci-Fi Companion drops (on the off-chance there is more useful stuff inside it).

Basically I want to make vehicles like characters whose vehicle stats are derived by the pilot's skill die, on top of the capped stats of the vehicle. This capping is necessary to denote quality of the vehicle in terms of performance in combat. And to further support modification rules for gearheads that like to trick out their rides.

Ideally this will allow me to scale things from dirtbikes to starships and get more granular with combat without sacrificing the speed and flow of the Savage Worlds system. If I stick the landing right, there should be very little gear-shifting (tee hee) between regular combat and my new high-octane vehicle combat.

IF03.0 handles that pretty brilliantly. Instead of spending time *in* cyberspace, it's basically Augmented Reality happening in real time. So it's effectively like a spellcaster casting his magic to Remote operate a Drone, Hack a lock/other thing, so they're in the thick of the shit right alongside everyone else, operating round by round.

It's obviously a man. No self-respecting woman would wear that outfit. 

Quote from: cavalier973 on May 09, 2024, 08:22:37 AMArticle here: https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/character-mini-wizkids-red-box-warrior-female

It's a silly take to say, "This miniature reveals that the warrior on the Red Box was always a woman!"

As others have noted, the image on the Red Box can be interpreted as the same person in the blue, teal, black, and gold boxes. By the black box, we see the person's full-bearded face.

It probably would've been better to make two figures, one male and the other female.

Also, why are we not getting a miniature of the adventurers on the front of the Moldvay and Cook/Marsh boxes?

"Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia."

Yeah, it's kinda like that.

Fuck WoTC and Wizkids for there gas-lighting bullshit.

This is just WOTC giving another F you to long time D&D fans. I am not shocked nor will I give them another dime.