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Prak_Anima wrote:Alex Ross illustration

Until now I never stopped to think how hilarious it is that batman is covered in scars under his bullet-proof armor and completely unscarred where his skin is normally exposed.

bullet proof =/= stab proof, and the head's a small target.

Prak_Anima wrote:bullet proof =/= stab proof, and the head's a small target.

Batman's chin will be the only thing visible on a dark night. If his body looks the way it was illustrated, he should have to grow a beard to go out in polite company.

once or twice in the comics he's explained that "I can't armour my head, why do you think I put a big target on my chest?"

Of course as of Dark Knight, he does have an armoured head. But it's not like the criminals he fights are (usually) sharpshooters, so they're going to aim for center body mass, assuming they're not just pissing themselves where they stand.

Also, when you have a knife, the head is actually a reasonably poor target, I think, due to this thing known as a Skull.

Prak_Anima wrote:Also, when you have a knife, the head is actually a reasonably poor target, I think, due to this thing known as a Skull.

Yeah, I know a guy who got stabbed in the chest, and because the knife (shiv) hit his sternum, it wasn't that serious.

Prak_Anima wrote: Also, when you have a knife, the head is actually a reasonably poor target, I think, due to this thing known as a Skull.

I dunno about that...while trying to stab a guy right on the top of his head is pretty stupid (did you hear me, Stephen Seagal?), the head area is actually a decent target for a knife, because it includes the delightful subsets of:

--face (great for inflicting pain, which helps stop fights)
--eyes (besides being incredibly easy to damage and blind your opponent, they are a target that it's virtually impossible not to flinch/guard when someone attacks them; not to mention, straight stab to the eyesocket is pretty much a kill)
--throat (chock full of killing points...jugular, carotid, windpipe)

how many young punks do you think are hard enough to actually think about that while Batman's kicking the crap out of them? Also Batman will know all that, and defend against all of it...

So... yeah, makes perfect sense to me that his face isn't covered in scars. The same way you're generally going to do whatever you can to defend against a save or die, he does whatever he can to keep the knife from getting anywhere near his face.


...We've gone rather far afield here, shall we consult a map or lay new course?

*shrug* I was addressing the specific point ("the head is a poor target for knives"), not the more general point ("Batman not having a scarred face makes perfect sense"). Because I agree with you on the general.

So, how about dem sensibly dressed fantasy women?

Sex within the party. If there are example PCs, is it reasonable to have two or more of them having sex with each other, or even having a romantic relationship as canon? I don't think you're going to get many people liking halflings having sex in general (too close to kiddy porn), but something like Tordek and Mialee? (examples used because they're the only ones I can remember right off except Lidda)

Can you get away with having sexual relationships, or would Jozan have to marry them first to stop a lot of bitching about fornication? Or would this be too close to bad erotic fanfiction.

Mask_De_H wrote:So, how about dem sensibly dressed fantasy women?

Yeah. I find these far more sexy.

If I recall, there was some implications that Lidda was getting it on with Hennet and ....the gnome bard whose name escapes me and looks gay...

On the other hand, that may have existed solely in Pg13 fan slash on the Wizards boards...

ubernoob wrote:I personally love the scars I have on my arms, chest, and back. Legs, I'd rather avoid them. Face, I'd definitely rather avoid them. On the torso and arms, scars are manly and don't detract from attractiveness much while giving an excuse to tell that girl a story of one time you were hardcore after you took your shirt off because you wanted to show off your abs. Scars on the face are just unattractive.

At least, that's been my experience.

If there's anything I could say to this, it's that you always have something interesting to say.