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A thread for discussing and sharing fantasy fashion!
In the fantasy world your in a different setting and many times with different races and cultures. Some people, myself included, enjoy creating and tailoring outfits, including tattoos, shoes, headwear, and full costumes for their characters to remember them by and to shape who they are. So, have anything to share?
As I mentioned in the thread I started about tieflings, Blood of Fiends has some nice footwear based around hooves.
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Very interesting, really. They look practical, too, though the second one strangely comes from a very not-practical outfit.
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Man, don't even know where to start...
<3 pulling fashions from various cultures both real and completely fictional though. It's something that can really help breathe life into a setting, especially when patterns and themes start pulling together.
This turned into a long and weird discussion elsewhere, but maybe there's something to the idea of particularly tusky orcs and half-orcs getting designs carved into them. This sounds like it would be incredibly painful and unhealthy, but then again I just realized that I don't fully know how tusks work.
With Pathfinders "empathic reflection of their environment" possibilities for gnomes, maybe there's some sort of way they can purposefully attune themselves to get a makeover. Like some gnome with red human-like hair and freckles from sun exposure wants to emulate Lini's grass-hair and green tint, maybe a number of trips to some place that has carefully arranged gardens or other environs coupled with magic could "recalibrate" them?
Like in the thread this forked off of, I really do wonder if there are folks that specialize in styling and decorating tiefling/aasimar/other-planetouched anatomy like horns, hooves, bonespurs, vestigal wings, and whatever else along with other races with unusual anatomy. I imagine a lot of that line of work is played by ear.
On that note, long-horned tiefling with gold/silver chains crisscrossing between them in a web of strands and jewels would make for a really neat look.
One of the coolest bits from Varisia's fashion history is the art of embedding ioun stones in one's skin. Surely there were more affordable options to emulate that look with mundane jewels and stones. I like the idea of it being relatively common to see in Kaer Maga, with it trickling out into the rest of Varisia either as trends in the lowlands or emulated traditions up on the Storval Plateau.
Along those lines, oreads getting jewels embedded in their skin sounds like it could be common practice. Hell, they couild possibly even get some silver or gold tracework done, flexibility allowing.
Well, on the note of tieflings, as I'm a bit bent on that subject, Blood of Fiends specifically calls out that there's "Devil Quarters" in certain cities, places where the tieflings get put because nobody wants them anywhere else. I find it extremely unlikely that there's nobody creative enough among the fiend-blooded peoples to start coming up with simple designs like tail rings or chains hanging off of horns.
As for tusky orcs and half-orcs, I'd like to point out that several primitive cultures would straight up file their teeth away for the impressive sharp-toothed look, and I doubt tusk carving would hurt more than that. I think it'd be less a racial thing so much as a tribal thing. Which, by the way, should mean that tribes should be recognizable by their outfit designs and equipment, which is a whole other opening for design.
my Half-Nymph bard wore
a dark hued gothic Victorian style noble's dress which symbolic of the Porcelain doll, Symbolic of the Marionette, Symbolic of her job as a "Puppeteer"
my Tian Magus Wore
a winter weight Black Sakura Print Furisode Kimono with a pair of Sakura Colored Flip-Flop Sandals, a Katana at her hip, a Straw doll around her hip, a piece of Crimson String around her left Pinky, and a Crimson Choker Ribbon around her neck, she was a dervish dancing katana magus. had decent strength for her composite longbow and she was a Kensai/Bladebound Build
Like in the thread this forked off of, I really do wonder if there are folks that specialize in styling and decorating tiefling/aasimar/other-planetouched anatomy like horns, hooves, bonespurs, vestigal wings, and whatever else along with other races with unusual anatomy. I imagine a lot of that line of work is played by ear.
Well, with own tiefling character I decided to use what vestigial features he had and use those to give him an a particular appearance.
Horns: Leon has 2 sets of horns, one that pushes forward out of his forehead and bends back over his head pointing backwards and another shorter set that wraps around it. He has 2 gold bands wrapped around a pair on each side.
Wings: Leon has large furred wings and he has metal guards placed over them and continual flame cast on those. He keeps them wrapped around him and hidden under an illusion unless he wants to show them off.(hat of disguise ftw)
Claws: Leon paints his claws black and wears guards over them to make them a little more subtle.
Tail: Leon wears thick but light metal(Mithral breastplate) with dark frills coming out of the seams. Under the one around his waist he wraps a long feline tail to hide it. He has a golden bracelet near the end giving it some weight to remind him its there.
Ears: Leon has feline ears. Furry and square. He wears a guard over them and grows his hair out in an unkempt mane so they look like an accessory instead of weird ears.
Feet: Leon has a pair of clawed feet with a bonspur coming out of his heel He wears large metal boots high heeled boots to cover and hide them. On the upside, he has really nice shoes, if a little uncomfortable.
Fangs: Dental hygiene is important! Luckily he has a mostly human maw after some work. He has two fangs instead of canines and instead of saw them down or moving them to look more human he hangs them over his lip just barely.
Bonespurs: Leon has four small spikes coming out of his shoulderblades(2 each), and curved upwards. They'd appear large and noticeable if he didn't hide them with glamour or wings. Like his nails, he's painted them black so they blend in with is armor and give them a less freakish appearance.
Clothing: Leon wears Dark colored plate that blends in with his dark hair and fur and nails. Dark colored frills come out of the seams to give them a more regal appearance and to better hide anything that might be seen. Coupled with painted Claws and Bonespurs and glamour to hide anything that might be too obvious, I'd say he fits right in and looks stylish too, if a little bit odd.
Bleh, took a bit longer to find my notes on him than I thought. All of my characters tend to have lengthy scripts over what they wear hidden somewhere...
I'm trying to work out what an Asmodean cleric would wear, specifically a tiefling Fiendish Vessel cleric. I'm looking at, for tiefling traits, large horns, a thick fleshy tail, and hooves. anybody willing to make suggestions there? Maybe personal effects she might carry? It's largely a proto-character at the moment, so things can change pretty easily.
the reason I'm going for standard tiefling traits in the horns, tail, and hooves is she's devil-spawned, and they tend to be inherently lawful, so I went for homgenous "tiefling" traits. What you'd expect.
A thread for discussing and sharing fantasy fashion!
In the fantasy world your in a different setting and many times with different races and cultures. Some people, myself included, enjoy creating and tailoring outfits, including tattoos, shoes, headwear, and full costumes for their characters to remember them by and to shape who they are. So, have anything to share?
Dotting this so hard and preparing a post for the weekend in my head.
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Question:
Would long skirts really need to be designed differently for folks that have digitigrade satyr-style legs?
I wouldn't think so. The homebrew we use has our satyr-ish race heavily favor skirts and kilts for ease of leg comfort. The one character that reincarnated into such (and is unfamiliar with the concept of a kilt) just rolls his pants up over the knee to avoid ripping the fabric.
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I was serious about wanting a fashions of the inner sea book! And the hat book!
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Hatz are impurtant. Hyu alwayz hav tu hav hyur hat.
This thread is of interest to me.
my Sylph Street Magician concealed her Vestigial insectile wings beneath a waterproof button-up coat that fit like a short dress or cloak. it was hooded too, she simply appeared to be a petite and cute human female with an odd combination of hair and eye color in that getup
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I usually have a mental picture of how my characters look and what sort of apparel they wear. I typically find a character illustration to base that on, which I can then show to my GM and fellow players.
But sadly, except for one other player who sometimes does the same, the players in my group never talk about character appearance. I'm lucky if I know what color of hair their PCs have. :(
In fantasy art I like to see fashions that aren't quite so obviously modeled after real-world fashions. Imagine the textures and colors you could get for fabrics, leathers and dyes. Giant toad or brachiosaur leather, owlbear and harpy feathers, giant insect chitin...
There need to be more specialty fabrics in the equipment guide, made from unusual substances, with minor special properties that resemble the abilities of the creatures they came from. And more plants with special properties. Plants especially get short shrift in most fantasy settings.
Also, on the tusk-carving - some of the ancient Central American cultures inset semi-precious stones in their teeth to show wealth. There are other cultures that stain their teeth deliberately as a form of adornment. So carving tusks wouldn't seem all that unusual to me, and probably not any more painful than drilling a tooth so you could put a piece of jade in it.
Sovereign glue would do wonders for the fashion industry.
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I wouldn't think so. The homebrew we use has our satyr-ish race heavily favor skirts and kilts for ease of leg comfort. The one character that reincarnated into such (and is unfamiliar with the concept of a kilt) just rolls his pants up over the knee to avoid ripping the fabric.Question:
Would long skirts really need to be designed differently for folks that have digitigrade satyr-style legs?
I would agree with this, aside from the lack of tactile response from hooves making it a bit more difficult to tell if you'd stepped on the hem I would think that having a smaller footprint would actually make a full on floor length gown/dress/skirt easier to move in, without stepping on it that is. Kind of like wearing something floor length with really high heels.
Then again having never worn such a combination of things I can't say for certain.
As to the tusk carving the first question to answer would be how much would it hurt, which depends on how far the nerve extends up the tusk, I would guess not far. And secondly whether they would do it even if it hurt, my guess is yes.
I wouldn't think so. The homebrew we use has our satyr-ish race heavily favor skirts and kilts for ease of leg comfort. The one character that reincarnated into such (and is unfamiliar with the concept of a kilt) just rolls his pants up over the knee to avoid ripping the fabric.Question:
Would long skirts really need to be designed differently for folks that have digitigrade satyr-style legs?
I would agree with this, aside from the lack of tactile response from hooves making it a bit more difficult to tell if you'd stepped on the hem I would think that having a smaller footprint would actually make a full on floor length gown/dress/skirt easier to move in, without stepping on it that is. Kind of like wearing something floor length with really high heels.
Then again having never worn such a combination of things I can't say for certain.
As to the tusk carving the first question to answer would be how much would it hurt, which depends on how far the nerve extends up the tusk, I would guess not far. And secondly whether they would do it even if it hurt, my guess is yes.
Floor length dress and high heels isn't a problem with normal bipedal locomotion (other than getting used to a different center of gravity), but a dress would need to be fuller to accommodate the greater range of motion for a satyr-like leg.
I usually have a mental picture of how my characters look and what sort of apparel they wear. I typically find a character illustration to base that on, which I can then show to my GM and fellow players.
But sadly, except for one other player who sometimes does the same, the players in my group never talk about character appearance. I'm lucky if I know what color of hair their PCs have. :(
In fantasy art I like to see fashions that aren't quite so obviously modeled after real-world fashions. Imagine the textures and colors you could get for fabrics, leathers and dyes. Giant toad or brachiosaur leather, owlbear and harpy feathers, giant insect chitin...
There need to be more specialty fabrics in the equipment guide, made from unusual substances, with minor special properties that resemble the abilities of the creatures they came from. And more plants with special properties. Plants especially get short shrift in most fantasy settings.
Also, on the tusk-carving - some of the ancient Central American cultures inset semi-precious stones in their teeth to show wealth. There are other cultures that stain their teeth deliberately as a form of adornment. So carving tusks wouldn't seem all that unusual to me, and probably not any more painful than drilling a tooth so you could put a piece of jade in it.
I need to have a character walk into a noble gathering with a pegasus feather cloak sometime, or maybe a jacket made from the wing membrane of a dragon. I think that'd be both suitably intimidating and stylish, wouldn't you agree?
I ran a Planescape game with Shemeshka the Marauder as one of the long-term villains/allies of necessity/general pain in the PCs collective tails, etc. I cannot tell you how many unique outfits I designed just so that NPC would have something new each time they saw her.
Tieflings with shod hooves that they treat like jewelry with unique metals, patterns, jewels, etc. Carvings and inlay on their horns, etc. Fun stuff. :D
A thread for discussing and sharing fantasy fashion!
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So, have anything to share?
Oh ho ho! Now you're speaking my language! I've actually been keeping a list of all the different outfits that characters from my PbP have been described as wearing. Similarly I keep lists on DeviantArt for both outfits that might be useful someday as well as one for women in reasonable armor.
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A thread for discussing and sharing fantasy fashion!
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So, have anything to share?Oh ho ho! Now you're speaking my language! I've actually been keeping a list of all the different outfits that characters from my PbP have been described as wearing. Similarly I keep lists on DeviantArt for both outfits that might be useful someday as well as one for women in reasonable armor.
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I'm digging the idea of the tusk carving, but have a tiefling spin on it, in honor of the thread that inspired this one.
I've got a tiefling inquisitor (this alias) whose appearance is fairly human-like, except that he's got these weird bony growths, that have grown more pronounced as he's grown older. I had envisioned this as a way to have him covered more and more in bone, so that Armor of the Pit would be a logical feat for him to pick up. But since he's in a Way of the Wicked game, I think I'll have him carve designs into the bony knobs that stick off him, to make him even more intimidating and scary.
And I think all contributors to this thread are to be congratulated on providing interesting written descriptions of fantasy fashion ideas, instead of linking to the many cheesecake images I'm sure one would find by googling around a bit.
I personally have the fashion consciousness of your average rutabaga. I personally could not care less about the latest fads, designer brands, trendy outdoor apparel or branded logos. In fact I would say it is fair to admit that I consider that entire aspect of our culture to be shallow, narcissistic and vain.
But some of my characters do care. My human male witch with the electric blue hair, the highly intricate tattoos, the glittering and glamorous pantaloons and silk shirts, and a highly unusual fascination with proper leather footware is one case in point. He's all about image and fashion, and believes himself to be a trendsetter in most cases. My custom made miniature is meticulously painted to represent him in all his gaudy glory.
My dryad/elf female druid, on the other hand, has even less interest in fashion than I do in real life, and she finds no reason beyond humanoid convention and battle protection to wear clothing at all. Yet she still manages to stand out in a crowd in large part due to her appearance. Her hair is more twiggy than hairy and changes color with the seasons. Her skin gives the appearance of an elf carved from an oak tree, and her fingers and toes are long and multi-jointed with no fingernails. Her ears are more leaf shaped than "pointy" and she bears a number of rough bark-like designs on her body which are partly remnants of old "scars" and part intentional design sort of like a tattoo.
My illusionist wizard with the high charisma enjoys dressing like some sort of Olympian and would not be caught in public without a proper mani-pedi-cure, as well as enough jewels to choke your average carnosaur.
The more I think about it, the more I realize that for an old ex-redneck who hasn't got a fancy set of clothes to his name, I have a surprising number of RPG characters who seem to be quite determined to make their own fashion statements. Potentially something Freudian there? I dunno. It's just fun to do all that in make believe, but I just can't make myself care about such things in real life. Odd.
Also, on the tusk-carving - some of the ancient Central American cultures inset semi-precious stones in their teeth to show wealth. There are other cultures that stain their teeth deliberately as a form of adornment. So carving tusks wouldn't seem all that unusual to me, and probably not any more painful than drilling a tooth so you could put a piece of jade in it.
Somewhere out there is an orc with oversized teeth and several large jewel studded piercings in his tusk. Good way to make someone memorable, eh?
I need to have a character walk into a noble gathering with a pegasus feather cloak sometime, or maybe a jacket made from the wing membrane of a dragon. I think that'd be both suitably intimidating and stylish, wouldn't you agree?
I could go for that! Lots of fantasy creatures to nab things from, though I wonder if there's a fantasy world PETA who doesn't want you taking the features from an Alicorn or some such.
At the moment I've been using the official materials, but I should probably go off and do my own thing too. A druid of mine uses a spiked dragonhide breastplate to give himself a more regal knightly appearance and has a thread with continual flame cast on it threaded through the chestpiece in a serpentine design, symmetrical on both sides. That's a masterwork intimidate tool, eh? In pathfinder I usually list gear as masterwork tools to remind me its there and to have it written down.
Dotting this so hard and preparing a post for the weekend in my head.
I look forward to it, for what it matters. Hard not to love commentary on fashion and shared ideas.
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I expected you to be more colorful actually.
I've been told that I spend far too much time thinking about the clothing worn by my fantasy characters(I've gotten into three different MMOs just so I could play around with the nifty outfits the characters can get). I've always wished I had the artistic talent to draw up every character I play in what I wish them to be wearing.
For example, my Earthling wizard has worn the following around Golarion:
-Vietnam era surplus combat boots, cargo pants, a black t-shirt with a black duster and a wide brimmed hat(because he's a wizard and wanted to look like he belongs on a Dresden cover). The T-shirt has his chosen arcane mark on it - A Punisher symbol.
-A masquerade costume in black trimmed with gold that wouldn't look out of place in that one scene in Labyrinth.
-Pimped out(buckle-pocalypse) thigh high boots with a short skirt, stockings and a sailor suit top(there was this thing with a belt of gender change)
-Little red riding hood costume(see justification above)
-Starswirl the Bearded style robe and wizard hat(same pattern, but cut for a human - He wore it to wizarding classes)
Future Plans:
-Sterkenburg Cranach style white coat and one mithral sleeve(I've gotten the OK to treat it as a buckler)
He also has several more mundane utility outfits in his pack. In fact, I rarely have a character who starts with fewer than three outfits. I've even been known to take less than optimal gear choices just to have enough starting cash for a character to have all the clothes I think they should.
Mostly though, I'm just posting to dot this because several links in here have some great options for new desktop wallpaper.
Sovereign glue would do wonders for the fashion industry.
It would make a lot of the... ummm... physically impossible... outfits quite possible. Generally, though, Sovereign Glue is a VERY scary item. Nothing like the sinking feeling you get when you feel your foot settling wetly into your boot and you hear the laughing of a pixie or the like...
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I've been told that I spend far too much time thinking about the clothing worn by my fantasy characters(I've gotten into three different MMOs just so I could play around with the nifty outfits the characters can get). I've always wished I had the artistic talent to draw up every character I play in what I wish them to be wearing.
This made me laugh. It's one of the reasons I haven't joined a MMO. I spend so much time making different characters in Skyrim just to try out looks. if I did a MMO I'd never actually play anything.
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This made me laugh. It's one of the reasons I haven't joined a MMO. I spend so much time making different characters in Skyrim just to try out looks. if I did a MMO I'd never actually play anything.I've been told that I spend far too much time thinking about the clothing worn by my fantasy characters(I've gotten into three different MMOs just so I could play around with the nifty outfits the characters can get). I've always wished I had the artistic talent to draw up every character I play in what I wish them to be wearing.
But playing is how you get the pretty dresses.
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I tend to spend quite a while designing outfits for my characters.
The artist changed my original design slightly.
I recently made a Mutants and Masterminds character whose limbs could split apart and extend into strange coils and sharp fragments. She ended up wearing a sleeveless cheongsam with a long slit on each side of the legs for optimum movement.
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Floor length dress and high heels isn't a problem with normal bipedal locomotion (other than getting used to a different center of gravity), but a dress would need to be fuller to accommodate the greater range of motion for a satyr-like leg.I wouldn't think so. The homebrew we use has our satyr-ish race heavily favor skirts and kilts for ease of leg comfort. The one character that reincarnated into such (and is unfamiliar with the concept of a kilt) just rolls his pants up over the knee to avoid ripping the fabric.Question:
Would long skirts really need to be designed differently for folks that have digitigrade satyr-style legs?
I would agree with this, aside from the lack of tactile response from hooves making it a bit more difficult to tell if you'd stepped on the hem I would think that having a smaller footprint would actually make a full on floor length gown/dress/skirt easier to move in, without stepping on it that is. Kind of like wearing something floor length with really high heels.
Then again having never worn such a combination of things I can't say for certain.
As to the tusk carving the first question to answer would be how much would it hurt, which depends on how far the nerve extends up the tusk, I would guess not far. And secondly whether they would do it even if it hurt, my guess is yes.
That's an excellent point, even the Morticia Addams range of movement dresses would need a rather different cut for the sake of such differently oriented legs. However you could still share wardrobe between the faun and her human, they just might be less that totally comfortable, and a few things of course would be right off the table.
Also #1 accessory for an adventurer in Golarion, sleeves of many garments nothing like being able to walk through the jungle in your tattered adventuring gear then with a simple slip of the hands be dressed to the nines for when you walk into the small fishing village.
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I recently made a Mutants and Masterminds character whose limbs could split apart and extend into strange coils and sharp fragments. She ended up wearing a sleeveless cheongsam with a long slit on each side of the legs for optimum movement.
What a fascinating character concept! I admire your originality.
I obsess with my characters in terms of the visuals, doing my best to make sure my painted miniature matches the portrait I have for them which matches their description which fits with their build
For attire for my PCs, I tend to get stuck in earth tones and neutrals
My wife, however, often pushes me to add color to my painting and designs, almost always for the better end result in terms of how the portrait or miniature looks
My half-golem, Incarnate of Law wears the blood of the unlawful.
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My half-golem, Incarnate of Law wears the blood of the unlawful.
well. F%++. Don't want to mess with that guy.
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My half-golem, Incarnate of Law wears the blood of the unlawful.well. F%&%. Don't want to mess with that guy.
Dried blood smells funny. Sure you don't want to switch to red robes? Its not saying that because I'm like, chaotic or anything...