A slightly off topic deeper dive on the Fat Bodies question./
I think people might want to take a moment and think on why you play CRPGs and role playing in general. One thing I've noticed that is relatively new to the RPG industry is the reality-creep in our fantasies, this weird need for some to not play their idealized self, the fantasy self, in fantasy settings but instead just play themselves as they are. I understand the argument around representation in entertainment and for some things like race, sex, and gender that makes sense especially if we're talking about real world settings but I wonder if a fantasy CRPG is really the appropriate place to cater to
every possible variation of person. I can totally get behind having many NPC body types so that the environment looks more real and lived in, I can also see wanting the option to play a Frier Tuck or spindly wizard type or even a
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arther's Court kind of experience but I don't see the need to see oneself in a fantasy game as you are in reality. This is a fantasy adventure after all where you get to explore exotic settings and fight imaginary creatures and villains, and you have the ability to choose what you look like doing it, it's a chance to experience an environment as your idealized self. If you really want to play your mundane self, well, go outside because there's adventure out there if you look for it, maybe not slaying dragons but there are amazing experiences to be had. It just feels kinda wrong, even, dare I say it, unhealthy on a fundamental level that one's personal
fantasy is not to play at being extraordinary or something different but to be exactly like you already are.
I guess the question each person may want to ask themselves is not about whether or not we should have fat body types available in a fantasy CRPG game, that will come sooner than later as the economic realities of making these types of CRPG make it profitable, but
why you'd want that option for yourself. It's worth examining because if it's no longer an escapist fantasy then it may become an escapist delusion and delusion is never healthy.
With all that said I do support the ability to change body types ect., the more options the better as far as I'm concerned, but
why we choose something in our fantasies is as important as the option to do so. I just felt that there are a lot of people out there that are not yet living their best lives, are still struggling against their own personal demons, and that maybe it was worth pointing out that it may not be the most helpful in their journey to mix reality and fantasy too much. So have the option but also maybe examine why you're choosing the options you do choose because every choice we make in life either moves us closer to our goal or further from it.
/slightly off topic deeper dive on the Fat Bodies question.
