Women and Their Gear

[Adipose]

For economy of effort, I tend to run characters that focus on heavy armor, greatswords, and destruction. I also prefer about four female followers equipped in the same manner. Which gets me to the point of all this: It's rather difficult to find female follower mods that specialize in heavy armor and two hand weapons. Is it because modders, as a group, hold the view that women aren't strong enough for heavy armor and great weapons?

[DoctorKaizeld]

Eh not really. I think its more that they prefer mages or light armor classes due to the lack of good heavy armors.

 

Though do you have Poet? Shes a two handed barbarian if i recall correctly.

[MrNeedles]

<sarcasm on> Geez, you're acting as if there was a tendency to reduce female characters to oversexualized bimbos. What will you demand next, depth of character? <sarcasm off>

 

In all seriousness though, I don't think 'modders as a group' necessarily think that women aren't strong enoug to wield big weapons and carry heavy armor.

I suppose the general preference simply goes into the opposite direction out of purely aesthetic reasons (bikinis instead of plate armor, for example -and I suppose from there on it's only logical that lighter clothing dictates lighter gear/weaponry).

In this regard, parts of the modding community might simply reflect tendencies and preferences which are also largely present in the general population. I definitely don't mean to say that everyone making these mods is necessarily sexist, but I do think that the continued reproduction of certain character archetypes (cute-but-sexy girl as opposed to gruff'n'tough elite-merc-ranger-sniper dude) might show how certain ideas of gender identity are espescially prominent in society. Maybe. I guess. :huh:

 

Btw., back to the topic, there's always Uthgerd the Unbroken! And she's easy to recruit, too - Just a barbrawl away!

[Adipose]

Oh yes, Uthgerd's been one of my basic go-to followers for years. There are somewhere between five and ten that come up to my requirements and I've got most of them bookmarked. There's a very good Dark Elf mod named Areth Selas that I"m quite fond of, also Deadheart's "Asha" who's part of a group of mod companions, and a few others. There are four or five Japanese done mods that look and perform very well, however, while sans culotte, they don't bounce and that's a deal breaker for me.