"We finally have a transformation sequence in Third Edition ! Eat your heart out, Sidereal Martial Artist !"
Exalted isn't immune to Horrid Cloth Syndrome, and with the new Edition coming maybe it time I display my unreasonable displeasure with some of the NPC who are dress most inappropriately, and maybe throw in some photo reference for a replacement costume.
- Sulumor: AKA Hell-nun/Bondage-nun, get a lot of flack for wearing a Christianity costume in Exalted, but she's a Dune person which mean "Nude All The Time" was all she know pre-Exalted, it's not her fault that Cyan like to give people bad fashion advice. No comment on the nun-bikini, but I really like that nun-hat, I actually don't even realize she was wearing panty when I first look at her due to how mesmerizing that hat looked. Luckily there are other head accessories with similar design. The most obviously choice would be a hijab, since her Past Life wore what seem like a Western wedding costume, it's would be nice that she also choose this as her cloth (it's an Indian bride FYI). If you want to preserve her religious schtick then there is also Japanese and Vietnamese Buddhism nun.
- The Bull of the North: The Ice-walker seem like a mash-up of many nomadic cultural, and yet their leader (and his sorcerer girlfriend) dress like a homeless DnD hobo reject, it's bad enough that he don't even know his people cultural, but do he really think being a beefcake mean wearing armor with your belly exposed and having a pornstache + mullet combo, urggh, just horrid. I'm an amateur so I will leave this case for those with more experience at preventing fashion horror (giving him Mongolian armor just doesn't feel right for some reason).
- Mnemon: I.........hate her cloth so much, it's just look so tacky and Barbie-like, I expect a Great House's leader would dress more fabulously. The shoulder pad look very unnecessary, and her cloth don't have enough pattern and accessories which give her a very mundane and plain look. I would suggest a hanbok for her, it's Korean traditional cloth which feature very bright and vibrant color palette, the contrast between the skirt and the shirt would make her pop out more, and the "fluffy" look of the skirt will make her seem very imposing, the only downside is hanbok won't make her giant cow-tits look very noticeable though.
- The Scarlet Empress: Has the same problem with Mnemon, her default cloth is just too simple for someone like her, and most artist don't bother to make any modifications to it in their artwork. I would suggest an Chinese Empress style for her, since it's look extremely sinister in an Evil-Queen sort of way, and beside, I want to see what sort of crazy stuff artist would put on her head !
- Demetheus: It's not nice to going shirtless but then wear a long-coat that only reveal 1/2 of that glorious body, I suggest that future artists are only allow to draw him naked from now on. And beside, him going around punching evil folk while naked make more sense why Sulumor take such an interested in him, hellnun seem like she really want a collection of bear heh heh heh.
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