Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!

[Jake Norwood]

Jeremy McHugh's excellent cover art work for Of Beasts and Men in its near-final form is now availble for your oggling at
http://www.theriddleofsteel.com/news/
Click on the image for a bigger one.

Jake

[Brian Leybourne]

Can I just say...

... that guy on the cover is screwed :-)

Even the 2 wolves would probably be enough to take him down. Add a Hef (presumably), and it's adios muchacos.

[Jürgen Mayer]

Nice! I like it that you need to take a second look to notice that the men is fighting for the life of his wounded friend...

[Valamir]

Caption:  "Damn, this is one of those moments when I wish I put more points into my Spiritual Attributes..."

[Ron Edwards]

Yup, it's time to consider the following:

Drive - to defeat the clan chiefly fairly; the clan chief is the wounded guy
Passion - the clan chief's sister (who's watching this very fight; her POV is the reader's)
Faith - in the religion that declares the Hef to be the cursed of God
Conscience
Passion - hatred of this particular Hef, who killed the guy's brother

I'd put that at 25 dice increasing the guy's Combat Pool. And Endurance rolls. And terrain rolls.

Best,
Ron

[Lyrax]

Caption:  "Ummm... okay, I'll put an A priority into attributes..."

:-D

[Lance D. Allen]

Very nice, and an interesting backstory, too. I actually hope that the cover art is mentioned in the book, with that much of a story..

Also, I hope that the image will eventually end up in the neat border style that the other TRoS books have?

[Samus75]

I thought Hef's were bigger then that?




Samus75
from no where special
  doing nothing interesting..

[Brian Leybourne]

Very nice, and an interesting backstory, too. I actually hope that the cover art is mentioned in the book, with that much of a story..

Way ahead of you mate.

Brian.

[Lance D. Allen]

I thought Hef's were bigger then that?

So it's a young Hef?

I noticed that too, but I didn't much mind. However, it does bring up an interesting point.. What differences might there be for younger critters/people in stats and abilities? A young Hef, or a human child, for example. Do we just extrapolate down for the Hef, or just assume that anyone can mow down a child?

(Not that I'd ever do anything like the latter, but I've seen some players... eh, Brian?)

[Jake Norwood]

Actually, Hef range from 8 to 9 feet. If that guy extends his legs and un-hunches, he'll hit more than that.

Jake

[Samus75]

Is there a section in the book talking about Hef Magic ????
 
  And is there a three legged Hef ???



Samus75

 a whole year to be born....

[Brian Leybourne]

Is there a section in the book talking about Hef Magic ????

Hef aren't really clued up enough to use magic. They're not completely ignorant beasts, but sorcerers they're not.
 

And is there a three legged Hef ???

Err... no, should there be?

Brian.

[Lyrax]

Hey look, a three-headed monkey!

I'm sorry, but I just HAD to say it, what with someone talking about a 3-legged hef and all.