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Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!

Started by Jake Norwood, July 29, 2002, 02:47:31 PM

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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
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -R.E. Howard The Tower of the Elephant
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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.
Brian Leybourne
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RPG Books: Of Beasts and Men, The Flower of Battle, The TROS Companion

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...
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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 Meibos
Insanity takes it's toll.  Please have exact change ready.

Get him quick!  He's still got 42 hit points left!

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?
~Lance Allen
Wolves Den Publishing
Eternally Incipient Publisher of Mage Blade, ReCoil and Rats in the Walls

Samus75

I thought Hef's were bigger then that?




Samus75
from no where special
  doing nothing interesting..

Brian Leybourne

Quote from: WolfenVery 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.
Brian Leybourne
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RPG Books: Of Beasts and Men, The Flower of Battle, The TROS Companion

Lance D. Allen

QuoteI 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?)
~Lance Allen
Wolves Den Publishing
Eternally Incipient Publisher of Mage Blade, ReCoil and Rats in the Walls

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
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." -R.E. Howard The Tower of the Elephant
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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

Quote from: Samus75Is 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.
 
Quote from: Samus75
And is there a three legged Hef ???

Err... no, should there be?

Brian.
Brian Leybourne
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RPG Books: Of Beasts and Men, The Flower of Battle, The TROS Companion

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.
Lance Meibos
Insanity takes it's toll.  Please have exact change ready.

Get him quick!  He's still got 42 hit points left!