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Topic: Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!
Started by: Jake Norwood
Started on: 7/29/2002
Board: The Riddle of Steel


On 7/29/2002 at 6:47pm, Jake Norwood wrote:
Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!

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

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On 7/29/2002 at 8:06pm, Brian Leybourne wrote:
RE: Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!

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.

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On 7/29/2002 at 8:19pm, Jürgen Mayer wrote:
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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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On 7/29/2002 at 8:32pm, Valamir wrote:
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Caption: "Damn, this is one of those moments when I wish I put more points into my Spiritual Attributes..."

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On 7/29/2002 at 8:48pm, Ron Edwards wrote:
RE: Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!

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

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On 7/29/2002 at 11:39pm, Lyrax wrote:
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Caption: "Ummm... okay, I'll put an A priority into attributes..."

:-D

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On 8/2/2002 at 3:18am, Wolfen wrote:
RE: Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!

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?

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On 8/2/2002 at 4:07am, Samus75 wrote:
I thought Hef's were bigger then that?

I thought Hef's were bigger then that?




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On 8/2/2002 at 4:43am, Brian Leybourne wrote:
RE: Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!

Wolfen wrote: 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.

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On 8/2/2002 at 6:33pm, Wolfen wrote:
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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?)

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On 8/2/2002 at 9:01pm, Jake Norwood wrote:
RE: Cover art for Of Beasts and Men now up!

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

Jake

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On 8/7/2002 at 11:14pm, Samus75 wrote:
Things of the past

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

And is there a three legged Hef ???



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On 8/8/2002 at 12:40am, Brian Leybourne wrote:
Re: Things of the past

Samus75 wrote: 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.

Samus75 wrote:
And is there a three legged Hef ???


Err... no, should there be?

Brian.

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On 8/8/2002 at 2:37am, Lyrax wrote:
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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.

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