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Great cover! I love it, and I will stand by my promise to buy the book. Probably won't play the game, but I said that if Paizo puts out an updated 3.5, I would buy it.
And it has to be good, it's already got two five star ratings! And it's not even out yet!
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I like that quite a bit. 'Course, who doesn't love Seoni?
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Very cool. The fighter reminds me a bit of Hugh Jackman in Wolverine mode. Trust Paizo to get the art right.
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WOW. Even though I have no plans of getting this I have to say this is an AWESOME cover. Good to see there's someone out there who knows how to do it right.
@Klaus, that strikes me as an excellent example of how two images can be similarly composed and yet not be even in the same 'league of coolness'.
WOW. Even though I have no plans of getting this I have to say this is an AWESOME cover. Good to see there's someone out there who knows how to do it right.
@Klaus, that strikes me as an excellent example of how two images can be similarly composed and yet not be even in the same 'league of coolness'.
Yeah, Wayne Reynolds seems to have put an extra effort into the Pathfinder one that he didn't on the Character Sheets one. Not that the Character Sheets isn't an awesome image, mind you (I wish it was the PHB cover), but the Pathfinder cover just has more... I dunno... movement? The red dragon certainly is better posed than the green one.
That cover is really awesome! Although I have no interest in D&D 3x or systems based on it, I wholeheartedly endorse the Awesome of this cover!
[Edit: Actually, I have to retract part of that statement. I have a lot of love for Modern 20 from RPG Objects which, technically, is based on D&D 3x by virture of lineage.]
@Klaus, that strikes me as an excellent example of how two images can be similarly composed and yet not be even in the same 'league of coolness'.
Eh, I think both are awesome. And I'm not usually a fan of Wayne Reynold's stuff.
Rock on, Paizo.
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Yeah, Wayne Reynolds seems to have put an extra effort into the Pathfinder one that he didn't on the Character Sheets one. Not that the Character Sheets isn't an awesome image, mind you (I wish it was the PHB cover), but the Pathfinder cover just has more... I dunno... movement? The red dragon certainly is better posed than the green one.
Behold the power of art direction! Eh, just confirms my general opinion: 4E has a lot of awesome artists but a weird art direction that pushes them into a bit gaudy and comic-style colours and poses.
I like that quite a bit. 'Course, who doesn't love Seoni?
Me. If you're a subscriber, you get at least 3 images of her in every product. I'm as sick of her as FR fans are of Drizzt do'unpronounceable.
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