Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder RPG Core Book - Cover Posted

[Aus_Snow]

This one?

Maybe, but. . .

en Englais, Monsieur rouge!1!!

Um, did I even get that right?

 

[Erik Mona]

That Paranoia cover is a classic. Is it Jim Halloway?

Other classic RPG covers that triggered an instant purchase for me: Shadowrun 1e (getting Elmore to do that was probably the biggest contributor to the "crossover"--from AD&D--success of that game) and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay first edition.

Both of those covers perfectly sold what the game was about.

(Which, as it happens, is what we were going for as well.)

--Erik

 

[Betote]

I also recall CoC 3rd Ed. cover as much better than 5th Ed. Is not that 5e is bad (when talking about CoC, you can't really say "this edition is better than that one"), but the 3rd edition cover had that "investigators + hidden horror + very probable horrible, sudden death" feeling which captured the spirit of the game.

And that's what the Pathfinder cover does. It tells you exactly what is the game about: kicking asses, high-fantasy style

Every time I see a new thing from Paizo, I become more and more proud of my "superscription"

 

[Atlatl Jones]

I love those goblins!

I think I found out why the red dragon is more mobile: it is facing right, so to us who read from left to right, he seems to be moving towards the characters. The green dragon, OTOH, seems just poised, because he stops our eyes from moving.

Nice insight.

There's also much more tension in the red's pose. There's no tension in the green, it's just standing there comfortably. But the red's forearms are raised and curled, and even its back legs are tensed in a crouch; it's not in a comfortable 'resting' state, so it feels more like it's about to immanently explode into action.

 

[Jack99]

Maybe, but. . .

en Englais, Monsieur rouge!1!!

Um, did I even get that right?

Nope

(Anglais)

 

[Aus_Snow]

Nope

(Anglais)

Le gah!

 

[Truth Seeker]

Ah yes...I can smell the glee.

I honestly don't remember the last time I decided to buy a book solely on the basis of the cover. Paranoia 2nd edition, maybe. But damn -- even if I weren't already, even if I'm not planning on running a Pathfinder campaign, I'm in.

 

[jmucchiello]

Another significant difference is that the character sheet cover art order probably asked Wayne to depict four characters, which meant he put significant "art time" into background characters. That also led to a more complicated (and less "in your face") composition, which doesn't help.

I was going to say some of that. The other benefit to fewer humanoids is there is not only more room to bring the dragon to life but there is also more room for that fighter to really look like he's power attacking.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Mufasa!

And he replied...

 

[ppaladin123]

Didn't WAR do the d&d 4e PHB1 cover too? What happened there? That is a rather lousy picture. It doesn't even remotely compare to his other work (like for example the Pathfinder cover).

I'm annoyed because I am stuck with a goofy looking, puke-green dragonborn warrior and a wizard lady posing for no apparent reason (maybe there is a camera?). Maybe I can paste the character sheet artwork onto the the front cover...