ooh! Hammer and Helm Art
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Wulf Ratbane
Adventurer
Very nice!
I especially like the lady.
I especially like the lady.
Nikchick
Explorer
Goremole said:
Wow, Evan managed to sneak that update up on me! We here at GR are pretty darn chuffed as well; I've seen the final layout of the book with the art in place and I must say, folks, Hammer and Helm ROCKS for people who like dwarves.
In addition to David's most excellent art, I expect to see a PDF preview for the book next week as well.
I'll send out a press release and announce it in the Publisher's forum when that's ready. Meanwhile, please do come by to see the art preview! David did a fantastic job on this book.
Nicole
JoeGKushner
Adventurer
Badaxe crossover?
With two dwarf books coming out, both by companies distributed by Osseum, was there any chance of seeing an Interlock here? I guess I bring up the question a lot because I think the possibility is very wide and open and until I see how the first two books in the series work, I'm going to be thinking that several styles of books can be fitted thusly.
With two dwarf books coming out, both by companies distributed by Osseum, was there any chance of seeing an Interlock here? I guess I bring up the question a lot because I think the possibility is very wide and open and until I see how the first two books in the series work, I'm going to be thinking that several styles of books can be fitted thusly.
Nikchick
Explorer
Re: Badaxe crossover?
D'oh, that would have been a good idea, wouldn't it. Unfortunately, Hammer & Helm was already mostly finished and we'd already planned our co-operative angle with Paradigm for it by the time we even knew about Bad Axe's planned book.
Nicole
JoeGKushner said:
D'oh, that would have been a good idea, wouldn't it. Unfortunately, Hammer & Helm was already mostly finished and we'd already planned our co-operative angle with Paradigm for it by the time we even knew about Bad Axe's planned book.
Nicole
Wulf Ratbane
Adventurer
Well, I'd started working on my DWARVES book as I am a huge fan of dwarves and there was simply nothing out there to suit my tastes. Believe me, "competing" with Green Ronin (and Mongoose) isn't something I would have chosen to do if I had known their stuff was on the way before I had gone through the trouble of writing the book and starting up a company to publish it.
That being said, I hope there won't be much competing content between the two books.
I have taken a very narrow focus with the HEROES OF HIGH FAVOR series, concentrating on the favored class aspect of each race. Yes, I imagine there will be some overlapping content in some of the "iconic" prestige classes (the battle-rager and mage-smith type offerings being obvious examples).
You can break DWARVES down into three sections:
1) Feats and skills-- with a heavy focus on fighter feats (remember that favored class focus!) as well as the "iconic" fighting styles
2) Dwarven craftsmanship-- dwarven Runes and an expanded masterwork section (building heavily on the mithril and adamantine sections from the DMG)
3) Prestige classes-- ten fighter-multiclass options
As you can see we're talking about lots and lots of crunchy bits. We do present some roleplaying discussion for players to help them find their role in the game and within the party (which you can see here) but stop short of in-depth background material aimed at DMs. This is a book first and foremost for dwarf players.
The narrow focus of our DWARVES book, smaller size, and lower retail price ($9.95) leads me to believe it will be a nice "companion" to GR's offering (officially released the month following Hammer and Helm).
Wulf
That being said, I hope there won't be much competing content between the two books.
I have taken a very narrow focus with the HEROES OF HIGH FAVOR series, concentrating on the favored class aspect of each race. Yes, I imagine there will be some overlapping content in some of the "iconic" prestige classes (the battle-rager and mage-smith type offerings being obvious examples).
You can break DWARVES down into three sections:
1) Feats and skills-- with a heavy focus on fighter feats (remember that favored class focus!) as well as the "iconic" fighting styles
2) Dwarven craftsmanship-- dwarven Runes and an expanded masterwork section (building heavily on the mithril and adamantine sections from the DMG)
3) Prestige classes-- ten fighter-multiclass options
As you can see we're talking about lots and lots of crunchy bits. We do present some roleplaying discussion for players to help them find their role in the game and within the party (which you can see here) but stop short of in-depth background material aimed at DMs. This is a book first and foremost for dwarf players.
The narrow focus of our DWARVES book, smaller size, and lower retail price ($9.95) leads me to believe it will be a nice "companion" to GR's offering (officially released the month following Hammer and Helm).
Wulf
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