Steam and Steel - A Guide to Fantasy Steamworks - extra teaser posted 4/27/04

[Maldur]

*has unpacked signs and banners, and is pacing up and down chanting*

WE NEED THIS BOOK!!
WE NEED THIS BOOK!!
WE NEED THIS BOOK!!
WE NEED THIS BOOK!!
WE NEED THIS BOOK!!

 

[ledded]

*grabs a sign and jumps into the line of protestors*

Hell no, we wont go!
Hell no, we wont go!
Hell no, we wont go!
He... er, um, wait, what was it we were supposed to be chanting?

 

[Suldulin]

*joins in, waving a sign 'We need this book.'*

 

[Carnifex]

Heck, I don't know really, teasers just wet your appetite, so appetize me! =)

I guess any info would do really. Some stat block example of vehicles or armor to gawk at? Any PRC's?, how about a table of contents? Campaign chunks? Flexability of tech levels and items?, any of the general crunchy PDF tidbits that are often thrown out by gaming co.'s would certainly satisfy and help ease the wait.

Sorry I didn't reply to the thread sooner - I'll put another teaser up in the net coupla days with any luck

 

[tecnowraith]

Carnifex, most steampunk vehicles standard or fantasy, what are the different propulsion used mostly?

Would you use the templates or something else?

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Is this the same as the Steamworks mentioned in Mprrus' thread about upcoming releases ( http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82193 ), or is there another project in the works to compliment Steam & Steel? Though I note a projection of mid-May...

The Auld Grump - He was goin' down the grade making 90 miles an hour,
When his whistle broke into a scream,
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle,
He was scalded to death by the steam.

from Wreck of the Old 97

 

[Maldur]

Still waiting!

 

[Carnifex]

@tecnowraith - well, all the propulsions are, obviously, steam-based in some form or another. The copter flying craft type uses rotary blades, the dragonfly copter type uses ornithopter-style wings (probably augmented by magic, but little details like that are left up to the creator so that the DM can tailor it to whatever feel he wants - magitech, steam arcana, pure steam tech, whatever), the dirigibles use lighter-than-air gases combined with steam-powered propulsion systems like rotary blades. I think its fairly obvious what steam trains and steam wagons use for motion The steam ships may use corkscrew propellors or great paddle-wheels. The tunnelling vehicle uses a great steam-powered drill or rock-crushing maw (though there is one upgrade for it that effectively makes it like a xorn, melting its way through rock as if moving through liquid).

@TheAuldGrump - I assume so, since scheduling and getting the product finished is entirely up to the guys at En Publishing now, not me. It was about this time last year that I actually wrote the bulk of Steam & Steel, but it took me a few months to finish it off as I was very busy at the time. Then the original publisher went down the tubes so I offered it to EN Pub late last year (September I think?) and they've been trying to get it done since then. The main problem has been art, as you all know by now , and waiting for the last pieces to come in and its been in final layout waiting for a while for that art now. So I'm hoping that the mid-May projection date will actually come true this time - it's as vexing for me to see previous release dates come and go as it is for you guys, but to be honest there isn't much that the EnPub people can do about it at the moment.

@Maldur - so am I, so am I

 

[tecnowraith]

Ahh ok, kinda figure. Not much of new the same things we seen before in other areas of steampunk.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

@TheAuldGrump - I assume so, since scheduling and getting the product finished is entirely up to the guys at En Publishing now, not me. It was about this time last year that I actually wrote the bulk of Steam & Steel, but it took me a few months to finish it off as I was very busy at the time. Then the original publisher went down the tubes so I offered it to EN Pub late last year (September I think?) and they've been trying to get it done since then. The main problem has been art, as you all know by now , and waiting for the last pieces to come in and its been in final layout waiting for a while for that art now. So I'm hoping that the mid-May projection date will actually come true this time - it's as vexing for me to see previous release dates come and go as it is for you guys, but to be honest there isn't much that the EnPub people can do about it at the moment.

Hmmm, didn't know about the previous publisher... That proves it! Steam D20 is cursed!

The Auld Grump, it is just so frustrating...