The (new) Immortals Handbook Thread

[CRGreathouse]

Okay I just managed to sneak the scan of the Amilictli Art in before midnight my time (I work on the IH during daylight hours and I treated myself to watching the football match earlier this evening hence the delay), there does seem to be a problem with part of the scan being very faint, so I may need to darken parts of it but I think you get the gist of it.

The picture looks pretty nice, but 1.45 MB? That takes time to display!

I look forward to the Anakim, by the way.

By the way kudos to CRGreathouse. I thought most of those threads were dead and buried, strange that my old links to those threads in my favourites stopped working a while ago...? But thats a great resource of tomfoolery and highlights my procrastination - well done!

Hey, I'm just doing my part. I thought it would be nice to have them all listed somewhere, and this was a convenient place.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hiya mate!

The picture looks pretty nice, but 1.45 MB? That takes time to display!

I thought there was something wrong with that scan (it took a lifetime to upload). I'll need to redo it anyway to darken some lines. I'm also not sure if the picture is to scale, it might be slightly squashed, I just slapped in the pixel size for the image.

I'll sort it all out tomorrow - I'm off to bed.

 

[Anabstercorian]

Nice art, Craig! A bit of a relief, too - Never having seen your art before, I was concerned that it wasn't as presentable as you claimed. Now I see I was wrong to doubt you!

Except for your print dates, those I still doubt. WORK HARDER

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hiya mate!

Nice art, Craig! A bit of a relief, too - Never having seen your art before, I was concerned that it wasn't as presentable as you claimed. Now I see I was wrong to doubt you!

I consider myself a designer first, writer second and artist third.

By the way, does anyone know the best way to get the file size of the image down? The image on the website was colour/600 dpi/100%. This morning I tried it greyscale/400 dpi/66% and it still turned out 1.1 Meg!

Except for your print dates, those I still doubt. WORK HARDER

Indeed.

 

[CRGreathouse]

By the way, does anyone know the best way to get the file size of the image down? The image on the website was colour/600 dpi/100%. This morning I tried it greyscale/400 dpi/66% and it still turned out 1.1 Meg!

Photo editing software is a good way, although I'm sure there are other ways. How small do you want the final image?

 

[Kavon]

Hey U_K :3

Hmm.. You might want to bring the dpi back to 72, since that's all that a monitor's going to give anyway (make a print version and a website version, since for printing it does actually matter), that way the filesize will be decrease by a large leap. :3

Anyway, I don't know what it looks like (*is curious*), since when it was loading it it seemed to give my poor old computer a stroke, so I had to click "back" lots to save my poor computer's sanity (keep it from crashing) :3

 

[CRGreathouse]

Anyway, I don't know what it looks like (*is curious*), since when it was loading it it seemed to give my poor old computer a stroke, so I had to click "back" lots to save my poor computer's sanity (keep it from crashing) :3

Here's a smaller version of the file, darkened like U_K mentioned he wanted.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey all!

The stats for the Anakim (Silent One) are now on the website.

I was reading over the tactics and I dunno what it is but I am just not that happy with them. If anyone can think up more devastating tactics for the Anakim post them here or email me.

Hey CRGreathouse mate!

Thanks for posting the smaller image for Kavon.

Photo editing software is a good way, although I'm sure there are other ways. How small do you want the final image?

In and around 300-400k would be nice.

Hey U_K :3

Hey Kavon matey!

Hmm.. You might want to bring the dpi back to 72, since that's all that a monitor's going to give anyway (make a print version and a website version, since for printing it does actually matter), that way the filesize will be decrease by a large leap. :3

I'll really drop the dpi down and do a test later tonight.

Anyway, I don't know what it looks like (*is curious*), since when it was loading it it seemed to give my poor old computer a stroke, so I had to click "back" lots to save my poor computer's sanity (keep it from crashing) :3

Sorry about that dude!

Edit.

By the way I just uploaded the Amilictli image in Grayscale/75dpi/75% its 299k I think. Let me know if thats any easier on your computer?

 

[CRGreathouse]

I have questions about the Anakim now.

1. The anakim has "damage reduction 20/epic, holy and piercing/slashing". What does the last part mean -- only piercing and slashing weapons can get through, or only piercing or slashing weapons can get through? The only weapons I can think of that have both P and S damage *at the same time* (unlike the dagger) are natural weapons: bite and claw.

2. The primary attack of the anakim is listed as a ranged weapon, but (unless I am very mistaken) uses Strength for attack rolls. How does this work? Is it related to the fact that it's an everdancing weapon?

3. What does this ability do?
Legendary Strength (Ex): The anakims strength is the stuff of legend. Their strength score is twice that of other abominations their size, and as a result gain +3 virtual size categories.

The Strength score is listed, so the first two clauses are purely explanitory, but what do the virtual size categories mean in play? That is, what's not already factored into the stats?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey CRGreathouse dude!

I have questions about the Anakim now.

Fire away mate, by the way if you have any thoughts on the Amilictli feel free to email me.

1. The anakim has "damage reduction 20/epic, holy and piercing/slashing". What does the last part mean -- only piercing and slashing weapons can get through, or only piercing or slashing weapons can get through? The only weapons I can think of that have both P and S damage *at the same time* (unlike the dagger) are natural weapons: bite and claw.

Its piercing OR slashing, I'll make the change next time I update...in fact I just did. I also noticed a discrepancy with its armour class that I have fixed.

2. The primary attack of the anakim is listed as a ranged weapon, but (unless I am very mistaken) uses Strength for attack rolls. How does this work? Is it related to the fact that it's an everdancing weapon?

Yes.

3. What does this ability do?
Legendary Strength (Ex): The anakims strength is the stuff of legend. Their strength score is twice that of other abominations their size, and as a result gain +3 virtual size categories.

Virtual size categories are explained at the start of the Bestiary. Sufficed to say the main benefit is that its physical attacks are treated as if +3 size categories for the purposes of dealing base damage.

The Strength score is listed, so the first two clauses are purely explanitory, but what do the virtual size categories mean in play? That is, what's not already factored into the stats?

I think I have it all covered in the stats, so I'll just delete that reference to avoid confusion. Legendary strength is mentioned because the anakim breaks with the abomination stats outline in the ELH.