This PDF cover has to be seen...

[Merkuri]

True. Since you've done the legwork, you should send the email to RPGNow pointing out the problem and allow them to deal with it from this point forward (if you haven't already done so). Well done.

Already done.

I got a reply from them saying they were forwarding the message to their publisher relations department. Haven't heard anything else beyond that. I wouldn't be surprised if they never informed me about what's going to happen to the work, though.

 

[jaerdaph]

Wtf?

Check out his latest offering - Pscion Blades & Aura Blades. 12 pages for $10 bucks - reduced from $20!

I'm not sure this falls under the humor tag anymore...

 

[jaerdaph]

He's also swapped out the original Potion cover for this:

 

[ppaladin123]

He's also swapped out the original Potion cover for this:

Well, at least it appears to have something to do with potions/alchemy...that or it's a depiction of an elderly drug dealer.

 

[jdrakeh]

Check out his latest offering - Pscion Blades & Aura Blades. 12 pages for $10 bucks - reduced from $20!

And with copy/paste functionality disabled!

 

[doctorhook]

Check out his latest offering - Pscion Blades & Aura Blades. 12 pages for $10 bucks - reduced from $20!

I'm not sure this falls under the humor tag anymore...

That's because there's no horror tag.

Also, does the word "psci-blade" make anyone else imagine some kind of fish-sword?

 

[SiderisAnon]

Check out his latest offering - Pscion Blades & Aura Blades. 12 pages for $10 bucks - reduced from $20!

I'm not sure this falls under the humor tag anymore...

The description of that product was painful to read. The author actually used "lol" in a sentence.

This company's products have got me thinking about why we're all so interested in them, in a painful way. I think it's a combination of two factors:

The biggest is that most or all of us have seen and/or purchased some bad PDF products, especially during the height of PDF publishing. These products seem to be trying to wrap every possible bad PDF publisher trick into one package. We can't stop talking about it because these products are just such a perfect storm.

The other is that morbid quirk of human psychology that keeps you from looking away from a train wreck.


If anyone does buy any of these products, I hope they post a review. I'd be fascinated to see what the full content was like. Unfortunately, the closest thing I could find to a review with a Google search was a reviewer who has it in their "to do" pile because they were sent a free copy.

 

[Dykstrav]

The other is that morbid quirk of human psychology that keeps you from looking away from a train wreck.

This is basically why everyone is so interested. It's got an element of MST3K appeal, the impulse of many people is to laugh when exposed to things like this--and then wonder if it could possibly be genuine, if someone could actually be this untalented and blatantly derivative.

When you learn that this is the real deal, this person is actually trying to get people to pay him money for things like this... Well, it's like Cthulhu, sort of. You lose sanity by even being exposed to it, but now you've seen things that cannot be unseen, so you must now behold the foetid depths of whatever lies beyond to have any hope of making any sense of it and maintaining your grip on your sanity.

 

[jaerdaph]

The description of that product was painful to read. The author actually used "lol" in a sentence.

This company's products have got me thinking about why we're all so interested in them, in a painful way. I think it's a combination of two factors:

The biggest is that most or all of us have seen and/or purchased some bad PDF products, especially during the height of PDF publishing. These products seem to be trying to wrap every possible bad PDF publisher trick into one package. We can't stop talking about it because these products are just such a perfect storm.

I buy almost everything in PDF. Most of my purchases are made as an educated consumer, many are purchased based on my past experience with the publisher's products and the publisher's reputation for quality. I've also taken a few chances and blindly purchased a few PDFs. Of that last category, I've probably only been stuck with two or three bad apples. But in that last blind category, my gut feeling was always based on presentation - from cover to ad copy to free previews.

The other is that morbid quirk of human psychology that keeps you from looking away from a train wreck.

Guilty as charged.

 

[Pseudonym]

Well, at least it appears to have something to do with potions/alchemy...that or it's a depiction of an elderly drug dealer.

After the defeat of Sauron, Gandalf really let himself go.