WOW - d20 Modern BoVD - New Covers - What do you think?

[Psychotic Dreamer]

BoVD:
I would have to agree it does look very cartoonish and just feel very evil to me. Hopefully the cover is not a sign of what is inside.

D20 Modern:

I don't like the gray background. I would rather see the characters against some kind of city scape or in some kind of battle.

City of the Spider Queen:
WOW! That looks amazing. That pretty much sums it up.

 

[Tsyr]

Actualy, if you look close, it looks like that's a "brushed steel" background, not just grey. That might look kinda cool, though I can't say for sure until/unless I see it IRL...

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

Here is a copy of the D20 Modern cover as posted over on the Free Gaming Association. I like the cover a bit more now. It has a metal feel to it.

 

[Tsyr]

Ok that one rules.

I wish the mage still had his staff though, for some reason...

 

[Talaysen]

I like the d20 Modern cover, though I agree that the guy in the middle would probably have been better off on his own. I actually might have liked to see a background behind him - some sort of urban alley, perhaps, which would make the sword all the more striking.

Book of Vile Darkness reminds me of some of Tim Burton's work. Now, to me, Tim Burton is a god, but I don't think that style fits with what they've already established for D&D.

City of the Spider Queen looks ok. No real comments there.

I do wonder - will publishers who use the d20 Modern ruleset as the basis for their products (as opposed to the core D&D/d20 rules) be able to say "Requires the d20 Modern rulebook by Wizards of the Coast" or what have you instead of "Requires the Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook, Third Edition"? This, of course, is a tangent, and perhaps deserves a separate thread...

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

Yeah I like the look of the cover now. I do agree that I wish the mage still had the staff.

 

[Aitch Eye]

I prefered the preliminary version. The womans pose seemed less stiff, and while I thought she should have a gun that was a little bigger...at least the sword is shorter. I'd rather the magic user had kept some kind of walking stick.

Ridiculously personal carpings aside, the artist did a nice job. Anyone know who it was? The signature looks familiar, but the first name isn't coming to me.

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

I do wonder - will publishers who use the d20 Modern ruleset as the basis for their products (as opposed to the core D&D/d20 rules) be able to say "Requires the d20 Modern rulebook by Wizards of the Coast" or what have you instead of "Requires the Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook, Third Edition"? This, of course, is a tangent, and perhaps deserves a separate thread...

As far as I know that is indeed the case. D20 Modern is supposed to become part of the SRD. I know there are a few companies working on games to be released using the D20 Modern rules as soon as they are released in November.

 

[Tsyr]

I dont know who did the d20 modern cover for sure, but the art looks A LOT like the art on the cover of my Feng Shui book... even has the "three person" pose... and the style is so dang similar...

 

[Harlock]

I really like the look of the Free Gaming Association cover rather then the first one posted. I like seeing a mage with a submachine gun. Fits the modern spirit. I like the woman in the red skirt slit up to her thighs better than the punk girl with shotgun. The metal feel is cool. I hope the Metal looking binding is in.

City of the Spider Queen seems typical D&D fare to me. I like the subdued coloring it has, fits an underground, unatural light feel.

Book of Vile Darkness looks neither vile nor dark, though it does resemble a book. Maybe I was expecting too much, after all, people have been hyping this book for quite a while now. A cover with a few skulls on it just seems anti-climactic.