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Solid !!! We've on the right wavelength for sure.

Hi Dave,

Your Thule setting sounds right on. As a fan of S+S from the days of Brak and Thongor, through Conan and Frazetta covers to Karl Edward Wagners Kane masterpieces,I'm getting the right vibe from what I've heard so far.

Something which would be nice to see in the setting would be hard-bitten Nomad types,wondering some kind of desolate waste (desert or steppe)who our PCs could fall in with (and maybe lead in a battle with the local forces of civilization). Any plans for this sort of thing ?

Thanks.

Classes look spot on, Owen.

Good to see a Bloodsport champion in there too. It's not PA without a gladiatorial combat in a ruined Sports Stadium. "Two men enter, one man leaves".

Dark_Mistress wrote:

Owen K. C. Stephens wrote:

Dark_Mistress wrote:

Very cool art in the preview, though I am still partial to stop sign chick. Add her to the cover and I am sold. :)

But I am amazingly dedicated to having a strong female with a stop-sign shield on the cover. That image has a long history with me and PA roleplaying, and I want to honor that tradition if at all possible.

Same, just like giant mutant chickens in a PA should only have one eye. :)

With a weird double pupil!

Not to mention green skinned mutant humans with parking meter maces, mohawked barbarians with tricked out bikes (and wrist crossbows),two headed giants (and snakes) and plants that hurl wooden spikes at people they don't like !!.

Welcome back, Owen. I can't speak for everyone but I guess we know that you're working overtime to make this project something special and true to the post-apoc roleplaying of past eras. Relax and don't overdo it.

On the subject of the artwork, I think spot on for the genre. Not the art for the WOTA cover but maybe appearing alongside the Scavenger\Ruin Rat\Rogue equivalent class in WOTA ??

At the same time, I'm thinking of the stop-sign wielder as being an Enforcer\Fighter maybe ??

And maybe have a Mutant Animal on the cover (like a Cat Person or whatever ?)

Ran a Plague World game a while back and my Players thought the Spanthi were fantastic. Their PCs fought a deadly battle with 2 Spanhi Reavers in the wreck of an ancient hypersonic airliner.

In fact my plan is to merge my Plague World campaign with the Warlords setting and rules and see what happens.

I was thinking as well that this is a good time to release a Post-Apoc book, with TV series like Revolution and Defiance and films like After Earth, Oblivion, World War Z for inspiration.

On the rules front, I was wondering if it will be possible to take a standard fantasy PC race from Pathfinder (say Catfolk) and give them access to Mutations so they could function in a Warlords campaign?

Hi Owen,

I'm a big fan of Post Apoc games back to the old Gamma World and was disappointed to hear of Adamants problem with Warlords.

Now I hear that Warlords is back on and you are at the helm. Great news!!

What I have heard so far sounds spot on and I'll be keen to hands on the print copy when it comes out. I'll probably be using it with Fantasycraft but thats just my system prefence.

Anyway,heres a few thoughts about the subject. Please feel free to comment.

I like your idea of separate races for Human, Mutant Human, Mutant Animal, Mutant Plant and Android. Don't know if Pathfinder covers this but would you consider having subraces for the above ? (Eg Morlocks could be a Mutant Human subrace).

What are your ideas about money and currency in Warlords?. Would you be thinking of a Barter economy with players trading salvaged relics, weapons, food etc.

Will there be any rules for survival in the wilderness or for generating/exporing ancient ruins ?

Thanks
Sgt Steel

Zaister wrote:

I think, I'd have preferred the original art. It captured the post-apocalyptic abandoned-city-look well, while the new one is just some kind of generic "guys with guns" picture, and a little bit too much on the comic-book-style side. Anyway, the contents is what matters!

I agree. I wasn't a huge fan of the art style of the last one, but I did think the image better captured what the book is about. Or hopefully what the book is about.

I've been following this discussion ever since it started and as a long time Post-Apoc fanatic, have been gritting my teeth holding on for this books release in pdf/print. I know you write good stuff Gareth and the previews confirm this. However, I have been moved to comment on the change of cover.

I have to agree with Fnipernackle, Zaister and Dark Mistress. The older cover was better. The old cover alone sold the book to me. It was appropriate to the genre and looked as classy as the Paizo Pathfinder covers. The new one is too comic booky. IMHO the new illustration would be better inside the book somewhere.

I am rooting for the book and like everyone on this thread, keep telling myself to hang just a bit longer. I really don't want to bail out over a cover but please restore the old and make at least 4 people happy.

How about Lin Carters Callisto and Green Star novels ?
And for that matter the excellent Thongor of Lemuria books two !!!!

Great.

Thanks for the info.

Hi.

I've just been emailed by Amazon to say that Elak will be delayed for several months.

This is very disappointing. I greatly enjoyed City of the Beast and Black Gods Kiss and was looking forward to the next books.

Is this just a problem with amazon?. Can it be fixed ?

Thanks
Sgt Steel

Wow,

The titles on your list sound great. I'm a big fan of all of those authors.

For a few other suggestions, how about

1) Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Bracket. (A brilliant Planetary Romance)

2) Planet of Peril , Prince of Peril by Otis Adelbert Kline (ditto)

3) The Andor books by Andrew J Offutt (ditto)

And The Dueling Machine too.