that is the best drow I have seen in years.
She does look very intimidating and scary... like a real drow should.
... And not a sign of a pair of scimitars, either! Fantastic!
I'm guessing well hoping there is no spider queen how are drow structured?
Cool pic, I'm glad to see you guys are using Prescott. :)
Does someone have a link?
I keep pulling up the cover that has Rukus Graul and his wolf on the cover.. and I've dumped my cookies and temporary internet files...
Check the blog Watcher.
Doh! (smacks forehead)
Thanks!
That's awesome!
(applauds)
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I'm guessing well hoping there is no spider queen how are drow structured?
One of my players is so deathly afraid of spiders she can't even bear to watch a TV show with spiders in it or look at any of the spider minis (or even minis that look spider-like), so spiders are definitely out in my game except for very rare occasions.
While I love the way the drow are typically portrayed, I'm half hoping for completely selfish reasons that drow in Pathfinder are associated with something other than spiders, or I can pretty much forget any kind of drow adventures in my game.
Edit: meant to add that the Pathfinder cover for #13 does, in fact, look awesome :D
I was wondering (hoping) if we'd have WAR art forever, but either way, I'm very pleased with this image.
Blue?
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While I love the way the drow are typically portrayed, I'm half hoping for completely selfish reasons that drow in Pathfinder are associated with something other than spiders, or I can pretty much forget any kind of drow adventures in my game.
Similar to how drow were when they were first envisioned for the game, ours worship various demon lords. Unlike other drow, though, there's not really one demon lord they worship over the others, so there won't really be ONE overriding theme. There will be SOME spider elements to some drow still, but there'll be other elements as well. You'll note this drow doesn't have spider themes at all, but more of a demonic spiky theme.
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I like the pic but whats up with her ears.The spiky bits around her ears are either crazy razory earrings or some sort of head dress.
Ok thats what I was hoping but the color is so close it was hard to tell if that was part of her ears or not. I was wondering if drow was going to have some freaky sonar hearing or something going on. :)
Similar to how drow were when they were first envisioned for the game, ours worship various demon lords. Unlike other drow, though, there's not really one demon lord they worship over the others, so there won't really be ONE overriding theme. There will be SOME spider elements to some drow still, but there'll be other elements as well. You'll note this drow doesn't have spider themes at all, but more of a demonic spiky theme.
Nice this I love and yes I also got a farscape vibe from the blue/purple drow.
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Similar to how drow were when they were first envisioned for the game, ours worship various demon lords. Unlike other drow, though, there's not really one demon lord they worship over the others, so there won't really be ONE overriding theme. There will be SOME spider elements to some drow still, but there'll be other elements as well. You'll note this drow doesn't have spider themes at all, but more of a demonic spiky theme.
Nice! Thanks for the update :)
http://paizo.com/image/product/magazine_issue/dungeon/119/cover_500.jpg remains the absolute gold standard of drow pix.
Hopefully this blue one is just a bit of artistic license, as the whole Farscape vibe is, imho, a huge letdown.
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http://paizo.com/image/product/magazine_issue/dungeon/119/cover_500.jpg remains the absolute gold standard of drow pix.
Hopefully this blue one is just a bit of artistic license, as the whole Farscape vibe is, imho, a huge letdown.
Drow, like humans and elves and everyone else, have a range of exact skin tones. Dark blue, dark purple, and black are all possibilities, I suspect.
This Linkified Picture remains the absolute gold standard of drow pix.
Hopefully this blue one is just a bit of artistic license, as the whole Farscape vibe is, imho, a huge letdown.
Just thought I'd help with the link.
Hmmm.. I like the black skin better, but I didn't think the blue was all that bad.
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We've posted the actual cover to Pathfinder 13, and it will be added to the blog entry soon. (If you don't see a drow on the cover, clear your browser's image cache.)
We've posted the actual cover to Pathfinder 13, and it will be added to the blog entry soon. (If you don't see a drow on the cover, clear your browser's image cache.)
Ah.. now see, I think the blue skin looks quite striking against the all black cover...
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As something of a illustration buff it's kinda hard to get a lot of facial detail and expression from jet black skin. Tbhat's why you see a lot of blue, purple, and grey shades and red, green, purple, and blue lighting elements in drow illustration.
From my money Brom is the King of the Drow, but I also like Justin Sweet's work (from the icewind dale games) for a dirtier look. I also love WAR's drow Tempest from the Shadows of Istivin arc cover.
I'd just like to chime in that the cover scheme for Second Darkness is by far and away my favorite of the three we've done so far.
Yay!! Old School Drow! My drow NPCs and PCs a like have always been the blue-black skin drow I first read about in Against the Giants and Descent into the Earth, Glad to see Pathfinder is hearkening back to the origins of the Drow in D&D
Steve Prescott is awesome.
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Drow, like humans and elves and everyone else, have a range of exact skin tones. Dark blue, dark purple, and black are all possibilities, I suspect.http://paizo.com/image/product/magazine_issue/dungeon/119/cover_500.jpg remains the absolute gold standard of drow pix.
Hopefully this blue one is just a bit of artistic license, as the whole Farscape vibe is, imho, a huge letdown.
I prefer the blue/purple-skinned Drow look myself, I'm sick of the gray and black.
I like the blue skin.
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This Linkified Picture remains the absolute gold standard of drow pix.
That's one of my favorites too.. another one of Wayne's creations. ;)
I'm digging this drow though. Can't wait to see more of them.
Will something drider like find their way into Pathfinder?
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This Linkified Picture remains the absolute gold standard of drow pix.That's one of my favorites too.. another one of Wayne's creations. ;)
I'm digging this drow though. Can't wait to see more of them.
Will something drider like find their way into Pathfinder?
Yes. As in, there will be driders in Pathfinder. There'll be a fair amount about driders, in fact, in Pathfinder #16... along with some other freaks and mutants!
Yes. As in, there will be driders in Pathfinder. There'll be a fair amount about driders, in fact, in Pathfinder #16... along with some other freaks and mutants!This Linkified Picture remains the absolute gold standard of drow pix.That's one of my favorites too.. another one of Wayne's creations. ;)
I'm digging this drow though. Can't wait to see more of them.
Will something drider like find their way into Pathfinder?
I am NOT a freak or a mutant! I am a Silver Dragon! ~grins~ Now if you were talking about Heathy or KC, then I would agree with you about them being mutant freaks!
Not really working for me. The linked drow on the cover of Dungeon was better IMO. Also there is maybe just to much near black on that cover. Most of the detail is getting lost.
The actual color to this cover is dark bluish-greyish background with the black "darkness" creeping in from the left.
Since people remarked on the crossbow, I noticed something kind of funny and it seems to be pretty common with people drawing crossbows. Look at the drow's crossbow, then Gimble's in the bard section of the PHB and finally Jozan in the cleric section of the PHB (this is the worse example). How do you keep the bolt from falling out when you point your crossbow down? It just makes the drow seem less intimidating when she is standing there and the bolt in her bad-a$$ crossbow drops to the ground.
How do you keep the bolt from falling out when you point your crossbow down?
perhaps like some modern crossbows (such as Mine) the noch on her bolts fits snuggly enough on the string that mere gravity will not be enough to loose it.
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Yes. As in, there will be driders in Pathfinder. There'll be a fair amount about driders, in fact, in Pathfinder #16... along with some other freaks and mutants!
Sweet, wasn't sure if Wizards cornered the market on them or if the theme change to demons over spiders ruled them out. Good to hear they're continuing. :)
How do you keep the bolt from falling out when you point your crossbow down?perhaps like some modern crossbows (such as Mine) the noch on her bolts fits snuggly enough on the string that mere gravity will not be enough to loose it.
Wouldn't this cause friction and slow down the bolt?
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Since people remarked on the crossbow, I noticed something kind of funny and it seems to be pretty common with people drawing crossbows. Look at the drow's crossbow, then Gimble's in the bard section of the PHB and finally Jozan in the cleric section of the PHB (this is the worse example). How do you keep the bolt from falling out when you point your crossbow down? It just makes the drow seem less intimidating when she is standing there and the bolt in her bad-a$$ crossbow drops to the ground.
Eerie drow technology makes it happen.
OR! The nock at the end of the bolt is clipped to the string. I have a bow, and pretty much all of the arrows I've ever shot have a nock that's just wide enough so that when you fit it to the string, it sits in place. This is, I assume, to keep the arrow steady before you fire, and to prevent it from sliding all around against the string too much. You can in fact hold the bow down or up or wherever and the arrow kinda hangs there as long as you don't shake it around or all that. I've more or less just assumed as a result that most bowstring/nock technology works similarly.
It certainly doesn't cause near enough friction to slow down arrows shot from a bow, though.
EDIT: I was just looking a little closer at the art, and it looks almost like the little demon face at the butt-end of the crossbow grips the string and the end of the bolt to me.