The best RPG book cover ever

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:11 pm

fucking incredible.

nockermensch · Post by **nockermensch** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:42 pm

This could only be improved by adding pirates to it.

Zaranthan · Post by **Zaranthan** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:38 pm

And lesbians. Ideally, a pair of lesbian pirates.

icyshadowlord · Post by **icyshadowlord** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:40 pm

I thought this would have been a topic about those premium 3.5e books. I paid extra for them because the local store is greedy as hell.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:42 pm

Zaranthan wrote:And lesbians. Ideally, a pair of lesbian pirates.

to a 12 year old, a dinobot basically is a pair of lesbian pirates.

Palladium has nice covers, I also enjoy the original RIFTS cover

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:54 pm

But it isn't a dinobot. There is a dinosaur on one side of the rift and a humanoid giant robot on the other and the turtles are fighting both at the same time.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:58 pm

hyzmarca wrote:But it isn't a dinobot. There is a dinosaur on one side of the rift and a humanoid giant robot on the other and the turtles are fighting both at the same time.

yeah, I should've worded it better, but it's the fusion of dinosaur and robot down that line thats like the feeling of two lesbians.

being crawled over by the ninja turtles.

hogarth · Post by **hogarth** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:25 pm

I generally prefer superhero RPG covers, like:

Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:12 am

I have no idea what is going on with that woman below the energy beam.

hogarth · Post by **hogarth** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:32 am

I think she's healing a dude in power armor.

Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:07 am

Oh, okay, I can see that now. It's so cluttered that it kinda turned my brain into mush there for a moment.

It's at times like this I'm sort of glad that Rob Liefeld is generally too lazy to draw backgrounds.

Wesley Street · Post by **Wesley Street** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:48 pm

It looks like someone attempted a George Perez-style layout without an understanding of basic composition. If you're doing a superhero RPG, pay for art by an actual superhero artist.

Example: GOOD ART

Example: BAD ART - mud and lens flare, ho!

hogarth · Post by **hogarth** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:54 pm

Wesley Street wrote:It looks like someone attempted a George Perez-style layout without an understanding of basic composition.

The reason it looks George Perez-style is probably because it's by George Perez.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:43 pm

Well, they're all better than the Crotch of Doom.

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Wesley Street · Post by **Wesley Street** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:50 pm

hogarth wrote:
Wesley Street wrote:It looks like someone attempted a George Perez-style layout without an understanding of basic composition.
The reason it looks George Perez-style is probably because it's by George Perez.

Then he was probably drunk.

erik · Post by **erik** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:09 pm

Good lord, the right side of the first cover has like a million perfectly placed titanium human skulls (or some other durable metal to not even be displaced by that robo-mech).

Hollow Earth Expedition could have thrown in some Nazi's for improved cover awesomeness, but I still like it a lot.

(front-and back wrap-around cover image, sans cover text)

[edit]Just the cover proper.

K · Post by K » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:31 am

Ancient History wrote:Well, they're all better than the Crotch of Doom.

I strongly disagree, sir. More camel toe in fantasy art!!!

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:50 am

K wrote:I strongly disagree, sir. More camel toe in fantasy art!!!

As you wish:

Endovior · Post by **Endovior** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:19 am

K wrote:
Ancient History wrote:Well, they're all better than the Crotch of Doom.

I strongly disagree, sir. More camel toe in fantasy art!!!

Okay, sure; porn is awesome, and there should be more of it.
That said, regardless of whether or not you decide to include porn in your book, you should probably not have porn on the cover of your book. Unless your book is more or less about porn, it sends the wrong message.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 6:16 am

It's exalted. It's not the wrong message.

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:54 pm

I am not judging lesbian pirates, but pirates tend to be filthy and infested with parasites.

/thumbs up