This morning put together a package of visual references for Denis Loubet, who's just about ready to start working on the final version of the cover painting.

Right now I'm reviewing the nonhuman PC racial traits, and working on 'generic' nonhuman NPCs.

-Jeff

Happy Birthday!!!

Chris W :0)

Thanks for the birthday wishes!

The new Hokun drawing is now on DeviantArt: http://fav.me/d7ik0a7

Next up is the Jájgi!

-Jeff

Thanks gmonk!

The new Jajgi drawin is now on DeviantArt: http://fav.me/d7iu398 Next up is the Katru!

I've finished the nonhuman NPC stats, but entering them into the document will take a little while longer.

-Jeff

Last night I finished typing in the nonhuman NPC stats. This turned out to be a much bigger task than I expected - about 3 or 4 days.

Here's why it took so long:

1) First, I had to double-check to make sure that the character generation guidelines for all the friendly nonhuman races were still correct. They weren't, due to to a few changes to certain advantages and disadvantages over the years since I started working on Bethorm.

2) Then, I had to do the same thing for all of the neutral and hostile nonhumans. This was slightly easier since these races didn't have to balance each other (because nobody will be playing them), but still. There are quite a few of them.

3) Then, I had to run the numbers to get creature power ratings for all of the nonhuman NPC races. As I mentioned in an earlier post, creature power ratings help the GM to both balance fights, and determine appropriate treasure. AND I couldn't just run one set of numbers for each race; not all Shen you meet should be equally tough. I settled on 7 variations for each race: a civilian, 3 different fighter types (light/skirmisher, medium/soldier & heavy/elite) and 3 different sorcerer types (beginner, intermediate, and advanced). For each one, I had to assign skills and equipment as well in order to arrive at a proper power rating. A Shen with a stiletto is somewhat less dangerous than a Shen with a steel greatsword.

4) Finally, I had to type up all of the results in a usable form.

Next up: got to finish the Kité drawing, and also I want to double-check the spell durations against the Gardasiyal spell list (and do one final pass on balancing the spells).

-Jeff