What is the new Low Tech like? - Page 2

Icelander · 05-11-2010, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Kromm

Please be warned that we can't promise art for every item of tech or even a good percentage of artifacts. We always request many times more art suggestions than we could ever use, because a certain percentage of these inevitably won't work with the book's visual style, while those that remain are subject to being wedged in as layout permits . . . and visual style and layout are concerns addressed months after we request art suggestions from the writers. From what I've seen, while Low-Tech will have a clean, easy-to-use layout, it will definitely be text-heavy and art-light.

Fair, fair.

I do think, though, that illustrations of armour types might enhance the value of the book for those gamers who do not possess Dan Howard's encyclopedic knowledge of the subject*, but nevertheless would like** to be able to visualise their characters in the gear that they may spend most of their day wearing.

*I.e. most of them.
**A fair proportion, I should imagine.

Anders · 05-11-2010, 12:10 PM

It will also cure cancer, bring about world peace and allow an englishman to win Wimbledon.

Anaraxes · 05-11-2010, 03:13 PM

Now just hold on there. When was tennis invented? Sure, there's that line in Henry V, but early forms were more like handball and racquetball. Wimbledon itself only goes back to 1877. Low-Tech is all powerful, sure, but only within the scope of its Word.

~~Ragitsu~~ · 05-11-2010, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tg_ambro

Are there any other differences or points of note that I haven't asked?

Whether or not it includes batteries.

Just kidding.

Gudiomen · 05-11-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Asta Kask

It will also cure cancer, bring about world peace and allow an englishman to win Wimbledon.

I guess that makes it Miss Cabaret Chicks on Ice. Ooh, we should have that contest!

Jamaraq · 05-11-2010, 03:40 PM

This is the first time for me that I'm really anticipating the release of a gaming book.
I've had this feeling before (with certain movies, novels and even computer games), but never with an RPG book before.

If the past tech books are any indication, I know I won't be disappointed :D.

SuedodeuS · 05-11-2010, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragitsu

Whether or not it includes batteries.

You never know.

As for how the equipment looks, any possibility of a PDF consisting of basically an image gallery of the various artifacts? It might be useful when someone is trying to figure out what their character with a leather cuirass, mail gauntlets, and plate greaves looks like.

DanHoward · 05-11-2010, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SuedodeuS

You never know.

The so-called Bagdad battery definitely won't be in Low Tech. The technology might belong in a book about Fantasy or Speculative tech but the original object definitely was not used to generate electricity.

whswhs · 05-11-2010, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DanHoward

The so-called Bagdad battery definitely won't be in Low Tech. The technology might belong in a book about Fantasy or Speculative tech but the original object definitely was not used to generate electricity.

Funny thing, that was the same thing I was planning to say. I really did look for a justification for putting it in as TL(2+1), but the actual descriptions of its construction totally failed to support even a speculative "battery" interpretation; there was no way I could make it a might-have-been.

On the other hand, I do have the use of the torpedo for electrical therapy. . . .

Bill Stoddard

lachimba · 05-11-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Kromm

Please be warned that we can't promise art for every item of tech or even a good percentage of artifacts. We always request many times more art suggestions than we could ever use, because a certain percentage of these inevitably won't work with the book's visual style, while those that remain are subject to being wedged in as layout permits . . . and visual style and layout are concerns addressed months after we request art suggestions from the writers. From what I've seen, while Low-Tech will have a clean, easy-to-use layout, it will definitely be text-heavy and art-light.

Will the bibliography reference some art books and/or websites that will have some of the art that doesn't get used?

05-11-2010, 12:10 PM	#12
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: What is the new Low Tech like? It will also cure cancer, bring about world peace and allow an englishman to win Wimbledon. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

05-11-2010, 03:13 PM	#13
Anaraxes Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: What is the new Low Tech like? Now just hold on there. When was tennis invented? Sure, there's that line in Henry V, but early forms were more like handball and racquetball. Wimbledon itself only goes back to 1877. Low-Tech is all powerful, sure, but only within the scope of its Word.

05-11-2010, 03:40 PM	#16
Jamaraq Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: What is the new Low Tech like? This is the first time for me that I'm really anticipating the release of a gaming book. I've had this feeling before (with certain movies, novels and even computer games), but never with an RPG book before. If the past tech books are any indication, I know I won't be disappointed :D.