This is the initial cover sketch.  Mind you, a lot of things could change, but these are the basic ideas.

There's a story behind the image.  Each of the characters on the front cover have a back story and purpose.  They are hunting otec in an secluded temple. On their approach, they are accosted by a maroc liche and his cronies - a djeziniti horde.  The maroc liche is riding a massive maridh, his pet sand-worm has joined him and he has summoned some kind of salt/sand golem.

It's sketchy, but you can also see the statue of a Numid that has crumbled in the background on the back cover.  

By posting this image, we are actively soliciting feedback. It's a sketch at this point, so changes are easy.  (In fact, many of the figures are on different layers, so we can change size, placement, etc.)  Since it's a sketch, we can also change poses and accouterments, etc.

This is the "standard cover" for the softback and future hardbacks.  It is *not* the "Limited Edition" hardback cover.  (We've already posted those sketches.)

Very interesting, and nice concept. My first impressions are that humans don't play a big role in this game? I should also say I'm slightly weary of the orc-etype as a tusked low sloping forehead warrior with pointy ears, especially when he's the focus of the image.

Inexplicable or unexplained intentions are what hook me into a cover or a picture, like that Dark Sun cover with the skinny blue guy ringing a HR Geiger bell with the caravan in the distance. Why is he ringing the tiny bell? Is it a magical alarm, a ritual before battle, or just calling the hounds to dinner?



Make me ask questions about what's going on, like say give one group eyeless masks or something. How can they see? Is it magic or a natural ability?