A preview of NUELOW's upcoming 'Space Smith' hybrid book!

 The one thing left to finish in our Space Smith collection (with classic comics, a never-before-published short story, and roleplaying game rules for OGL d20 games) is the RPG rules section. Here's a preview of the Work in Progress.

SHIP BELT (AKA SPACE BELT)

This item creates a personal gravitational field around the wearer, allowing them to feel as though they are present in their native gravity. They are also used on vessels that don't have artificial gravity either due to size or because they direct the power needed into additional shields or maneuvering capabilities. Some high-end variety of ship belts double as communications devices that allows the wearer to tap into and use the ship's intercoms system.

Using a Ship Belt
After strapping the belt around his or her waist (or anywhere on the body), the character must make a Use Advanced Technology skill check (DC9) to properly attune the belt to the energy frequencies of the ship's defensive shields. The ambient energies in the ship are converted into gravitons by the forcefield, letting the character move about as if he or she is in the gravitational field of their native planet. Items and being outside the field remain weightless.

(Well,,, we also have figure out what to do with the cover.)

Are PDFs considered collectibles?

If so, there are some lucky people out there who own the soon-to-be super-rare The Three Lives of Fantomah: Book One and The Three Lives of Fantomah: Book Two.

An executive decision (inspired by artist Bradley K. McDevitt) was made to drop the Book X titling scheme and instead give the books proper subtitles. We're making the change in anticipation of the upcoming release of the book that would have been The Three Lives of Fantomah: Book Three but which is now going to be titled The Three Lives of Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharaohs instead. Here are the revised covers for the first two, followed by the sketch for the third book. (If you haven't checked out our Fantomah series and the cool OGL d20 variant magic rules within them, now would be a great tme.)

Cover art by Richard Case & Fletcher Hanks

Cover art by Richard Case & Fletcher Hanks

Sketch by Bradley K. McDevitt

And if you already own the Fantomah books? Save those original versions somewhere safe. You nnever know... PDFs may just be collectible. Stranger things have happened.

'The Three Lives of Fantomah: Book One'

NUELOW Games launches a new series with The Three Lives of Fantomah. This three volume series will present the best from the 49-episode run (in Jungle Comics #2 - #51) of a character that started out as the first female superhero in comics, transformed into a standard "jungle girl," and ultimately became the ruler of a "lost civilization."

The cover for The Three Lives of Fantomah: Book One

The book features four stories by the character's creator Fletcher Hanks (known for ultra-powered heroes who kill evil-doers in creative ways) and the first by "W.B. Hovious," a pen-name that various writers and artists produced the series under after Hanks' departure. In addition, it contains some d20 System/OGL Modern rules that are designed to capture Fantomah's unusual nature and development as the series unfolded. If you liked the quirkiness of the Modern Advances and Modern Basics series of products, you want to check this one out, as it makes unusual use (perhaps even abuse) of the d20 System's magic, level, and XP systems.

Click here to see previews or to download your own copy of the book. You can see further previews of the series at the Shades of Gray blog by clicking here.