It is with utmost excitement that I can unveil the first piece of artwork from the genius Strange House designs for my long gestated dream roleplaying game project LORDS OF THE VIDEO WASTELAND.
“WE ARE THE FACES IN THE PIT. TIL THE FINAL FIST COMES DOWN, WE KEEP IT TRUE. HYPERCORP CRUSHERS, GOREBEAST SLAYERS, WIZARD PUNCHERS-CORPSE MONGERS FUCK OFF!!” - The Pitface Thrash Ballad, Traditional Folk Song.
The fiercest defenders of the outer city boroughs are the Pitface Hero Cult. A confederation of gangs bound by a code of tradition, organisation and honor. Worshippers of heroic violence, they defend their boroughs by any means necessary. Known for scavenging, crafting, and robbing what weapons and armour they can from the wasteland and the inner city alike- though the less armor a Pit Face wears, the more heroic they are considered to be.
You don’t need armor when your patch covered battle jacket will keep your spirit fightin’ on- but a little stolen Hypertech couldnt hurt, neither.
The Pitfaces worship FINAL FIST, the transcendent Heroic Violence God who sleeps within the mythical volcano Mount Kuroken. It is said He will someday awaken to cleanse the world of evil.
As honorable as is their creed of keeping their boroughs free of the hypercorps, gorespawn and chaos cults, the fallibility of humankind often leads to Pitface chapters falling far below their own ideals, becoming ossified authoritarian bullies operating with unchecked power and violence in borough communities that need co-operation and stability to survive.
LORDS OF THE VIDEO WASTELAND since 2015, baby.
Accept no Goddamn substitues.
