The question remains: Will we get halfway decent art in future books?

That depends largely on what your opinion of 'decent' is. It won't be the same as other ICE customers (obviously from this thread alone).

Whatever. The question remains: Will we get halfway decent art in future books?

What do you imagine is going to change? Do you suppose sales will go through the roof and increase the art budget?

I expect after the core books are out, companions will have black and white interior art.

Folk Culture Pack

Any character no matter race may have the cultural background of the Folk.
Other suitable culture packs of this people include all except:
Cosmopolitan, Mariner, Reaver, or Underground
Urban is a rarity given there are few towns and cities within the Lands of the Folk. There are plenty of villages, farmsteads, and isolated huts.

You grew up among the Folk listening to the stories told by the Crones of the Older Gods, and those who wandered East and North  in secret you have been taught to fight and resent the Host.
Some of your friends never returned from the Forests after being taken there at the age of 10 but you did, and brought back strengths but also nightmares always forgotten with the rise of the Sun.

Culture Ranks - the Folk
Perception 2 ranks
Maneuver in Armor 1 Rank
Body development 1 rank
Unarmed Combat 1 Rank
Melee weapon 1 rank
Missile Weapon 1 rank

Crafts (1-2 ranks each) 4 ranks
Navigation 1 rank
Survival (own) 1 rank
Languages 12 ranks
Region (own) 5 ranks
Philosophy / Religion 1 rank
Other Lores 4 ranks
Herbalism 2 ranks
Medicine 1 rank
Climbing 1 rank
Running 1 rank
Stalking 2 ranks
Concealment 1 rank

They sound just like a type of free will undead, so I'd just slap an undead template on a base species (human?).

So, for RMU:
Attack:
Defense: Abomination (-20 DP) Regeneration, magical [1 H/ rnd, 10 min.] (30 DP) Proof, critical, no bleed (10 DP) Proof, critical, no stun (10 DP) Proof, critical, critical reduction I (10 DP)
Form: Body: dead flesh [1] (0 DP) Lifeless (5 DP) Breathing, no (20 DP) Distinct odor (-10 DP)
Miscellaneous: Type, undead III [III] (-3 DP) Mindless (-25 DP) Unsleeping (20 DP) Disturbing voice II [-20] (-20 DP)
Senses: Special: life sense II [10'R/ lvl] (20 DP) Dead sense deprivement (-30 DP)

Remove the Mindless, and it comes to requiring 42 DP, so basically it costs a level of development.

Ah thanks. I think that will help.

I don't know, 15DP is kind of cheap for double the recovery rate and reducing/eliminating the recovery effects of dead zones. Adding tap personal to one of the others is even cheaper for what is essentially a conditional application of greater eloquence worth 40DP for the benefits of casting time on spells less than 10pp and worth even more on higher pp spells.

Eliminating the recovery effects of dead zones is ribbon ability, unless such zones are common in your campaign worlds. 15DP is reasonable for double recovery, as it doesn't change the downtime of the party. everyone else needs 8 hours. Without a more tangible benefit no character would take it in my campaign setting.