Morrus' Daily RPG News Updates

EN5ider's summer of fey continues unabated with this latest supplement by Colin McLaughlin. In Armament of the Courts, we bring you six new fey-themed magical items - three of Summer, and three of Winter. The Mask of the White Stag, the Cloak of Leaves, and the Gauntlets of Summer are all part of the Regalia of Summer; while the Winter Wolf's Hide, the Horn of Winter, and the Signet of the Winter Sky are all of the Legacy of Frost. Additionally, here you'll find additional item powers activated by Legendary Deeds, and the effects of a fey patron's Royal Will. Illustrated by Ellis Goodson.

Up right now on Kickstarter - and fully funded and doing very well just a couple of days in - is a detailed dive into a whole bunch of D&D 5E monsters. Goblins, gnolls, and orcs, amongst many others, are covered along with their cultures, environments, and a variety of different stat blocks. They've sent me along some of the art from the book. Check it out below, and find the Kickstarter by clicking on the art. The book is called Ultimate Bestiary: Revenge of the Horde.

Courtesy of the Know Direction podcast, here's the latest info direct from Gen Con about Paizo's Starfinder - including the list of core classes (soldier, operative, envoy, mechanic, mystic, technomancer, solarion), release date, and more!

There aren't many RPG "rock stars" - I guess Monte Cook is one, as is Chris Perkins. If you add in a splash of Hollywood and the star power of Geek & Sundry, you get Wil Wheaton and Matt Mercer. I strongly suspect this is a large part of the RPG market's 40% increase in size since last year (and I think it's notable that WotC is driving this effort - it's totally true that the market leader is the company which bears the responsibility of growing the market, and everybody benefits). The celebrity angle is not the only part, of course - the whole industry is, in my opinion, raising its game year on year - but it is a part. Hopefully we'll persuade one of them to present an award at the ENnies one day! Anyway, if you were in any doubt as to the effectiveness of the celebrity factor, check out this look at the crowd of the the Critical Role live episode in Indianapolis.

[NOW UPDATED WITH VIDEO OF PANEL] Monte Cook Games has just announced a new roleplaying game, Invisible Sun, which will have a Kickstarter launch very soon - August 15th, in fact - and it looks like McG is innovating hard here. It is described as surreal fantasy, and has mechanics which take place away from the game table. The game has three "modes of play" - action mode, social mode, and the aforementioned mode which takes place away from the table. In Invisible Sun's setting, our Earth is a shadow world; the player characters try to get back to the "Actuality".

Congratulations to the 2016 Gen Con EN World RPG Award winners! Tonight, at Gen Con, the winners were announced live from the Union Station, Indianapolis.

The Adventures in Middle Earth (for D&D 5th Edition) table of contents has popped up! A preview version of the book is available to peruse at Gen Con. This is a photo of the table of contents. Thanks to Banesfinger for the scoop! More info on Cubicle 7's Adventures in Middle Earth here.

At Gen Con (which started in Indianapolis yesterday), Paizo revealed a new piece of Starfinder artwork. Starfinder is their upcoming Pathfinder-compatible science-fantasy game. This piece is by By Kiki Moch Rizki. It's actually on a big banner for all to see.

Welcome back to our weekly look at tabletop roleplaying game, and accessories, crowdfunding roundup! Each week we’ll be looking at a few campaigns currently running that have caught our eye as well occasionally speaking to some of the creators about their campaigns, or looking at some of the ‘behind the scenes’ business aspects of putting together, launching, operating and then delivering a crowdfunded project. If you have anything you’d like us to cover, or questions about anything we talk about, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment or contact me directly.