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Morrus is the owner of EN World and EN Publishing, creator of the ENnies, creator of the What's OLD is NEW (WOIN), Simply6, and Awfully Cheerful Engine game systems, publisher of Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition, and co-host of the weekly Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk podcast. He has been a game publisher and RPG community administrator for over 20 years, and has been reporting on TTRPG and D&D news for over two decades. He is also on the socials.
Down to the last 3 days with A Touch of Class' 7 new 5E classes
There's just three days left to go if you plan to back the A Touch of Class Kickstarter and get yourself a softcover book containing 7 new 5th Edition classes and 19 bonus PDFs which contain 45 new subclasses between them (they're listed below). Meet the full alchemist, cardcaster, diabolist, feywalker, morph, noble, and occultist classes for your 5E games in this 70-page book! The Kickstarter ends this week, and the book will be going out to backers immediately, so make sure you get in before it closes, as there won't be the opportunity to back it afterwards. We have over 2,000 amazing backers as we close in on the end - thank you to everybody!
Turn Order: Warped Episode 17: Downstairs Mixup
Turn Order: Warped, the official stream of the WOIN roleplaying game system, is back with a new episode! The crew seeks repairs at the Wang Zhe shipyard to fix some badly damaged engines, while Lunk makes a new "friend." Join GM of Doom "wacksteven" and the crew of the Black Fang in their intrepid science-fiction adventures! As always, you can get video or audio version of the show - simply subscribe to the YouTube channel or to the official podcast! Or, of course, you can watch the show live on Twitch as it goes out every Saturday! Note that the show features adult language.
Here's the cover of INCIDENT AT ABSALOM STATION, the first adventure in Starfinder's DEAD SUNS AP!
The first Starfinder adventure path, launching in August along with the core rules, is the Dead Suns AP. Following the same model as Paizo's Pathfinder adventure paths, it's a 6-module series. The first adventure is called Incident at Absalom Station, and here's a look at the cover by David Alvarez, depicting the leader of a notorious street gang on Absalom Station! The Dead Suns AP will be released every other month (taking 12 months in total), and each adventure contains a new planet, a new starship, and new monsters.
Here's Some Concept Work For ALTERNITY'S Spaceship Book
Rich Baker over at Sasquatch Game Studios has sent along an exclusive preview of some concept work for Alterity's "The Shipyard" sourcebook (which is a companion volume included in the currently running Alternity RPG Kickstarter). This page spread shows a Tebenkov-Class Survey Cruiser, including the vessel's stats and description. The Alternity RPG Kickstarter has another 10 days left to run, and has already funded, so it's starting to take aim at a number of stretch goals.
The Other Red Box - Early Alternative Art For D&D
A bit of D&D history! Frank Mentzer (TSR, Dungeons & Dragons, creator of the RPGA) shared the following anecdote regarding an alternate cover for D&D's Red Box set which never came to be. The art was by Larry Elmore and featured more than the single fighter and dragon we're familiar with. The art is actually for sale you would need to contact Frank directly via Facebook or email if you're interested.
Turn Order: Warped Episode 16: Ions and Hypospray
Turn Order: Warped, the official stream of the WOIN roleplaying game system, is back with a new episode! The crew of the Black Fang leaves Gallelei IX in the hopes of repairing their ship at the Wang Zhe Shipyard in orbit around the planet Gallelei II, but run into some problems.Join GM of Doom "wacksteven" and the crew of the Black Fang in their intrepid science-fiction adventures! As always, you can get video or audio version of the show - simply subscribe to the YouTube channel or to the official podcast! Or, of course, you can watch the show live on Twitch as it goes out every Saturday! Note that the show features adult language.
ZEITGEIST: Bonds of Forced Faith - A 32-page Adventure for EN5ider Patrons!
Quite a special item for EN5ider patrons today! This 32-page adventure, Bonds of Forced Faith, is a prologue to the ZEITGEIST adventure path. Featuring a group of pregenerated PCs 100 years before the main adventure path begins, the players play King Lorcan Finn and his retinue which includes Dame Melissa Gahlot the Green Knight; Mayor Roland Stanfield, the reincarnated deva; Principal Minster Harkover Lee, the fire-wielding defender of the King; Godgand Thomas Masaryk, a foreign holy warrior; and Amielle Latimer, a tiefling gunsmith from Danor. This group of legendary characters must defeat a coven of witches, led by the Red Contessa, who lair on Cauldron Hill. An enchanting excursion for 10th level characters, this adventure can serve as a one-shot or as a prologue to the ZEITGEIST adventure path.
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Unearthed Arcana: Get Better At Skills With These Feats
The latest Unearthed Arcana from Jeremy Crawford and again featuring guest writer Robert J. Schwalb introduces a number of feats which make you better at skills. Each increases the skill's primary ability score, doubles your proficiency bonus, and gives you a little bonus ability. "This week we introduce new feats to playtest. Each of these feats makes you better at one of the game’s eighteen skills. We invite you to read them, give them a try in play, and let us know what you think in the survey we release in the next installment of Unearthed Arcana."
New TURN ORDER: WARPED: Guns & Chainsaw Pedicures
After last week's diversion into the Holisim Special episode, we're back to the main storyline in Turn Order: Warped, the official WOIN sci-fi weekly livestreamed game! In Guns & Chainsaw Pedicures, the crew continues their shopping in Cosimo, gearing up for their next big adventure. Join GM of Doom "wacksteven" and the crew of the Black Fang in their intrepid science-fiction adventures! As always, you can get video or audio version of the show - simply subscribe to the YouTube channel or to the official podcast! Or, of course, you can watch the show live on Twitch as it goes out every Saturday! Note that the show features adult language.
Take Another Peek At A TOUCH OF CLASS!
We're nearly two weeks into this Kickstarter, and we're doing phenomenally well! I thought you might enjoy a few photos of my copies of A Touch of Class. As I mentioned on the main Kickstarter page, the book is finished and ready to go out as soon as the Kickstarter ends. No waiting around for this one! 7 new classes in the full-colour softcover book, and 45 new subclasses in 19 bonus PDFs, for 5th Edition!
Introducing TURN ORDER: WARPED - The Official W.O.I.N. Livestream!
It's my great pleasure to introduce Turn Order: Warped, the now official weekly livestream of the What's OLD is NEW roleplaying game system. In Turn Order: Warped, a motley crew of sci-fi adventurers engage in hijinks in the far future! The show goes out every Saturday live on Twitch, and will appear in YouTube and podcast form every Monday, so you can catch up in whichever way suits you best (for me it's the audio version while walking my dog!) The show is hosted by GM of Doom "wacksteven", who has been hosting live Twitch streams for RPGs for ages, and features the crew of the Black Fang - Felix (Felan Pilot), Lunk (Ogron Chef), Glix (Venetian Science Officer), H.A.W.K. (Android Security), and Arthur (Borian Engineer).
Get Your Copy Of OLD For Just $10!
O.L.D., the fantasy heroic roleplaying game, was sent to Kickstarter backers over the weekend. Now that they have their copies (if you haven't yet, check your email!), the 350-page full-colour book is available in PDF for $10 (the same price as the fully-compatible N.E.W. science fiction game, already available). The hardcover version will be available soon, but not until the books have finished shipping to Kickstarter backers around the world.
THE CROWN COMMANDS - Carefully Designed Battle Scenes For 13th Age
Iconic set-piece battles have always been a staple of fantasy roleplaying games. Tactically interesting foes in carefully selected environments can make for the most memorable encounters in a gamers roleplaying career. I dare say we all have that one awesome encounter we all remember - mine was inside a giant clock as the cogs individually rotated. For 13th Age, Pelgrane Press has produces a book containing 40 carefully crafted "battle scenes", including maps, news monsters, story ideas, traps terrain, and scaling options. They've kindly sent along a preview of The Crown Commands - The Lich's King's Spire. Check it out below, find the book here.
Joe Manganelio is Writing the D&D Movie? And Is it DRAGONLANCE?
Actor Joe Manganelio (from True Blood, Magic Mike, and more) appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast this week, and reported that he is co-writing a movie script. While he doesn't namecheck D&D, his description sounds a lot like it, and he did recently meet up with WotC. "Last year with a playwright I went to Carnegie Mellon with, I actually made a draft of a film, and now we're talking to all the right parties. I had a two-day creative summit with the Wizards of the Coast...we had like a two-day summit about where the movie could go or TV series, products, synergy, the whole deal… Obviously, there's a spectacle. There's dragons breathing fire and lightning. But what makes a great superhero or fantasy movie is the human aspect. It's got to be about something. We root for those characters in Game of Thrones. Fellowship of the Ring was about friendship, this undying love for your friends. That's something everyone can identify with. When a movie is about something human and real emotionally people are going to want to see. Then you get some dragons breathing fire, and hey, I'm in." And to add fuel to the fire, he even tweets a photo of a DRAGONLANCE script! (thanks to darjr for the scoop)
New RuneQuest is Named: "RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA"
Chaosium has just announced the name of the upcoming edition of RuneQuest, due for a Christmas 2017 release. This edition will not be called RuneQuest 4, or RuneQuest 7 (depending how you choose to count them), but will be called "RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha" (or RQG). This edition is descended from the 2nd Edition ruleset, and is compatible with the RuneQuest Classic reprints which Chaosium recently Kickstarted.
O.L.D. Is Here -- And Here's The Table of Contents!
For WOIN fans, the hardcover version of O.L.D. has been completed. It's going out to Kickstarter backers, and will be available later, once all the backers have their copies. The book came in at 350 pages, full-colour. Here's a quick peek at the Table of Contents. O.L.D. is, of course, fully compatible with N.E.W., its companion science-fiction game, so you can play a medieval fantasy game, a far future science-fiction game, or mix them to introduce magic to your sci-fi. O.L.D., like N.E.W., uses a life path system for character creation and a d6 dice pool system for task resolution.

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