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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.
Darkmagic vs. Do'Urden - Watch Friday's Night's Acquisition's, Inc. Game!
Friday night's two-plus hour live Acquisitions, Inc. game at PAX Prime is now available for your watching delight. Chris Perkins, dressed ... interestingly ... runs the Rage of Demons adventure in front of a live audience. The players were Mike Krahulik (playing the wizard Jim Darkmagic), Jerry Holkins (playing the half-elf Omin Dran), Scott Kurtz (playing the dwarf Binwin Bronzebottom), and Patrick Rothfuss (playing the rogue Viari). In the runup to it, it was billed as "Darkmagic vs. Drizzt Do’Urden".
Reviews On EN World: How To Add New Products, and How To Link To Your Reviews Elsewhere
EN World's current review section has been in place for a while now, and it has plenty of reviews, comments, and ratings! It's a great way to quickly comment on and rate a product, and it provides aggregated ratings in a Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic fashion. I just wanted to make a couple of comments about why linking to external reviews from it is a good idea for you, and how to add products which aren't yet there.

RAGE OF DEMONS Has A Trailer!

At PAX Prime this week, the trailer below was shown. "Dare to Descend! Demon Lords have invaded the Underdark. Get a glimpse of what's in store for the Forgotten Realms with a suite of Rage of Demons products, including: Sword Coast Legend, Neverwinter: Underdark, a D&D tabletop roleplaying game adventure, miniatures and accessories".
WotC: "Why We Aren’t Funny"
Jesse Decker (editor-in-chief Dragon Magazine) and David Noonan (who is now part of Sasquatch Game Studios - if that name rings a bell, it's because I've been talking about their Primeval Thule setting a bit recently) wrote an article back in 2005 about humour in Dungeons & Dragons - or rather, the lack of it. It's especially relevant right now, with the whimsical NPCs found in the upcoming Out of the Abyss adventure for 5E, so I figured I'd resurrect it. As they said at the time, "Humor is pretty rare in D&D products these days—or at least intentional humor. We play it straight in our rulebooks, but many people play D&D as a series of running gags. So why are D&D books so serious when the game can get so goofy?"
[EN5ider #34] Chessmasters & Commanders: The Noble Class
Only for EN World EN5ider patrons! We have a special treat to round out August - a new class! The full 20-level noble class is able to command and inspire through three paths - the Path of the Heart, the Path of the Brave, and the Path of the Tactician. By A. Nova; illustrated by Ellis Goodson and Shannon White.
ORCUS! EXCLUSIVE! ESCAPIST!
The Escapist has an awesome preview of Orcus himself! And by preview, I mean the stats -- along with some background features for Out of the Abyss. He's a CR 26 monster, wielding his famous wand. Also interesting his the quote from Chris Perkins, who clarified that the PCs would not fight him directly, but that "Fortunately, Out of the Abyss gives characters the chance to amass a small army and also turn the demon lords against one another, thus weakening them. There are also a couple other ways to banish the demon lords back to the Abyss, which is the party's ultimate goal."
HELL's REBELS Art From Paizo's Adventure Path
The Hell's Rebels adventure path launches in a few days with the first adventure, In Hell's Bright Shadow (this AP, apparently, also includes #100 of the Pathfinder adventure path series). Paizo is showing off some of the artwork from Wayne Reynolds, Eva Widermann, Caio Maciel Monteiro, Kiki Moch Rizky, Ekaterina Burmak, and Will O'Brien. Paizo's Andrew Vallas calls this one "our most beautiful Adventure Path yet."
[UPDATED] Dark Horror Fantasy in Robert Schwalb's SHADOW OF THE DEMON LORD
[UPDATE - apologies; I messed up the comments section. You can now leave comments.] Robert Schwalb's (Dungeons & Dragons, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay) Shadow of the Demon Lord, an RPG Kickstarted just back in April (it just took 5 months!) is now available as a PDF. This game is described as "dark and horrific fantasy" (it's behind DTRPG's 'adult content' filter) -- as the author says, "If you love Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, the Ravenloft and Midnight settings, Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law series, Glen Cook’s Black Company books, or heavy metal music, then this is the game is for you."
About Press Releases
I just wanted to drop a quick note about how press releases and the like tend to work here at EN World. Over on the right (assuming you're looking at this on the news page, and not via the forum, or Tapatalk, or what-have-you) you can see a list of press releases. Anybody is welcome to post one there. When a press release drops in my inbox, that's usually where I put it. It's the place for press releases, announcements, Kickstarter launches, promotions, competitions, and all that fun promotional stuff. Just hit the Post Announcement button. As you can see, I just today posted press releases from Cubicle 7 about their new Doctor Who RPG, and Chaosium about their new staff hiring.
Frog God Games Offers Goodwill Compensation For Centre Stage Miniatures' Failed Kickstarters
Frog God Games has announced that it will be offering a dollar-for-dollar value of PDFs to backers of two Centre Stage Miniatures Kickstarters which failed to deliver to their backers. Though Frog God did not run the two Kickstarters - they were for miniatures whose art was licensed from them for that purpose - they say they feel the need to make an offer like this as a show of goodwill to fans who might have backed the Kickstarters because Frog God's name was associated with it.
Blast Off With [WOIN] SPACE!
What's O.L.D. is N.E.W. Kickstarter backers should check their emails for special coupons which will let them obtain the two first official WOIN books from DTRPG or RPGNow. For everyone else, [WOIN] Space and the [WOIN] Starship Construction Manual are both now available in PDF with softcover versions coming very soon! While both require use of a WOIN core rulebook, you can also use them with the free Starter Kit released earlier this year in March, or the online WOIN Rules Reference Document on the official website.
OUT OF THE ABYSS Has Derro - Check Them Out!
WotC has sent along a Derro-themed package today. This is a page from Out of the Abyss (the upcoming adventure, September 15th), plus an additional piece of Derro-tastic art. Derro, as you may know, first showed up in 1982's The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. Degenerate dwarves, they are evil and sneaky, and often feature powerful magic-wielding savants in their midst. Not only that, though - this page also shows an index of all the new NPCs and monsters in the adventure, sorted by Challenge Rating!
Trapdoor Tech is Back With A Pathfinder iOS Application!
If you remember Trapdoor Technologies from last year (DungeonScape; Codename: Morningstar), you may be interested to hear that they're back! They've just released Playbook for PRD for iOS devices -- PRD, of course, meaning Pathfinder Reference Document. "With Playbook, everything is at your fingertips from rulebooks, adventures, characters, and maps to the most specific character customization - even a hard-earned badge from an epic homebrew campaign. Rolling up characters, running adventures, tracking campaigns and compiling logbooks are no longer chores, but an integrated, shareable experience."
Wand of Viscid Globs: Straight Out of Out of The Abyss!
The latest preview from Out of the Abyss, the upcoming (September 15th; Sep 4th in preferred stores) adventure for D&D 5th Edition shows a brand new magic item - the wand of viscid globs. This thing was crafted by the drow, and is used to restrain foes with viscous globs of slime.
A Spooky Open Call
Department stores are already putting out their Halloween merchandise, and EN5ider is getting in the spirit too! EN World EN5ider is looking for three 2,000 word articles and one 7,000 word adventure to run in the month of October, and we want your submissions now! The only new rule for this open call is that your Halloween submissions must be fit the ghoulish spirit of the holiday. We're looking for character subclasses (like a vampire-hunter fighter), collections of monsters (like evil, animated Jack-o-Lanterns), magic items, and everything in-between. The same applies to adventure submissions; how can you encapsulate the essence of Halloween in a 7,000 word fantasy adventure?
The Fetid Wedding!
Busy day for Out of the Abyss news! There have been a few previews this week (foreword; underdark outposts; Zuggtmoy), a hand-sculpted model of Zuggtmoy, and now an art piece called The Fetid Wedding, also featuring Zuggtmoy. I suspect next week will be a new demon. "Once aware of Araumycos, Zuggtmoy seeks to control the massive fungus. She makes a show of “wooing” the massive fungus with a grotesque courtship that she plans to culminate with a repulsive mockery of a wedding—really a ritual of demonic domination. During the ceremony, Zuggtmoy will be attended by her “bridesmaids” and fungal thralls. Talk about a Bridezilla. Art by Craig J Spearing."

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