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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.
"Immortal Fortress" - WotC Drops Clues About The Upcoming Storyline?
With the new D&D storyline being announced soon in the Stream of Many Eyes, WotC has created a new Twitter account called "Immortal Fortress" in which it appears to be giving cryptic answers to questions.
Get Ready To Pre-Order Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Fourth Edition!
Cubicle 7 has announced that the pre-orders for the 4th Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay will open tomorrow, Thursday 3rd May.
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"Stream of Many Eyes" -- WotC To Announce New Storyline In June
On June 1st, WotC will be hosting a three-day streaming event called the Stream of Many Eyes. Similar to previous events, it will feature comedians, actors, and streamers, as the new Dungeons & Dragons storyline is unveiled.
Let's Look At Pathfinder 2's Weapons!
Paizo has a new Pathfinder 2nd Edition blog up, and this time we're taking a look at weapons! We find out about the Simple/Martial/Exotic scale, weapon traits, critical specialization, weapon groups, and weapon quality.
ZEITGEIST #3 (Part 2) - Digging For Lies (5E)
The third adventure in the 5th Edition ZEITGEIST adventure path continues in this 33-page instalment over on EN5ider, the 5th Edition Patreon!
40 Years of Games Workshop Stores!
It's 40 years since Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson opened the first Games Workshop store in West London. Ian has been posting about it on Twitter. The company went from that one store location to the 460+ it has today.
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The Empire State Building: A State of the Empire Preview
It's time for another look at the upcoming Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD core rulebook - in particular, a map of the Empire State Building from the introductory adventure "State of the Empire"!
Let's Take A Look At Pathfinder 2's Deities & Domains!
There's a new Paizo blog up about the way deities and domains work in Pathfinder 2nd Edition. It shows how deities are described, with the example deity Shelyn, along with new domains and domain powers.
Fantasy Grounds Ruleset Usage Q1 2018 -- All Holding Steady!
Fantasy Grounds has sent over its Q1 2018 usage reports, broken down by game system. No real surprises -- D&D 5E is way in the lead as usual, followed by Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, and then D&D 3.5. with very little change in their percentage shares since 2017. However, the total number of games is up!
State of the Empire: Preview of a Judge Dredd Adventure!
Chapter 9 of Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD contains an introductory adventure which can be played out differently by Judge, Perp, or Civilian characters. Here's a quick look at the first two pages of that adventure! We'll be sharing more of it soon. Be sure to sign up to the 2000 AD RPG mailing listfor the latest alerts!
Words of Power: 5th Edition Variant Spellcasting
New on EN5ider, the 5E Patreon. Take your 5th Edition spellcasting into new realms with this article by Edric Alan Leggett. Words of Power is a variant rule system which uses combinations of words to craft spells. This article contains fifty such words of power, arranged into Anchor Words, Action Words, and Creature Words, Effect Words, and Unfettered Words, which the caster combines into a Spell Phrase of between three and five words. Illustrated by Herman Lau.
Gygax IP To Be Made Available For Video Games
I don't usually cover video games on this site, but this news item involves D&D co-creator Gary Gygax. Gail Gygax (Gary's wife) contacted me last week about this -- unpublished work by Gary Gygax is to be made available for video game developers to develop using a "community publishing platform" named Fig.
Fantastic Elves (5E): New Subraces, Traits, & More!
New on EN5ider, the 5th Edition Patreon! Following the popular Fantastic Humans article, Michael McCarthy brings you variant racial traits such as Ancient Master, Unearthly, and Child of the Bow; new elven equipment like the ring of rulership and the travel wafer; and three new elven subraces: the tenacious Ash Elves, the sociable Ocean Elves, and the whimsical Sky Elves. Illustrated by Yihyoung Li.
Jack Vance-Themed Lyonesse RPG Coming Next Year
Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy, released in the 1980s, and set in the Elder Isles off the coast of Cornwall, is a saga of high magic and fey kings, chivalric knights and capricious fairies, imprisoned demons and cunning espionage, all set in the Dark Ages of a mythical Europe. This world is being brought to life in a standalone roleplaying game using the Mythras system, and will be published in late 2019/early 2020 by The Design Mechanism.
Check out the Astral Deadnought from Mordenkainen's Tome
WotC's Nathan Stewart celebrated hitting 5,000 Twitter followers by sharing a page from Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, the upcoming D&D book due for release next month. The art gloriously evokes Jeff Easley's art from the cover of 1987's Manual of the Planes (a monster originally called an "ethereal dreadnought" and changed to "astral dreadnought" in D&D 2E).
Pathfinder 2's New Alchemist Class Previewed!
Following up on the fighter and the rogue, Paizo has posted a preview of Pathfinder 2nd Edition's Alchemist class!

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