RPG Print News – Legendary, Mongoose, and More

This week includes class support for D&D barbarians and fighters and player support with character sheets and blank subsectors for Traveller. There are new monster filled countries for East Texas University students to visit and enjoy and a new hex crawl setting and horror RPG. Finally, Fading Suns 4 has Imperial Dossiers on warrior glory hounds, bankers/lawyers, and priests plus a jumpweb map, coins, and cards.

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Battlemasters & Berserkers by Legendary Games

• SYSTEM: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
• PRODUCT TYPE: 72-page softcover supplement
• RETAIL PRICE: $19.99
• DESCRIPTION: A barbarian and fighter class expansion supplement. Includes: 14 martial archetypes and barbarian paths (Elemental Blade, Ballistic Barbarian, Arcanagoth, and more), 10 new backgrounds (High Plains Drifter, Sea Reaver, et cetera), 35 feats (Broken Wing Gambit, Moonlight Stalker, Death from Above, Toss Enemy, and more), 45 new class alternate class features and rage powers like barbarian brands and special rules for severing limbs, 45 new weapons as well as armor and equipment, 24 new magic items including prismatic plate and mask of echoing screams. Also includes essays on roleplaying each class as well as how these classes might play or feel differently in different genres.

Utility Pack by Mongoose Publishing

• SYSTEM: Traveller (Traveller Core Rulebook Update 2022 preorder)
• PRODUCT TYPE: character sheets and blank subsectors
• RETAIL PRICE: $29.99
• OTHER RPG NEWS: Traveller review and Traveller Starter Set review
• DESCRIPTION: Contains two 50-sheet pads of full color character sheets and subsector maps. The character sheet can be folded into 4-page booklet that keeps pertinent details front and center while also forming a handy pocket for adventure handouts.

Study Abroad by Pinnacle Games

• SYSTEM: Savage Worlds Adventure Edition ETU: East Texas University
• PRODUCT TYPE: hardcover supplement
• RETAIL PRICE: $24.99
• DESCRIPTION: PCs are college students in a university overrun with monsters. East Texas University’s foreign exchange program sends students to sunny Costa Rica, romantic Italy, noble Poland, and charming England. And those places are also home to supernatural problems. And who best to handle those problems. Savage ETU students of course.

The Misty Isles | Dark Horrors & Hidden Places (Scenematic Edition) by Politically Incorrect Games/Precis Intermedia

• SYSTEM: Swords & Six-Siders Expanded Edition
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplements
• RETAIL PRICE: $14.95 each
• DESCRIPTION: PCs explore The Misty Isles, a chain of islands full of interrelated danger, intrigue, and adventure that can be woven into an entire campaign. The map for each island uses a hex overlay, with descriptions of possible encounters provided for each applicable hex. New rules (including travel and ship combat), monsters, and a bonus tenth island are also included. In Dark Horrors & Hidden Places it is 1884 in a world of dark gothic horror. Many places sank beneath the earth after a worldwide tremor. Strange creatures spill forth onto the streets of towns and cities, as governments struggle to keep these monstrosities a secret. The lawful and wealthy hire the bold and adventurous to fix their issues and recover their possessions from places of wonder and danger. Mixes the worlds of Jack the Ripper, H.P. Lovecraft, Hammer Horror, and old sci-fi movies. Features: five archetypes (Arcanist, Brute, Engineer, Pistoleer, and Scoundrel) and a fast-paced, rules-light system focused on rolling six-sided dice to lower a scene's difficulty or overcome a challenge. Rules for deadlines and consequences, lists of arcane spells, horrific beasts, and an adventure.

Imperial Dossier - House Hawkwood | Imperial Dossier - Reeves Guild | Imperial Dossier - Urth Orthodox by Ulisses Spiele

• GAME SYSTEM: Fading Suns
• PRODUCT TYPE: softcover supplements
• RETAIL PRICE: $19.99 each
• DESCRIPTION: The Imperial Dossier series examines the main factions of the universe, commissioned by the empire for its diplomats, soldiers, star-sailors, Questing Knights, and their Cohorts. Also includes a rules section that includes new callings, perks, equipment, and even alien creatures. House Hawkwood saw one of its own become emperor, only to be sidelined by Alexius in his bid to win the favor of all the Royal Houses. No matter. After withstanding years of raids by the Vuldrok, it is their turn to expand into the barbarians’ worlds and take back their lost glory. Somebody’s got to do the paperwork, and the Reeves Guild are the de facto bankers of the Known Worlds. Just about everybody owes the Reeves, and when a Reeve comes calling in favors, few dare deny them: their debt collectors are feared on every planet, moon, and asteroid. The Reeves are also lawyers, legal-eagles, and justice-seeking firebrands, defending the high and the low alike from their accusers (wow, who thought it would be a good idea to allow bankers and lawyers to band together?). Priests of the Urth Orthodoxy are the ruling sect of the Universal Church. It has gained a reputation for cunning political maneuvers, but most of its priests know little of such things, being entirely too busy protecting the souls of the simple faithful. While many may spurn the Orthodoxy for its overtly political role, when tragedy strikes, it is the Orthodoxy they turn to for consolation.

Jumpweb Map | Deluxe Metal Tokens | State & Perk Card Set by Ulisses Spiele

• SYSTEM: Fading Suns 4
• PRODUCT TYPE: map/50 metal tokens/307 cards
• RETAIL PRICE: $19.99/$39.99/$24.99
• DESCRIPTION: The Jumpweb Map is a 600mm x 740mm cloth version of the Jumpweb as well as a table playmat. The Deluxe Metal Tokens include 50 metal Wyrd and Victory Point tokens along with a cloth bag. The State & Perk Card Set includes 307 Cards with all the physical, mental, social, and technological status effect as well as every perk in the Fading Suns 4 Character Book.