Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about how to be a good player in an RPG. In the news, Pathfinder Kingmaker pre-orders are up, replica props of D&D magic rings and a life-size Quasit familiar, Brandon Sanderson’s Starlight Archive getting an RPG, and more! Plus Egg Embry’s Five Minutes at DragonCon with Jodi Black and a brand new sketch about an adventurer’s trip to the accountant.

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News

Pathfinder Kingmaker Pre-orders Open https://www.enworld.org/threads/kingmaker-preorders-open.691817/

Stormlight Archive RPG Coming in 2024 https://www.enworld.org/threads/stormlight-rpg-coming-from-brandon-sandersons-novels.691814/

News Digest for the Week of September 23 (Modiphius to distribute Ironsworn: Starforge, D&D After School program, Magic Rings and Quasit life-size props, Print-on-Demand D&D 3.5 Core books, TSR News Update) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-september-23.691812/

Starlight Arcana: A 5e Astral Supplement & Campaign on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kelfecil/starlight-arcana-a-5e-astral-supplement-and-campaign

One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Three if by Air by PJ Coffey coming soon to Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homebrewandhacking/one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea-three-if-by-air

Heroes of Cerulea – Pixelated Dungeon Crawl Tabletop RPG on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackfiskforlag/heroes-of-cerulea-pixelated-dungeon-crawl-tabletop-rpg

Campaign Options: Mazes on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brokenrulergames/campaign-options-mazes

EN Publishing’s Dungeon Delver’s Guide: A Sourcebook for D&D 5e and A5E https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/dungeon-delvers-guide-a-sourcebook-for-5e-and-a5e

Pinnacle Entertainment Group Game Changer https://peginc.com/gamechangers/

Deadlands Lost Colony: Maw of Oblivion https://peginc.com/campaign/maw-of-oblivion-for-deadlands-lost-colony/

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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus

Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M

Ask your Awfully Cheerful Question on Twitter using the hashtag #AwfullyCheerfulQuestion, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@enpublishingrpg

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, a very rude visitor should learn to articulate questions properly.

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about different GMing styles. In the news, Wizards of the Coast moving offices, Pathfinder 2e: Kingmaker Adventure Path coming soon, more new Dragonlance minis from WizKids, a TSR News Update, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about the hero’s followers looking for more recognition for their hard work.

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News

Wizards of the Coast Moving https://www.enworld.org/threads/wizards-of-the-coast-is-moving-but-not-far.691597/

Wizards of the Coast Files Motion for Injunction Against NuTSR https://www.enworld.org/threads/wizards-of-the-coast-requests-injunction-against-nutsr.691440/

News Digest for the Week of September 16 (Pathfinder Kingmaker 2e Releasing Soon, One Ring Ruins of the Lost Realm, WizKids Dragonlance Minis, Origins Award Changes) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-september-16.691601/

Dave Arneson’s letter to TSR requesting to run D&D for Wizards of the Coast https://www.enworld.org/threads/dave-arneson%E2%80%99s-pitch-for-the-future-of-tsr-and-d-d-in-%E2%80%9897-to-peter-adkison.691492/

Cubicle 7’s Vault 5e: Uncharted Journeys on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cubicle-7-games/vault-5e-uncharted-journeys

Bullets & Bleedthroughs: A 5e Roleplaying Game on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/388876038/bullets-and-bleedthroughs-books-of-before-and-now-a-5e-rpg

Book of Riddles Complete Edition for Role-Playing Games https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deniss91/book-of-riddles-complete-edition-for-role-playing-games

DesiQuest: A high-quality actual play Dungeons & Dragons show featuring an all South Asian cast https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandeepisbrown/desiquest

EN Live Sponsored Actual Play Schedule for Winter https://www.levelup5e.com/news/sponsored-level-up-advanced-5th-edition-actual-plays

Cast Party: Memories of Holdenshire audio podcast https://cast-party.com/

Tales of Initiative: The Dawn of Vengalia https://www.twitch.tv/tales_of_initiative

Table Quests: Wish You Were Here http://twitch.tv/tablequests

Star-Crossed Seaway https://www.enliverpg.com/shows/campaign

Trailer for the finale of Star-Crossed Seaway https://www.instagram.com/p/CikVI4kjoPf/

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GM Styles

Your GM Style & Why It Matters on Great Gamemaster https://www.greatgamemaster.com/dm/game-master/2022/your-gm-style-why-it-matters-the-5-common-gm-styles%EF%BF%BC/

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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus

Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M

Ask your Awfully Cheerful Question on Twitter using the hashtag #AwfullyCheerfulQuestion, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@enpublishingrpg

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, the characters attempt to manipulate the fact the DM hasn't prepped to their advantage.

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about establishing atmosphere and tone in an RPG. In the news, D&D apologizes for Spelljammer race lore, Monty Python licensed RPG on its way, Paizo’s Lisa Stevens retires, a TSR News Update, and more! Plus Five Minutes at DragonCon with Egg Embry interviewing Steve Jackson and a brand new sketch about the party discovering their first Spelljammer ship.

Editor's Note: The original upload of this episode was incorrectly exported causing an issue with the audio. It has now been fixed. I apologize for the error.

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News

Monty Python’s Cocurricular Medieval Reenactment Programme https://www.enworld.org/threads/theres-an-official-monty-python-rpg-coming.691377/

News Digest for the Week of September 9 (Munchkin Video Game, Paizo’s Lisa Stevens Retires, Kickstarter Personnel Changes) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-september-9.691422/

NuTSR Customer Financial Data Breach https://www.enworld.org/threads/nutsr-financial-data-breach.691241/

Wizards of the Coast Requests Injunction Against NuTSR https://www.enworld.org/threads/wizards-of-the-coast-requests-injunction-against-nutsr.691440/

TechCrunch: Patreon confirms security team layoffs https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/09/patreon-security-layoffs/

Wizards of the Coast Apologizes for Spelljammer Race Descriptions https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-apologises-for-spelljammer-race-descriptions.691242/

The Anatomy of Adventure by M.T. Black on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1367769523/the-anatomy-of-adventure

A Selection of Slimes by Philip Reed Games on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philipreed/a-selection-of-slimes-odd-oozes-for-rpgs-by-philip-reed

Free League announces Blade Runner Starter Set https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/52067/free-league-reveals-blade-runner-rpg-starter-set

Critical Role and Hipdog releasing Critical Role Makeup https://www.hipdot.com/collections/critical-role

Dungeon Delver’s Guide from EN Publishing on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/dungeon-delvers-guide-a-sourcebook-for-5e-and-a5e

Hexagram #10, an Old-School Size for The Fantasy Trip from Steve Jackson Games on Kickstarter (ENDING MONDAY!!) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warehouse23/hexagram-10-an-old-school-rpg-zine-for-the-fantasy-trip

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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus

Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M

Ask your Awfully Cheerful Question on Twitter using the hashtag #AwfullyCheerfulQuestion, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@enpublishingrpg

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, the Fellowship talks about the New Years Resolutions.

This week, Peter and Jessica talk about algorithmic “AI” generated art in RPGs. In the news, One D&D playtest larger than D&D Next, Fandom sells Cortex RPG to Dire Wolf Digital, new miniatures from WizKids, Sideshow Collectibles Tiamat statue, controversy with Spelljammer, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about the horror of getting a player to try another system.

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News

Fandom Exiting RPG Business with Sale of Cortex https://www.enworld.org/threads/fandom-exiting-rpg-business-with-sale-of-cortex.691116/

News Digest for the Week of September 2 (WizKids Classics Minis, Sideshow Tiamat Sculpture, Ultra PRO Dragonlance Accessories, Pathfinder Kit & Kaboomle Clothing Line) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-september-2.691191/

Dungeon Delver’s Guide on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/dungeon-delvers-guide-a-sourcebook-for-5e-and-a5e?

More People Test One D&D Origins Playtest Than D&D Next https://www.enworld.org/threads/more-people-test-one-d-d-origins-playtest-than-d-d-next.691169/

Kickstarter notification page for Kit & Kaboomle Pathfinder clothing line https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/savagesparrow/kit-and-kaboomle-a-pathfinder-apparel-collection

Edit: Wizards of the Coast statement on the Hadozee controversy  (posted less than a minute after this episode was) https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/statement-hadozee

PanzerLion on Twitter https://twitter.com/POCGamer

Stefan H. on Twitter https://twitter.com/Umbral_KnightX

Peter’s upcoming Kickstarter for One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Three if by Air https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homebrewandhacking/one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea-three-if-by-air

RPG Print News (Doctor Who 2^nd Edition collector’s edition release) https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-print-news-%E2%80%93-cubicle-7-and-more.691085/

RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-the-thief-the-necromancer-graveyard-of-the-gods-peacemaker-and-more.691106/

Graveyard of the Gods for D&D 5e and Pathfinder 2e on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matthewjhanson/graveyard-of-the-gods

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Algorithmic Art and RPGs

Kotaku “AI Creating ‘Art’ Is An Ethical And Copyright Nightmare” https://kotaku.com/ai-art-dall-e-midjourney-stable-diffusion-copyright-1849388060

OneBookShelf/DriveThruRPG policy on “Third-Party Tool and AI-Generated Images” https://onebookshelfpublisherservice.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/227866467-Product-Standards-Guidelines

Into the Odd by Chris McDowall and graphic design by Johan Nohr https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/into-the-odd/

Note: The image for this week's episode was an algorithmically generated art piece which "won" an art competition https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-artists.html

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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus

Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M

Ask your Awfully Cheerful Question on Twitter using the hashtag #AwfullyCheerfulQuestion, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@enpublishingrpg

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, the heroes debate the best way to travel by air.

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about the upcoming Dungeon Delver’s Guide for Level Up: Advanced 5e. In the news, official Dragonlance miniatures, details on Marvel Multiverse release, Wizards of the Coast “Learn to Play D&D” events, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about the frustrations of random generation.

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News

Official Dragonlance Miniatures https://www.enworld.org/threads/official-dragonlance-minis-are-on-the-way.690982/

News Digest for the Week of August 26 (Marvel Multiverse release, Wizards “Learn to Play D&D” Weekend, Games Industry Conference, Star Trek Adventures mission, eBay purchases TCP Player, ) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-august-26.691018/

Egg Embry interview with Connor Alexander about Coyote & Crow: Stories of the Free Lands https://www.enworld.org/threads/coyote-crow-stories-of-the-free-lands-an-interview-with-connor-alexander.690686/

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Dungeon Delver’s Guide

Dungeon Delver’s Guide for Level Up: Advanced 5e on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/dungeon-delvers-guide-a-sourcebook-for-5e-and-a5e

Introducing the Dungeon Delver’s Guide https://www.levelup5e.com/news/introducing-dungeon-delvers-guide

Preview of Myceliad and Ratling https://www.levelup5e.com/news/dungeon-delvers-guide-the-mycelial-and-the-ratling

The NODES System https://www.levelup5e.com/news/dungeon-delvers-guide-the-nodes-system

A Look at Traps https://www.levelup5e.com/news/dungeon-delvers-guide-a-look-at-some-traps

Welcome to Underland https://www.levelup5e.com/news/dungeon-delvers-guide-welcome-to-underland

Equipment Preview https://www.levelup5e.com/news/dungeon-delvers-guide-lets-go-shopping

New Backgrounds https://www.levelup5e.com/news/dungeon-delvers-guide-backgrounds-that-dont-fade-into-the-background

Skeletal Hordes Monster Preview https://www.levelup5e.com/news/dungeon-delvers-guide-skeletal-hordes

The Secret World of Alex Mack (Nickelodeon TV show from 1994-1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108921/

Solspace: The Spartan Gambit https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/303621/WOIN-W5-Solspace-The-Spartan-Gambit?affiliate_id=36142

Level Up: Combat Maneuver Card Deck https://enpublishingrpg.com/collections/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-a5e/products/combat-maneuvers-card-deck-level-up-advanced-5th-edition

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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus

Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M

Ask your Awfully Cheerful Question on Twitter using the hashtag #AwfullyCheerfulQuestion, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@enpublishingrpg

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, the minions of the evil lich fret over his upcoming birthday.