Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk

#168: Level Up Advanced 5e Rangers with Anthony Alipio

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Anthony Alipio to talk about Level Up: Advanced 5e’s new Ranger class! In the news, more previews of the new D&D book The Wilds Beyond the Witchlight, Paizo launches a community content program amid controversy, Haunted West releasing next week, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about reinventing the circular locomotive assistance disc.

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Anthony Alipio

Anthony Alipio on Twitter https://twitter.com/dm_fromscratch

VSR Ink https://www.vsr.ink/

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News

Former Paizo Employees Makes Allegations of Abuse, Harassment, Toxic Working Environment https://www.enworld.org/threads/jessica-price-ex-paizo-employee-spills-the-beans.682682/

Paizo Community Content Programs Pathfinder Infinite and Starfinder Infinite https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-launches-community-content-program.682721/

Wild Beyond the Witchlight Table of Contents https://www.enworld.org/threads/check-out-witchlights-table-of-contents.682665/

Jabberwock Preview from D&D Beyond https://www.enworld.org/threads/beware-the-jabberwock-d-d-beyond-has-a-sneak-preview-of-the-the-wild-beyond-the-witchlight-monster.682596/

Harengon (rabbitfolk) Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/preview-witchlights-new-rabbit-people.682708/

NPC Stat Block Leaks https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/09/dd-witchlight-leaks-reveal-action-figure-stat-blocks.html

Interview with Justice Smith about D&D Movie https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-movie-action-packed-funny-as-hell.682688/

How to RPG with Your Cat https://www.enworld.org/threads/teach-your-cat-to-role-play.682707/

Level Up: Advanced 5e Preview of the Tarrasque https://www.enworld.org/threads/check-out-level-up-advanced-5es-tarrasque.682714/

News Digest for the Week of September 17 (Haunted West release, Shackleton Expanse for Star Trek Adventures) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-september-17.682730/

Star Trek: The Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/371128/Star-Trek-Adventures-Shackleton-Expanse-Campaign-Guide?affiliate_id=36142

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Kickstarters

Quest-O-Nomicon https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/questonomicon/quest-o-nomicon

Peculiar Discoveries https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/349607276/peculiar-discoveries-magic-items-and-companions-for-5e

Gravemire https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clawhammergames/gravemire

Mana Games Café https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/managamescafe/mana-games-cafe

Long Rest Tabletop Games Café https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/longrest/long-rest-tabletop-games-and-coffee-shop-in-stoke-on-trent

Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News  https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-quest-o-nomicon-gravemire-tomb-of-immolation-and-more.682645/

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Level Up: Advanced 5e Ranger

Level Up: Advanced 5e https://www.levelup5e.com/

Get notified when the Kickstarter launches https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-a5e

Unbreakable Volume 1 https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/306865/Unbreakable--Volume-1?affiliate_id=36142

Unbreakable Publishing https://unbreakablerpg.com/

Kybertron: Legacy https://www.vsr.ink/blog/big-robot-energy

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Sketch #93: I Forgot the Title

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, a fighter learns of the forgetfulness of wizards.

#167: Multiclass Feats with Peter Martin

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Peter Martin to talk about Multiclass Feats from Purple Martin Press. In the news, previews for the D&D sourcebook The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Tracy and Laura Hickman announce a new campaign setting, Dungeons & Dragons and Nerds candy have a cross-promotion, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about coming up with a sketch.

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Peter Martin

Multiclass Feats https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/363748/Multiclass-Feats?affiliate_id=36142

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News

Tracy & Laura Hickman Announce Skyraiders of Abarax https://www.enworld.org/threads/tracy-laura-hickman-announce-skyraiders-of-abarax.682582/

War of the Burning Sky Concludes with Adventure #12 “The Beating of the Aquiline Heart” https://www.enworld.org/threads/war-of-the-burning-sky-draws-to-an-end.682520/

Wild Beyond the Witchlight Jabberwock Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/beware-the-jabberwock-d-d-beyond-has-a-sneak-preview-of-the-the-wild-beyond-the-witchlight-monster.682596/

Wild Beyond the Witchlight Previews https://www.enworld.org/threads/wild-beyond-the-witchlight-previews.682601/

Pre-order The Wild Beyond the Witchlight on Amazon https://amzn.to/3lwklNp

News Digest for the Week of September 10 (Gale Force Nine Accessories for Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Kickstarter statistics) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-september-10.682600/

Dungeons & Dragons and Nerds Cross-Promotion https://dnd.wizards.com/nerds

Level Up: Advanced 5e Preview: Crossing the Titan’s Garden, an example of the Journey rules https://www.enworld.org/threads/crossing-the-titan%E2%80%99s-garden.682496/

What you’re looking for in Level Up: Advanced 5e https://www.levelup5e.com/news/what-youre-looking-forward-to

Level Up: Advanced 5e Pre-Launch Page is Live https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-a5e

Mclain RPG https://www.geeknative.com/134810/die-hard-with-2d6-a-review-of-the-mclain-rpg/

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Kickstarters

Valda’s Spire of Secrets https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magehandpress/spire-of-secrets

Down We Go https://gamefound.com/projects/tony-from-plus-one/dwg#/

Survive This!! What Shadows Hide https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ericfrombloatgames/survive-this-what-shadows-hide-horror-rpg-2-book-combo

Ice & Dice https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/icedicecon/ice-and-dice-gaming-convention

Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News  https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-tanares-stars-without-number-down-we-go-and-more.682525/

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Multiclass Feats

Multiclass Feats on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/363748/Multiclass-Feats?affiliate_id=36142

Level Up: Advanced 5e Pre-Launch Page is Live https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-a5e

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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

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Sketch #92: Quantum Advantage

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, an update brings together game mechanics with quantum mechanics.

#166: Esper Genesis Master Technician‘s Guide with Rich Lescouflair

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Rich Lescouflair from Alligator Alley Entertainment to talk about Esper Genesis. In the news, one million-plus Kickstarter ends and another begins, more info on Transformers/GI Joe/Power Rangers RPGs, Blades in the Dark and Exalted getting TV series, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about imaginative ways to play old games.

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Rich Lescouflair

Alligator Alley Entertainment https://alligatoralleyentertainment.com/

Master Technician’s Guide to Esper Genesis https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/368613/Esper-Genesis-5E-Master-Technicians-Guide?affiliate_id=36142

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News

Avatar Legends closes at $9.5 Million, Tanares RPG for 5e joins the Million Dollar RPG Kickstarter Club https://www.enworld.org/threads/as-one-million-dollar-kickstarter-ends-another-appears.682458/

Transformers, GI Joe, and Power Rangers RPG Release Details Revealed https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-have-a-peek-at-transformers-and-gi-joe.682362/

Transformers: War for Cybertron on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81002438

Lancer Suspends Kickstarter Fulfillment https://www.enworld.org/threads/lancer-rpg-suspends-kickstarter-fulfillment.682412/

Icon Playtest https://massif-press.itch.io/icon

News Digest for the Week of September 3 (Blades in the Dark TV Series, Paizo announcements, R. Talsorian Games and others pull out of Gen Con, ) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-september-3.682464/

Wizards of the Coast Sponsoring English Football Club https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-is-sponsoring-a-football-team.682423/

Exalted TV Series Announced https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/exalted/news/exalted-rpg-tv-adaptation-announcement

GoFundMe for Paizo’s Adam Daigle https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-daigle-fight-medical-debt

Stars Without Numbers Hardcover Reprint https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/stars-without-number/news/stars-without-number-offset-print?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Level Up: Advanced 5e Pre-Launch Page is Live https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-a5e

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Kickstarters

The Price of Coal https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1144254276/the-price-of-coal-a-story-game-of-labor-rights

Picaresque Roman https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/basementgameboutique/picaresque-roman

Stingers & Spores https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/twitchybutcherstudio/stingers-and-spores

Good Little Children Never Grow Up https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matthewjhanson/good-little-children-never-grow-up-5e-pf2e-swade

Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-the-price-of-coal-herbalist%E2%80%99s-primer-sla-industries-and-more.682388/

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Esper Genesis

Esper Genesis Core Manual https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/240798/Esper-Genesis-5E-Scifi---Core-Manual?affiliate_id=36142

Master Technician’s Guide to Esper Genesis https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/368613/Esper-Genesis-5E-Master-Technicians-Guide?affiliate_id=36142

Level Up: Advanced 5e Pre-Launch Page is Live https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-a5e

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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

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Sketch #91: Technique Names

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, a squire learns the names of basic fighting techniques.

#165: Battlezoo Bestiary and RPG Superstars with Stephen Glicker and Mark Seifter

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Stephen Glicker and Mark Seifter to talk about RPG Superstar and the Battlezoo Bestiary Kickstarter. In the news, Renegade Games announces the Essence20 System to power their Hasbro-licensed RPGs, updates on the Dungeons & Dragons film and Magic: The Gathering TV series, new products coming soon for Pathfinder, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about the most flexible game ever Kickstarted.

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Our Guests

Stephen Glicker from Roll for Combat https://rollforcombat.com/

Mark Seifter from Paizo http://paizo.com

Battlezoo Bestiary on Kickstarter starting August 31 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rollforcombat/rpg-superstar-battlezoo-bestiary

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News

Avatar Legends on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/avatar-legends-the-roleplaying-game

The Dragon #1 Auction https://www.enworld.org/threads/first-dragon-magazine-on-ebay-the-dragon-vol-1-issue-1-july-1976.682255/

Essence20 System Announced for Hasbro-licensed RPGs https://www.enworld.org/threads/essence20-the-new-rpg-system-which-powers-hasbro-licensed-games.682330/

News Digest for the Week of August 27 (D&D Filming Wraps, Lupin the 3^rd RPG, Magic: The Gathering Netflix Series Update) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-august-27.682327/

Pathfinder Secrets of Magic (PDF available Wednesday) https://paizo.com/products/btq027uy?Pathfinder-Secrets-of-Magic

Pathfinder Guns & Gears (PDF available October 13) https://paizo.com/products/btq026mw/discuss?Pathfinder-Guns-Gears

Pathfinder New Playtest Announcement https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6shsb?Save-the-Date-for-a-New-Pathfinder-Class

Voting Closed for the ENNIE Awards https://www.enworld.org/threads/today-is-the-last-day-to-vote-for-the-ennies.682335/

Level Up: Advanced 5^th Edition Kickstarter Pre-Launch Page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-a5e

Magic: The Gathering Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Coming 2023 https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/lord-rings-tales-middle-earthtm-format-legality-2021-08-24

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Kickstarters

Corpus Angelus & Corpus Malicious https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/corpusmalicious/corpus-angelus-and-corpus-malicious-codex-of-good-and-evil-5e

Boricubos https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendarygames/boricubos-latin-american-monsters-and-adventures

Don’t Tell Mom & Dad https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolpoints/dont-tell-mom-and-dad

Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-corpus-angelus-boricubos-xdm-and-more.682283/

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Battlezoo Bestiary, Monster Hunting, and Pirates & Dragons

Battlezoo Bestiary on Kickstarter (Coming August 31) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rollforcombat/rpg-superstar-battlezoo-bestiary

“3 books, over 100 new monsters, craft gear from slain monsters, play a Dragon, a level 1-10 pirate adventure, Monster Hunting, & more!”

RPG Superstar! https://rpgsuperstar.com/

RPG Superstar! Winners https://rpgsuperstar.com/contests/1/winners

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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

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Sketch #90: Cheating Rolls

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, a player tries to be sneaky about fudging their dice rolls.

#164: Carbon Grey with Mike Olson

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Mike Olson to talk about Carbon Grey: The Role-Playing Game and Omnibus. In the news, influential RPG designer Steve Perrin passed away, 2021 ENNIE Award voting is open, new Dungeons & Dragons miniatures, no more D&D Magic: The Gathering sets, new Shadowrun release, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about not seeing the technicalities of the rules.

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Mike Olson

Carbon Grey on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magneticpressplay/carbon-grey-the-role-playing-game

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News

Steve Perrin (1946-2021) https://www.enworld.org/threads/chaosium-vale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021.682056/

Steve Perrin: Creating RuneQuest, A Personal Account https://www.enworld.org/threads/steve-perrin-creating-runequest-a-personal-account.682080/

RPG Historian Shannon Appelcline’s Retrospective on the Works of Steve Perrin https://www.rpg.net/columns/advanced-designers-and-dragons/advanced-designers-and-dragons54.phtml

2021 ENNIE Nominations Live and Judges Spotlight Winners Announced https://www.enworld.org/threads/2021-ennie-nominations-and-judges-spotlight-winners-announced.682034/

Drizzt & Companions of the Hall Miniatures https://www.enworld.org/threads/pre-order-drizzt-companions-of-the-hall-minis.682077/

WizKids Emerald Dragon https://www.enworld.org/threads/wizkids-emerald-dragon-miniature.682134/

Draconomicon https://www.dmsguild.com/product/367945/The-Draconomicon?affiliate_id=36142

News Digest for the Week of August 20 (Shadowrun Assassins Night, Dune: Sand and Dust, Magic: The Gathering Deck Copyrighted) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-august-20.682170/

Magic: The Gathering State of Design 2021 https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/state-design-2021-08-16

Magic: The Gathering Adventures in the Forgotten Realms on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AZdnpX

Avatar Legends Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/avatar-legends-the-roleplaying-game

Thousand Year Old Vampire Companion Controversy https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/thousand-year-old-vampire/news/thousand-year-old-vampire-companion-book-reaction

Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Podcast Survey https://us15.list-manage.com/survey?u=2026aa5caf3846031659ba7dd&id=e2f8c1f001&fbclid=IwAR3kqGtQQRF0_2ulJ_z7PsZsiAivhMp67iI4p793JWO8N3mPK7hpDsQemaE

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Kickstarters

Codex of the Mind https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1418216834/codex-of-the-mind

Bleaksprout https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadboxgames/bleaksprout

Omega Horizon https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paleogaming/omega-horizon-ttrpg

Liches: Dance Macabre https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/777533310/liches-dance-macabre

Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-delta-green-tome-of-heroes-mausritter-and-more.682100/

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Carbon Grey

Carbon Grey on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magneticpressplay/carbon-grey-the-role-playing-game

Carbon Grey Comic on Amazon https://amzn.to/2UEOY9S

West End Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_Games

Rolled and Told https://www.rolledandtold.com/

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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

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Sketch #89: Rolling for Average

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, the players find out the dangers of rolling stats.