Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about who chooses what game to play. In the news, previews on new Dungeons & Dragons books, The Laundry Files 2nd Edition announced, Paizo community update, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about facing an underwhelming monster. -------------------- News Neverwinter MMORPG Demonweb Pits https://www.playneverwinter.com/en/news-details/11548383 Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse boxed set cover and art preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/planescape-pre-order-page-shows-off-the-books.698812/ Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants monster preview video https://www.enworld.org/threads/a-deep-dive-into-the-over-70-new-monsters-in-glory-of-the-giants.698795/ Shadow of the Weird Wizard Kickstarter pre-launch page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/432417423/shadow-of-the-weird-wizard Not DnD - Shadow of the Weird Wizard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl_Rev4jtGs News Digest for July 21 (Monte Cook Games The Weird, The Laundry Files 2nd Edition announced, Fantasy AGE 2nd Edition released, SAG-AFTRA Strike and Critical Role, Dimension20, etc., CMON Marvel Multiverse accessories) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-july-21-2023.698859/ Paizo Community Update and a Look Ahead https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-community-update-and-a-look-ahead.698829/ What’s OLD is NEW Starter Set Kickstarter from EN Publishing https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/woin -------------------- 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 Listener Question on Twitter, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at TikTok -------------------- 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 party learns the secrets of their defeated foe which brings up some uncomfortable questions.

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about using social media in the RPG industry. In the news, Critical Role sells out Wembley Arena, ENnie Award nominations are in, Paizo and Mirrorscape bringing Augmented Reality to RPGs, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about the intrepid archaeologist Montana Drones! -------------------- News Critical Role Appearing at London’s Wembley Arena https://www.enworld.org/threads/critical-role-appearing-at-londons-wembley-arena.698718/ USA Today article on Ashley Johnson restraining order against Brian Wayne Foster https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/05/23/ashley-johnson-restraining-order-brian-wayne-foster-the-last-of-us-critical-role/70250246007/ Level Up A5E Actual Play Sponsorship https://enworld.live/sponsorship Level Up A5E Actual Plays for July, August, & September 2023 https://enworld.live/newsblog/sponsored-level-up-advanced-5th-edition-actual-plays-ban4s-eg2yf Mirrorscape and Paizo Partnership for Augmented Reality VTT https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-news-collab-with-mirrorscape.698693/ Steps to a Hero from Periapt Games on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/periaptgames/steps-to-a-hero-a-lifepath-system-for-5e-fantasy Star Trek Adventures Captain’s Log Solo RPG https://www.enworld.org/threads/play-star-trek-by-yourself-in-this-new-solo-version-of-star-trek-adventures.698717/ News Digest for July 14, 2023 (Blade Runner RPG book announcements, Defiant RPG from Magpie Games) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-july-14-2023.698743/ Cairn from Yochai Gal https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/330809/Cairn?affiliate_id=36142 Spider-Verse expansion for Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying https://www.enworld.org/threads/spider-verse-expansion-coming-for-marvel-roleplaying.698691/ Bigby Presents Glory of the Giants preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/glory-of-the-giants-first-look-giant-ticks-player-options-tables-tools.698703/ Data from a million DnDBeyond character sheets https://seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2023/06/player-class-stability-from-1m-d-beyond.html?m=1 ENnie Award Nominees for 2023 https://www.enworld.org/threads/here-are-the-2023-ennies-nominees.698646/ ENnie 2023 Voting https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ Asians Represent Podcast “Has WotC Fixed the D&D Monk?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03o11iyWmE The Verge article: OpenAI says it could ‘cease operating’ in EU if it can’t comply with future regulation https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/25/23737116/openai-ai-regulation-eu-ai-act-cease-operating Owlbear Rodeo 2.0 https://www.owlbear.app/ Level Up: Monstrous Menagerie VTT Tokens https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/443894/Level-Up-Monstrous-Menagerie-VTT-Tokens-A5E?affiliate_id=36142 -------------------- Social Media for RPG Publishers EN Publishing Linkin (similar to Linktree) https://linkin.bio/enpublishingrpg Morrus’ Linktree (includes personal and professional social media) https://linktr.ee/morrus EN World/EN Publishing on social media: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@enworldlive/ Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/enpublishing Facebook (EN Publishing) https://www.facebook.com/enpublishingrpg Facebook (EN World) https://www.facebook.com/enworldrpg Twitter (Morrus/EN World) https://twitter.com/Morrus Twitter (EN Publishing) https://twitter.com/enpublishingrpg Bluesky (Morrus) https://bsky.app/profile/morrus.bsky.social/post/3k26sz7wftg2a Mastodon EN World server http://chirp.enworld.org Instagram https://www.instagram.com/enpublishingrpg/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@enpublishingrpg -------------------- 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 Listener Question on Twitter, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at TikTok -------------------- 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, three travelers arrive to a sacred location and learn secrets about one another.

This week, Morrus and Peter talk about algorithmic AI generated content and RPGs. In the news, D&D Beyond, Itch.io, Roll20, and Fantasy Ground summer sales, official Adventure Time RPG announced, Baldur’s Gate 3 release date change, and more! Plus a listener question about Creative Commons vs ORC License and brand new sketch about interesting alchemical experimentation. -------------------- News D&D Beyond Summer Sale https://www.enworld.org/threads/theres-a-big-d-d-summer-sale-on-right-now.698639/ Itch.io Summer Sale https://itch.io/sales Official Adventure Time RPG Announced from Cryptozoic https://www.enworld.org/threads/official-adventure-time-rpg-uses-new-yes-and-system.698381/ News Digest for July 7 (Baldur’s Gate 3 release date changes, Blood in Baldur’s Gate prequel, Call of Cthulhu events with Mark Meer, The One Ring $2 million Magic: The Gathering card found) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-july-7.698630/ What’s OLD is NEW (WOIN) Starter Box Kickstarter launches https://www.enworld.org/threads/whats-old-is-new-starter-box-is-here-back-this-fantasy-modern-sci-fi-ttrpg-with-an-open-license.698590/ Gloomhaven BackerKit campaign over $3 million https://www.backerkit.com/c/cephalofair/gloomhaven Savage Worlds 20th Anniversary Celebration Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/savage-worlds-20th-anniversary-celebration BREACH! Public Playtest on Itch.io https://orangeindigo.itch.io/breachbeta -------------------- Algorithmic Content Generation and RPGs OpenAI Hit With Class Action Over ‘Unprecedented’ Web Scraping from Bloomberg Law https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/openai-hit-with-class-action-over-unprecedented-web-scraping Authors file lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully ‘ingesting’ their books from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/05/authors-file-a-lawsuit-against-openai-for-unlawfully-ingesting-their-books US Copyright Office: AI Generated Works Are Not Eligible for Copyright from ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-generator-art-text-us-copyright-policy-1234661683/ Thought experiment in the National Library of Thailand https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/thought-experiment-in-the-national-library-of-thailand-f2bf761a8a83 The Chinese Room Argument (philosophical experiment about a person alone in a room following a computer program for responding to Chinese characters slipped under the door) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/ Chinese Room 2 (a spin-off of the Chinese Room Argument from Tumblr user lumsel to explain how ChatGPT and other large language models work) https://www.tumblr.com/lumsel/712577333350023168/chinese-room-2 Lawyer Used ChatGPT In Court - And Cited Fake Cases. A Judge Is Considering Sanctions from Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/06/08/lawyer-used-chatgpt-in-court-and-cited-fake-cases-a-judge-is-considering-sanctions/ Dungeons & Dragons Player Gets AI Bot to DM, Works Surprisingly Well from TheGamer https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-chatgpt-ai-dm/ American Scientist article on Bias Optimizers https://www.americanscientist.org/article/bias-optimizers ChatGPT gender discrimination example with nurse and doctor, doubles-down on sexism by stating that the doctor must be male and nurse must be female from April 2023 https://hkotek.com/blog/gender-bias-in-chatgpt/ ChatGPT’s “jailbreak” tries to make A.I break its own rules or die from CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/chatgpt-jailbreak-forces-it-to-break-its-own-rules.html Artists Voice Concerns Over the Signatures In Viral LensaAI Portraits from ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/signatures-lensa-ai-portraits-1234649633/ Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content from The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit Gizmodo’s io9 Published an AI-Generated Star Wars Article That Was Filled With Errors from Variety (it was a list of Star Wars content in chronological order that left out multiple shows including Andor and Kenobi and lists The Clone Wars coming after Rise of Skywalker, which is incorrect both in-universe and in real-world release dates) https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/io9-ai-generated-star-wars-article-errors-1235662194/ A sci-fi magazine has cut off submissions after a flood of AI-generated stories from NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/02/24/1159286436/ai-chatbot-chatgpt-magazine-clarkesworld-artificial-intelligence ChatGPT uses between 1L of water per 40-100 queries https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-generative-ai-water-use-environmental-impact-study-2023-4 -------------------- 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 Listener Question on Twitter, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at TikTok -------------------- 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 party makes some extra coin by taking on a sponsorship deal.

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica discuss whether metagaming is cheating. In the news, a new playtest document for the 2024 D&D revision, the ORC license has been finalized, a preview of the new D&D adventure Phandelver & Below, Origins Award winners announced, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about an underwhelming selection at the magic item shop. -------------------- News Open RPG Creative (ORC) License finalized https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-final-open-rpg-creator-orc-license-is-here.698527/ Forged with Fire for Top Secret by Solarian Games on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/solarian/forged-with-fire 2021 was a Massive Year for TTRPG Crowdfunders https://www.enworld.org/threads/2021-was-a-massive-year-for-ttrpg-crowdfunders.698490/ Infinite Archipelago: The Isle of Sedra for The Fantasy Trip on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingballistic/infinite-archipelago-the-isle-of-sedra Phandelver & Below Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/phandelver-belows-full-description.698445/ Beadle & Grimm Phandelver Legendary Edition https://www.enworld.org/threads/beadle-and-grimm-announces-phandelver-legendary-edition-for-october.698385/ Origins Award Winners for 2023 https://www.enworld.org/threads/here-are-this-years-origins-award-winners-coyote-crow-and-agents-of-dune-win-for-rpgs.698447/ Nymphs: Alseids, Dryads, Naiads, Nereads, and Oreads for Level Up: Advanced 5e by PJ Coffey https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/442526/Nymphs-Alseids-Dryads-Naiads-Nereads-and-Oreads?affiliate_id=36142 News Digest for June 30, 2023 (Shadowrun: Body Shop and Shadowrun: Bestial Nature releases, ) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-june-30-2023.698525/ Homebrew and Hacking Advanced Weapon Properties https://homebrewandhacking.com/2023/06/29/advanced-weapon-properties/ D&D 2024 Playtest Document https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-one-d-d-playtest-document-77-pages-7-classes-more.698499/ What’s OLD is NEW Starter Box on Kickstarter launching this Tuesday https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/woin Not DnD on WOIN Starter Set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7cc5vG2cE -------------------- 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 Listener Question on Twitter, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at TikTok -------------------- 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 group discusses the lack of contributions from Billy the Rogue.

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica answer the question, “Can the GM cheat in an RPG?” In the news, Gloomhaven and Tales of the Valiant break $1,000,000 in crowdfunding, Renegade Game Studios claims they own the word “Renegade”, Diana Jones Award finalists announced, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about reassessing the threat level of a legendary foe. -------------------- News Renegade Game Studios claims ownership of the word “Renegade” https://www.enworld.org/threads/renegade-studios-sends-c-d-to-stop-small-creator-using-the-word-renegade.698312/ News Digest for June 23, 2023 (update on the Renegade Game Studios trademark controversy, Rengade Game Studios and By Night Studios distribution deal, Pirate Borg pre-order, Green Ronin teases Swords of the Shadow Planet, Mayfair Games returning, ) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-june-23-2023.698387/ Who the Devil Are You? from Monte Cook Games https://www.enworld.org/threads/in-who-the-devil-are-you-the-players-do-all-the-work.698392/ Script Change by Beau Jágr Sheldon https://briebeau.com/thoughty/script-change/ Tales of the Valiant Joins the $1M Crowdfunding Club https://www.enworld.org/threads/tales-of-the-valiant-joins-the-1m-crowdfunding-club.698356/ Gloomhaven RPG Crowdfunder Hits $1M in First Hours https://www.enworld.org/threads/gloomhaven-rpg-crowdfunder-hits-1m-in-first-hours.698353/ Artipelago by Hatchling Games on Crowdfundr https://crowdfundr.com/artipelago Not DnD - INSPIRISLES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7VN3z0JQHs Beadle & Grimm’s Deluxe Edition of Phandelver & Below https://beadleandgrimms.com/products/legendary-edition-of-phandelver-below-the-shattered-obelisk This Mortal Coil by David Garrett https://carpedavid.itch.io/this-mortal-coil Diana Jones Award Nominees 2023 https://www.enworld.org/threads/this-years-diana-jones-award-nominees-include-a-journalist-2-ttrpgs-a-d-d-adventure-and-a-game-designer.698345/ TTRPG Freelancer Writer/Editor Rate Survey https://www.enworld.org/threads/ttrpg-freelancer-writer-editor-rate-survey.698306/ TTRPG Freelancer Artist/Cartographer Rate Survey https://www.enworld.org/threads/ttrpg-freelancer-artist-cartographer-rate-survey.698323/ Search & Rescue: A Mausritter Adventure https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/441826/Search--Rescue-A-Mausritter-adventure?affiliate_id=36142 A Case of MisTastin’ Identity by Jeff Somogyl https://www.dmsguild.com/product/442392?affiliate_id=36142 -------------------- Cheating GMs TikTok from scxrlet64 on cheating as a GM https://www.tiktok.com/@scxrlet64/video/7247584131607956782 -------------------- 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 Listener Question on Twitter, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at TikTok -------------------- 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 group tires of Burrows & Bearowls and seek a new game.