Russ “Morrus” Morrissey

I always have a lot of time for their analysis and stuff because even if I don't necessarily agree with all of it, I do find it to be quite intriguing and it's definitely a consistent point of view, which I can totally respect. That's a big list. That's a lot of changes. Yeah, yeah, there's a big list and a lot of changes, yeah.

Classes, backgrounds, species, spells, stat blocks, feats, equipment, rules, new terminology, everything.

Classes, backgrounds, species, spells, stat blocks, feats, equipment, rules, new terminology, everything.

Yeah, yeah. I guess probably the thing that's struck my, caught my attention, caught my eye the most As you know, I'm quite interested in making gaming accessible to as many people as possible, working to do that sort of thing. And one of the people that I'm talking to is Wormworks Publishing, my chap Dale over there. And he had quite some things to say about the new Player's Handbook.

Yeah, yeah. I guess probably the thing that's struck my, caught my attention, caught my eye the most As you know, I'm quite interested in making gaming accessible to as many people as possible, working to do that sort of thing. And one of the people that I'm talking to is Wormworks Publishing, my chap Dale over there. And he had quite some things to say about the new Player's Handbook.

For instance, he liked some of the work they've done in the artwork, especially the artwork is top class. There's a lot of recognition of face differences, body proportion differences, or even things like a pigmentation variant, like vitiligo, which is where you might have, say, a black person, but they've got patches of white skin. So that's a really common form.

For instance, he liked some of the work they've done in the artwork, especially the artwork is top class. There's a lot of recognition of face differences, body proportion differences, or even things like a pigmentation variant, like vitiligo, which is where you might have, say, a black person, but they've got patches of white skin. So that's a really common form.

So yeah, in terms of artwork, they're doing well and they've even got some disabled characters in the artwork. Mm-hmm. which made the rest of it somewhat more problematic because there didn't appear to be anything like mobility aids, which was a concern. There's no recognition within the book. Like, you know, like what if you have crutches? What if you have a wheelchair? No combat wheelchair.

So yeah, in terms of artwork, they're doing well and they've even got some disabled characters in the artwork. Mm-hmm. which made the rest of it somewhat more problematic because there didn't appear to be anything like mobility aids, which was a concern. There's no recognition within the book. Like, you know, like what if you have crutches? What if you have a wheelchair? No combat wheelchair.

Yeah. I mean, not even a combat wheelchair, just like a regular one. I mean, it's not like, you know, as you say, the combat wheelchair, Mustang's art has had that out for ages. So it seems like a bit weird that there's,

Yeah. I mean, not even a combat wheelchair, just like a regular one. I mean, it's not like, you know, as you say, the combat wheelchair, Mustang's art has had that out for ages. So it seems like a bit weird that there's,

nothing in there yeah because pathfinder adopted that didn't they yeah okay yeah i mean that might be the that might be the thing but yeah and obviously in advanced fifth edition there is also a wheelchair available in the equipment list as well yeah there's like not really not really much in the way for neurodivergence either which seems like a bit strange strange choice for

nothing in there yeah because pathfinder adopted that didn't they yeah okay yeah i mean that might be the that might be the thing but yeah and obviously in advanced fifth edition there is also a wheelchair available in the equipment list as well yeah there's like not really not really much in the way for neurodivergence either which seems like a bit strange strange choice for

players recognizing themselves but probably the thing he felt most strongly about and i have to say i do i do quite agree with him is uh the complete removal of any mixed mixed heritages oh have they because we were wondering what they were going to do about that yeah is it completely gone then there's no rule for it or anything well like things like half or health and half or walk

players recognizing themselves but probably the thing he felt most strongly about and i have to say i do i do quite agree with him is uh the complete removal of any mixed mixed heritages oh have they because we were wondering what they were going to do about that yeah is it completely gone then there's no rule for it or anything well like things like half or health and half or walk

have had sort of like problematic racist connotations yeah and they're gone yeah and they are gone like with Tasha's Cauldron for Everything they had a paragraph or two about adopting like you know ways to do it and obviously as you know I I've written a whole damn book about it. I'm likely to write more because it's something I feel very strongly about.

have had sort of like problematic racist connotations yeah and they're gone yeah and they are gone like with Tasha's Cauldron for Everything they had a paragraph or two about adopting like you know ways to do it and obviously as you know I I've written a whole damn book about it. I'm likely to write more because it's something I feel very strongly about.

But he's kind of mad about the 2024 core rules because they only allow pure-blood people groups effectively gamifying miscegenation laws. They say what, sorry? The 2024 core rules allow only pure-blood people groups effectively gamifying miscegenation laws. Miscegenation is a term which means that you can't

But he's kind of mad about the 2024 core rules because they only allow pure-blood people groups effectively gamifying miscegenation laws. They say what, sorry? The 2024 core rules allow only pure-blood people groups effectively gamifying miscegenation laws. Miscegenation is a term which means that you can't

In the real world, to talk about if a black person married a white person, some people would call that miscegenation, which is a very racist term and is not okay. It's like saying mixed races are not allowed. Obviously, we're talking about a fantasy game and mixed species or mixed heritages are our ancestries, I think is the term they use. Ancestry, yeah.