• Cartography Unlimited for RPGs has slashed prices by 50% on their products until the end of August to help gamers on a limited budget.

• Blackdirge Publishing has released Blackdyrge's Templates: Deep Spawn, an aquatic template based on deep-sea creatures such as gulper eels and anglerfish.
• Dreamscarred Press has released The Mind Unveiled: Feats, a collection of more than 60 new feats for games using psionics.
• The Other Game Company and Arion Games have announced a new collaboration with a set of paper miniatures specifically for Dungeon Bash, the Roleplaying/Board game of dungeon exploration. The new paper miniature set by Arion Games provides 56 heroes, NPC’s, monsters and other enemies. The products are available here and here.

• Otherworld Miniatures and Fight On! have announced a summer adventure contest. Full details are available here.

• Gnome Stew, the game mastering blog, is a new site written by GMs, for GMs. With 10 authors, Gnome Stew delivers system-neutral and system-specific content for game masters.

• Sinister Adventures, LLC, has made available a preview of its new cover art, painted by Wayne Reynolds, for the first in their flagship line of Dark Vista OGL D20 adventures Razor Coast, which can now be preordered. Dark Horizons #1: Cold Black and
  The Known Universe Gazetteer are also available for preorder.
• Rite Publishing has released a Web Enhancment for Veiled Denizens, their monster supplement for Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved.
• Highmoon Media Productions has announced they will be producing the True20 Ancients line of sourcebooks for Green Ronin Publishing, bringing the historical Mythic Vistas settings to the True20 Adventure Roleplaying game.

• Paperback format
• PDF format

The final novel in the METAMORPHOSIS trilogy!

Now in command of a massive daemonic army, Yaghur Hod invades the Abyss and seeks to reclaim the portion of his power still trapped within the sentient sword, Fiendbleeder. But the mighty daemon's allies include more than the teeming multitudes of Hades and Gehenna - he has awakened an ancient and terrible evil from an eons-long sleep, promising the souls of all who stand against him to the eldritch horror.

As Yaghur Hod battles his way through the realms of Abyssal lords foolish enough to oppose him, Hazergal and a motley alliance of archfiends race to gather an army of their own. In the face of this dire threat, the former archmage must hold together a tumultuous alliance of fiends, while struggling to retain his humanity in an ever-changing demonic body.

And, as Yahgur Hod and his army close in, Hazergal is forced to make a blasphemous choice: ascend to the pinnacle of demonic power and sacrifice what is left of his humanity or face utter destruction.

• Giants takes a look at the reimagining of giants and provides the stat blocks for the Hill Giant (Level 13 Brute) and the Earth Titan (Level 16 Elite Brute).
• Epic Destinies, like the earlier Paragon Paths excerpt, presents the concept of an Epic Destiny and gives the example of the Archmage.

Monte Cook Joins the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game™ Team

Co-creator of 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons® to act as Rules Consultant

May 12, 2008 (BELLEVUE, Wash.) – Paizo Publishing®, LLC today announced that Monte Cook, the co-creator of 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons and author of the 3.5 PHB and DMG as well as the Ptolus™ campaign setting and the recent Book of Experimental Might™, has joined the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game team as a Rules Consultant.

"This is going to be a lot of fun," said Monte Cook. "Pathfinder is a fresh spin on a rules system that I love and the guys at Paizo are great to work with. They produce nothing but the highest quality products."

"Monte Cook is a legend of third edition and of the Open Gaming movement," said Paizo’s Publisher, Erik Mona. "He’s also a great DM, and has the best mind for mechanics I’ve ever seen. To have one of the original third edition designers helping us with the Pathfinder RPG is like a dream come true. With Monte’s involvement, I am certain that the future of the edition he helped to create will be very long and very fruitful."

"I am really excited to be working with Monte on this project," said Paizo’s Lead Designer, Jason Bulmahn. "His advice has been a great help to the Pathfinder RPG. When it comes to rules design and knowledge of the 3.5 system, there is absolutely no one better."

Monte Cook will also be contributing an introduction to the final Pathfinder Roleplaying Game hardcover, scheduled for an August 2009 release.

The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is a tabletop fantasy roleplaying game that will serve as the anchor for Paizo Publishing’s popular line of Pathfinder adventures, sourcebooks, and campaigns. Last March marked the beginning of a year-long Open Playtest of the new rules, which are based on the popular 3.5 rules available under the Open Game License. The Pathfinder RPG is designed with backward compatibility as one of its primary goals, so players will continue to enjoy their lifelong fantasy gaming hobby without invalidating their entire game library. To learn more about the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and to download the free Pathfinder RPG Alpha playtest document, visit paizo.com/pathfinderRPG.

• Creative Mountain Games has completely revamped Small Keep, with all new artwork from Steve Muchow of MythMerchant.

• A preview of Keep on the Shadowfell, including a couple of maps, some art and some boxed text.
• A pair of warlord at-will powers: Commander's Strike and Wolf Pack Tactics.
• Three traps: Whirling Blades (level 5), Flame Jet (level 8) and Soul Gem (level 26).
• A massive Monster Manual excerpt detailing orcs - 7 variations from the Orc Drudge, through the Orc Beserker and Orc Eye of Gruumsh, to the Orc Chieftain.
• An upcoming schedule for D&D Insider (reproduced below).
• The fluff text for H2: Thunderspire Labyrinth: "Beneath the stormy peak of Thunderspire Mountain lies the labyrinth, an ancient, ruined minotaur city. For over two decades, an order of wizards called the Mages of Saruun has governed the labyrinth's upper levels, creating a safe haven called the Seven-Pillared Hall where surface-dwellers and underground denizens can meet to trade. Humans, halflings, dwarves, duergar, goblins, orcs, troglodytes, and others come to the hall to barter under the watchful eyes of the Mages of Saruun and their towering minotaur constructs.... The mages have one rule in the Seven-Pillared Hall: Maintain the peace. Visitors who leave the safety of the hall and venture into the labyrinth go at their own risk, for in the darkness of the labyrinth dwell foul creatures, eager for the chance to capture or kill foolhardy explorers.

Mon 05/12: Epic Destinies (PH), Giants (MM)
Wed 05/14: Economy (DMG), Archons (MM)
Fri 05/16: Magic Items (DMG), Quests (DMG)
Mon 05/19: Minions (MM)
Wed 05/21: Undead (MM)
Fri 05/23: Magic Weapons (PH), Swarms (MM)
Mon 05/26: Fallcrest (DMG)
Wed 05/28: Rituals (PH)
Fri 05/30: Humans as Monsters (MM)
Mon 06/02: Alignment (PH)