Sword and Sorcery Studios (S&SS) was an imprint of

White Wolf, Inc. White Wolf Publishing was an American roleplaying game and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant

, used to publish its d20 System &

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material in from 2000 to 2008. The imprint also acted as publisher for other small press game developers, such as

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's company,

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, and

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History

The principals at

White Wolf Publishing White Wolf Publishing was an American roleplaying game and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant

saw that d20 was going to be a big deal for the roleplaying industry, so they were in the process of forming the Sword & Sorcery Studio — a new department to publish d20 products. White Wolf needed someone with expertise in the legal and mechanical issues related to the d20 trademark license, which led to asking

for help in forming White Wolf's "Sword & Sorcery" imprint, with the understanding that it would publish not only the works of the Sword & Sorcery Studio, but the books of Necromancer Games as well. The partnership between White Wolf and Necromancer was announced on September 13, 2000. When White Wolf announced their partnership with Necromancer Games, they also stated that they were working with a third partner, the "Sword & Sorcery Studio," which was actually the division of White Wolf dedicated to producing d20 content, and gave its name to White Wolf's new d20 imprint: Sword & Sorcery. White Wolf produced the first Sword & Sorcery book, the ''Creature Collection'' (2000), a book of monsters;

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and Bill Webb of Necromancer Games put ''Creature Collection'' together, but the writing came from White Wolf.

Products

* ''d20 Sword & Sorcery'' series – d20 system/''

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'' 3rd edition compatible sourcebooks * ''

Scarred Lands Scarred Lands is a post-apocalyptic fantasy campaign setting in which characters live in a world recovering from a devastating war between gods and titans. Initially published by White Wolf Publishing under its Sword & Sorcery brand using the d20 ...

'' –

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for ''

'' * ''

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'' campaign setting – the company held the license to publish the 3rd edition version of it. * '' EverQuest Role-Playing Game'' – licensed

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line * '' Warcraft the Roleplaying Game'' – licensed pencil and paper game line * ''Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed'' and ''Arcana Evolved'' series

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.white-wolf.com/, White Wolf official website Role-playing game publishing companies White Wolf Publishing