Editing Sword and Sorcery Studios

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| type = Imprint
| foundation = 2000
| defunct = {{End date|2008}}
| location = Stone Mountain, GA
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| industry = Role-playing games
| products = [[d20 System]] materials, ''[[EverQuest Role-Playing Game|EverQuest RPG]]'', ''[[Warcraft the Roleplaying Game|Warcraft RPG]]''
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| parent = [[White Wolf, Inc.]]
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.sword-sorcery.com}}
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'''Sword and Sorcery Studios''' (S&SS) was an [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of [[White Wolf, Inc.]], used to publish its [[d20 System]] & [[Open Gaming License]] material in from 2000 to 2008. The imprint also acted as publisher for other small press game developers, such as [[Monte Cook]]'s company, [[Malhavoc Press]], and [[Necromancer Games]].

==History==
The leadship at [[White Wolf Publishing]] saw the massive potential for the [[d20 System]] in the roleplaying industry, so they formed Sword & Sorcery Studio — a new department dedicated to production of d20 products. White Wolf wanted an expert in the legal and mechanical issues involved with the d20 trademark license, so they asked [[Necromancer Games]] to help form the "Sword & Sorcery" imprint, to publish both the books of Sword & Sorcery Studio and those of Necromancer Games. This partnership was announced on September 13, 2000.<ref name="designers00s">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons: The '00s|publisher=[[Evil Hat Productions]]|year=2014| isbn=978-1-61317-087-8}}</ref>{{rp|8}}

When this partnership was announced, White Wolf also stated that Sword & Sorcery Studio was involved as a third partner was involved, although it was actually just the White Wolf d20 content division, but did give its name to the Sword & Sorcery d20 imprint. White Wolf produced the first book for Sword & Sorcery, the ''Creature Collection'' (2000) monster book which was assembled by [[Clark A. Peterson|Clark Peterson]] and Bill Webb of Necromancer Games, and written by White Wolf staffers.<ref name="designers90s">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons: The '90s|publisher=[[Evil Hat Productions]]|year=2014| isbn=978-1-61317-084-7}}</ref>{{rp|33}}

==Products==
* ''d20 Sword & Sorcery'' series – d20 system/''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' 3rd edition compatible sourcebooks
* ''[[Scarred Lands]]'' – [[campaign setting]] for ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
* ''[[Ravenloft]]'' campaign setting – the company held the license to publish the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons|3rd edition]] version of it. 
* ''[[EverQuest Role-Playing Game]]'' – licensed [[pencil and paper game]] line
* ''[[Warcraft the Roleplaying Game]]''  – licensed pencil and paper game line
* ''Monte Cook's [[Arcana Unearthed]]'' and ''Arcana Evolved'' series
* ''[[Gamma World]]'' campaign setting for ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.white-wolf.com/|White Wolf official website}}

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