Tav_Behemoth
First Post
Since the EN Worlder in question is me
I know part of this story - back in '08 I applied for a game designer position posted at the WotC site, and James Wyatt liked the design test portion of my application and took a chance on me - thanks man! Thanks also to Mike Mearls for later assigning me such a hefty chunk of Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium.
Thanks also to Eytan Bernstein for bringing me in on a project he had from Joseph Goodman to write versions of the classic classes that were missing from 4E at launch; to Joseph who was open to Eytan's suggestion to bring in more authors from our playtest group; and to Greg Tito and Brian Cortijo, the other two guys with whom I developed the class and power design and playtesting skills that would later make my design test stand out.
OK but the part I don't know about is: how did Mordenkainen's get back on the release schedule? When its cancellation was announced I resigned myself to never having my name on the cover of an honest-to-goodness official Dungeons & Dragons book. And because Greg and I have been so busy running the non-stop demo of our new thing Adventurer Conqueror King, I haven't had time to keep up with the Gen Con news happening outside my little bubble. What's the word on this and any other changes to future 4E books?

Thanks also to Eytan Bernstein for bringing me in on a project he had from Joseph Goodman to write versions of the classic classes that were missing from 4E at launch; to Joseph who was open to Eytan's suggestion to bring in more authors from our playtest group; and to Greg Tito and Brian Cortijo, the other two guys with whom I developed the class and power design and playtesting skills that would later make my design test stand out.
OK but the part I don't know about is: how did Mordenkainen's get back on the release schedule? When its cancellation was announced I resigned myself to never having my name on the cover of an honest-to-goodness official Dungeons & Dragons book. And because Greg and I have been so busy running the non-stop demo of our new thing Adventurer Conqueror King, I haven't had time to keep up with the Gen Con news happening outside my little bubble. What's the word on this and any other changes to future 4E books?