Not necessarily famous d20 game designers

[2WS-Steve]

Charles "Blood and Fists" Rice has been doing a bunch of great work for RPGObjects.

 

[DaveMage]

Steve Creech
Scott Greene
Jeff Grubb
Jeff & Dawn Ibach
Jim Pinto
Bill Webb

 

[GMSkarka]

Ian Sturrock (Skull & Bones, Slaine, Conan, etc.)
Patrick Younts (the VISIONS series from Ronin Arts)
Suzi Yee and Joseph Browning (the Magical Medieval series from Expeditious Retreat Press)

 

[Emiricol]

Jacob Norwood (Riddle of Steel)
Will Upchurch (Particularly the Midnight stuff)
Dominic Covey / Chris Davis (Darwin's World II)

 

[Ranger REG]

Jeff Grubb

Who doesn't know Jeff Grubb? Unless you slept through the 80's and 90's.

 

[Vigilance]

Charles "Blood and Fists" Rice has been doing a bunch of great work for RPGObjects.

Hey thanks a lot! Considering the other names being floated, I am honored

For myself, I have to give the nod to Ian Sturrock for Conan and a lot of those little power class books I devour like candy at every opportunity (yes I am a crunch gear, no you cannot have too many classes lol).

Also Adrian Bott, who designed my favorite RPG book of last year besides Conan, OGL Ancients.

Both of these have a gritty combat feel that I like a lot. OGL Ancients also has a nice take on race and social class as well as some neat rules for magic, armor and divine heritage. A very nice book.

Chuck

 

[Man-thing]

Shannon Kalvar - Dragon Magic, Book of Immortals

 

[Cavalorn]

Also Adrian Bott, who designed my favorite RPG book of last year besides Conan, OGL Ancients.

My turn to be honoured.

Ian and I are old friends, so we often stay up late drinking his single malt and talking about RPG stuff.

What makes me happiest is that I get to ref Conan for the man who wrote it. One day I'll have to write up his escapades as a Zingaran pirate in Story Hour.

'Don't I get a round-the-corner thingy bonus on that attack roll?'
'Ian, are you talking about a flanking bonus?'
'Er, yes.'

For my own recommendation, I'd have to give more props to Gareth Hanrahan, for doing his own thing with established subjects (Dragons, Planes) and doing it well enough to make people sit up and take note.

 

[MulhorandSage]

Thanks for the mention, Ghostwind.

And while people who were around in the 80s and early 90s know Jeff Grubb, those who came into the hobby since 3e might not. It's good to correct that oversight.

 

[Napftor]

Thanks for the mention, Ghostwind.

And while people who were around in the 80s and early 90s know Jeff Grubb, those who came into the hobby since 3e might not. It's good to correct that oversight.

Gah, you beat me to it, Scott.