Who is your favorite d20 author?

[Mark]

That's probably because you deserve it, Mark. Or maybe you'll deserve it in the near future.

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Mark Clover sits firmly in the "someone to watch" group.

(Mark - my review of Potent Portals was submitted to rpg.net last week; it should be up in the next couple of days).

Cheers!

Thanks Merric! I'll do what I can to stay watchable...

 

[Darrin Drader]

Personally, I think some of the more notable "up and comers" are: Bret Boyd, Charles Plemons, Darrin Drader (who is becoming quite established), and Jeffrey Quinn.

Awe Steve, I'm blushing.

If we can count Monte and Chris Pramas (both of which rank highly), I think we can count some other past and present Wizards folks too. Namely James Wyatt, who has just been absolutely solid since we first became acquainted with his work. I've also always liked the work done by J.D. Wiker, Rich Redman, and Stan! (known collectively as the Game Mechanics, who are publishing through Green Ronin). I look forward to seeing their products on the shelf. And who can deny the work of Eric Cagle? Not a lot gets said about him, but his stuff is everywhere - the splat books, Star Wars, D20 Modern, and he's an excellent GM.

In D20, I agree that Mike Mearls is top notch, as is Will Upchurch. I also like the work Clark Peterson has done.

Some other up-and-comers - Steve Creech & Brannon Hollingsworth, both of whom I feel lucky to call colleagues.

 

[RangerWickett]

Let's see, has Peter Ball been mentioned yet? Sure, he's a co-worker of mine, so perhaps this might count slightly as favoritism, but he really has a lot of great flavor ideas. I personally consider myself fairly good at adding good fluff whenever I write something, but Peter does simply a great job meshing intriguing setting and story ideas with whatever rules he's working with.

The first thing he ever wrote for Nat20 was an article in Asgard, about warrior schools, and the sample schools he presented inspired me to actually use some of them in my campaign. Then he wrote four sample locations for Tournaments, Fairs, & Taverns, and in my opinion they helped make the product great.

Now he's co-writing The Adventurer's Guide to Surviving Anything with me, for ENMag, and having help out is a great boon.

So yeah, Peter, I'm a fan. Write more.

 

[Ashy]

Some other up-and-comers - Steve Creech & Brannon Hollingsworth, both of whom I feel lucky to call colleagues.

Speaking of feeling lucky...that'd be me, after getting a mention in this thread! Thanks, Darrin - yer my hero!