Who would you pick to design Fourth Edition?

[diaglo]

Twice in the thread, Henry (who started the thread)

pssttt... it was RangerWicket (Ryan Nock) not Henry (Henry Link) that started and made the request....

 

[Psion]

Me. A must.

Mike Mearls. Knows what D&D is about, and can write to it. (I don't think I have to spell out what he has done)
Barsoomcore. Because he thinks up some cool stuff. (Hot Pursuit. And barsoom, of course!)
Michelle Lyons. (Slayers d20, Races of Stone.) (As a side note, did anyone else get avatar brain lock and think that was sniffles up there asking why she was unloved...)
Mike Johnstone. Developer at SS&S. A good editor and a good developer.
Robert Schwalb. Another unsung, great designer. (Developed about a dozen green ronin and goodman products, and wrote a lot of great supplements like Aasimar & Tiefling and Unholy Warriors/Book of Fiends)
Bruce Cordell. He's been through the fire.
Someone in junior high right now. Just to emphasize I don't want to see this for a while.

With my list, I felt like you need more than authorial experience. Developers and editors are instrumental, I think, in ensuring that the game line comes together.

 

[DaveMage]

None of the above.

No 4E, please.

 

[The Sigil]

pssttt... it was RangerWicket (Ryan Nock) not Henry (Henry Link) that started and made the request....

Geh. Fixed. Sorry to both Ryan and Henry.

I blame it on getting only 4 hours of sleep last night (thanks to a 9-month-old who has decided that 4 am is a fine time to wake up and a 2-year-old who thinks 11 pm is too early for falling asleep).

 

[Lobo Lurker]

Steve Kenson, Mike Mearls, Chris Pramas, & MonteCook.

Hey, I know it's against your request, but you can't really ask a question like this and then try and limit people's favorite designers.

It's like saying, who's your favorite pro-wrestler, but you can't choose the Undertaker, Hulk Hogan, or the Rock.

 

[Grover Cleaveland]

Chris Avellone (Planescape: Torment)
Zak Arnston (Monkeywrench, Metal Öpera)
John Tynes (Puppetland, Power Kill)
Todd Shaughnessy, Daniel Thron, and Chris Elliott (HOL, Freebase)

 

[Erik Mona]

Clark Ashton Smith (not for rules, keep him on flavor)
Akira Kurosawa
Werner Herzog
Brian Blume
H. H. Holmes (for inspiration)
The Micro-Machines Guy
Rip Taylor
The guy who played Adric on Dr. Who
Harriet Miers

That would be my pick.

--Erik

 

[diaglo]

H. H. Holmes (for inspiration)

Ouch... that is one Killer guy.

 

[lukelightning]

Winona Ryder and Scott Baio

 

[James Jacobs]

Werner Herzog

If Herzog's on the team, we definately need an undead Klaus Kinski as well.