Ed Stark is a

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who has worked primarily on

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Career

Ed Stark began his career at

West End Games West End Games (WEG) was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product lines included ''Star Wars'', ''Paranoia' ...

, where he wrote for the ''

TORG ''Torg'' is a cinematic cross-genre tabletop role-playing game created by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek, with art by Daniel Horne. It was first published by West End Games (WEG) in 1990. Game resolution uses a single twenty-sided die, ''dram ...

'' and ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...

'' lines. He was the main developer behind the MasterBook system and the so-called "Fifth edition" of ''

Paranoia Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety, suspicion, or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of co ...

''. After being hired by

Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast LLC (WotC or Wizards) is an American game Publishing, publisher, most of which are based on fantasy and List of science fiction themes, science-fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail game stores. In 1999, toy ...

, Stark was part of the SCRAMJET team, led by Richard Baker, with designers

James Wyatt James Wyatt (3 August 1746 – 4 September 1813) was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the Neoclassicism, neoclassical and neo-Gothic styles. He was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1785 and was its president from 1805 to ...

Matthew Sernett Matthew Lee Sernett is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Matt Sernett was part of the SCRAMJET team, led by Richard Baker, with designers James Wyatt, Ed Stark, Michele Carter, Stacy Longstreet, and Chris ...

, Michele Carter, Stacy Longstreet, and Chris Perkins; this team was responsible for updating the fictional setting as it would be used for the fourth edition of ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' which was in development. His ''D&D'' design work includes '' Legends of the Hero-Kings'' (1996), ''Children of the Night: Ghosts'' (1997), ''Children of the Night: The Created'' (1999), '' Complete Warrior'' (2003), '' Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss'' (2006), '' Fantastic Locations: Dragondown Grotto'' (2006), '' Barrow of the Forgotten King'' (2007), '' Fantastic Locations: City of Peril'' (2007), and ''

Complete Champion ''Complete Champion'' is a supplement for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents Somewhat of a sequel to '' Complete Divine'', the book is geared for characters who fight for a cause. Publication hist ...

'' (2007). He also wrote the novel '' City of Fire'' under the shared pseudonym T.H. Lain.

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