Matthew Lee Sernett is a
game designer
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who has worked primarily on
role-playing game
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s.
Career
Matt Sernett was part of the SCRAMJET team, led by
Richard Baker, with designers
James Wyatt
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,
Ed Stark
Ed Stark is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
Ed Stark began his career at West End Games, where he wrote for the ''TORG'' and ''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Star Wars'' lines. He was the main developer b ...
,
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 the third edition ''
Fiend Folio
''Fiend Folio'' is the name of three separate products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). All three are collections of monsters.
The bulk of the material in the first edition c ...
'' (2003), ''
Monster Manual III'' (2004), ''
Races of Eberron'' (2005), ''
Fantastic Locations: Hellspike Prison'' (2005), ''
Spell Compendium'' (2005), the third edition ''
Tome of Magic
''Tome of Magic'' (abbreviated ToM) is a handbook of rules and guidelines for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. As its name implies, it is a supplement to be used to expand the magical options available in the game. It was first releas ...
'' (2006), ''
Tome of Battle'' (2006), ''
Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave'' (2007), and ''
Wizards Presents: Races and Classes'' (2007), as well as ''
Wizards Presents: Worlds and Monsters'' (2008). Additionally, he served as Editor-in-Chief of ''
Dragon
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'' from February to December 2004.
Spotlight Interviews: Matt Sernett
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American game designers
Dungeons & Dragons game designers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)