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[[File:Ed-Greenwood-at-Gen-Con.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Dare you step into his magical | [[File:Ed-Greenwood-at-Gen-Con.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Dare you step into his [[magical realm]]?]] | ||
Ed Greenwood is a Canadian fantasy writer and librarian. He's most famous for creating the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting for [[D&D]], which as of [[5e]] is the default campaign world. He apparently sold the setting to [[TSR]] for a token fee in the 80s- which has got to sting now that toy-and-game goliath [[Hasbro]] are rinsing it for all it's worth, and [[R.A. Salvatore|other authors]] are churning out books in the setting [[Drizzt|that are way more popular than his own]]. | Ed Greenwood is a Canadian fantasy writer and librarian. He's most famous for creating the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting for [[D&D]], which as of [[5e]] is the default campaign world. He apparently sold the setting to [[TSR]] for a token fee in the 80s- which has got to sting now that toy-and-game goliath [[Hasbro]] are rinsing it for all it's worth, and [[R.A. Salvatore|other authors]] are churning out books in the setting [[Drizzt|that are way more popular than his own]]. | ||
He's written a shit-tonne of books, often involving his self-insert [[gandalf|not-Gandalf]] called [[Elminster]]. | He's written a shit-tonne of books, often involving his self-insert [[gandalf|not-Gandalf]] called [[Elminster]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:31, 26 September 2015
Ed Greenwood is a Canadian fantasy writer and librarian. He's most famous for creating the Forgotten Realms setting for D&D, which as of 5e is the default campaign world. He apparently sold the setting to TSR for a token fee in the 80s- which has got to sting now that toy-and-game goliath Hasbro are rinsing it for all it's worth, and other authors are churning out books in the setting that are way more popular than his own.
He's written a shit-tonne of books, often involving his self-insert not-Gandalf called Elminster.