Based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, this University of Pittsburgh graduate wrote the novel Masquerades?
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Masquerades (novel) Masquerades is a novel written by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb that takes place in the "Forgotten Realms" setting. It is based on the campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game.
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Kate Novak Kate Novak grew up in Pittsburgh, where she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in Chemistry. She is a fantasy author primarily published in the "Forgotten Realms" and "Ravenloft" shared worlds.
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Steven Schend Steven E. Schend is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game from TSR throughout the 1990s.
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D-Scribe Digital Publishing D-Scribe Digital Publishing is an open access electronic publishing program of the University Library System (ULS) of the University of Pittsburgh. It comprises over 100 thematic collections that together contain over 100,000 digital objects. This content, most of which is available through open access, includes both digitized versions of materials from the collections of the University of Pittsburgh and other local institutions as well as original 'born-electronic' content actively contributed by scholars worldwide. D-Scribe includes such items as photographs, maps, books, journal articles, dissertations, government documents, and technical reports, along with over 745 previously out-of-print titles published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The digital publishing efforts of the University Library System began in 1998 and have won praise for their innovation from the leadership at the Association of Research Libraries and peer institutions.
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Masque of the Red Death (Ravenloft) Masque of the Red Death is a campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game, named after the Edgar Allan Poe short story of the same name. The setting was published after the release of the "Ravenloft" campaign setting in 1994 as "Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales", and is regarded as an add-on for that line. "Masque of the Red Death" has many of the same qualities as "Ravenloft", such as "power checks" and restricted magic, including limited planar travel. Unlike Ravenloft, the location of the adventures is "Gothic Earth", an 1890s version of Earth where fantasy creatures exist only in the shadows of civilization. Many notable real-life figures or 19th century literary characters are included for the players to interact with, including Van Helsing, Jack the Ripper and Dorian Gray.
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Dwarves Deep Dwarves Deep is an accessory for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. The book, with product code TSR 9300, was published in 1990, and was written by Ed Greenwood, with cover art by Brom and interior art by Andy Price.
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Wolf in White Van Wolf in White Van is the first novel by the American author and singer-songwriter John Darnielle. "Wolf in White Van" tells the story of Sean Phillips, a reclusive game designer whose face has been severely disfigured. One reviewer characterizes Sean as someone "steeped in video games, bad sci-fi movies, and Conan the Barbarian comic books". The plot, which is told non-chronologically, alternates between Sean's childhood, adolescence, and adulthood to describe the circumstances surrounding the incident that disfigured him. A fictional play-by-mail role-playing game called "Trace Italian" figures prominently in the novel.
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The Inheritance (novel) The Inheritance is a fantasy novel set in the Dragonlance campaign setting of the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. It is in the "Classics" series.
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BurningMUD BurningMUD (also referred to as Burning) is an online game which has its roots in the DikuMUD family of MUDs. It combines elements from "Rolemaster" and "Dungeons & Dragons" to create a fantasy environment for the players.
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Dungeons &amp; Dragons Online Dungeons & Dragons Online ("DDO") is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Turbine for Microsoft Windows and OS X. The game was originally marketed as "Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach", then renamed "Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited" upon switching to a hybrid free to play model, and was finally rebranded "Dungeons & Dragons Online", with the introduction of Forgotten Realms-related content. Turbine developed "DDO" as an online adaptation of "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D"), based loosely on the "D&D" 3.5 rule set. The game is set on the unexplored continent of Xen'drik within the Eberron campaign setting, and in the Kingdom of Cormyr within the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
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Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight is a 2008 animated film, the first to be based on the "Dragonlance" campaign setting of the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It is based on the first novel written for the campaign setting, "Dragons of Autumn Twilight", co-written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, both of whom gave assistance for the film's screenplay adaptation by George Strayton. The film was directed by Will Meugniot and distributed by Paramount Pictures, directly to video.
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University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy is the graduate pharmacy school of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1878, it offers Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees, as well as a residency training program. The school is one of the university's six schools of the health sciences and is ranked in the top 10 of pharmacy schools according to "U.S. News & World Report".
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James Dallas Egbert III James Dallas Egbert III (October 29, 1962 – August 16, 1980) was a student at Michigan State University who disappeared from his dormitory room on August 15, 1979. The disappearance was widely reported in the press, and his participation in the fantasy role-playing game "Dungeons & Dragons" was seized upon by press and investigators alike as being potentially related to his disappearance, propelling the previously obscure game to nationwide attention.
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Demogorgon (Dungeons &amp; Dragons) In the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, Demogorgon is a powerful demon prince. He is known as the Prince of Demons, a self-proclaimed title he holds by virtue of his power and influence, which, in turn, is a title acknowledged by both mortals and his fellow demons. Demogorgon was also named as one of the greatest villains in "D&D" history by the final print issue of "Dragon".
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Christopher Stasheff Christopher Stasheff (born 1944) is an American science fiction author and fantasy author whose novels include "The Warlock in Spite of Himself" (1969) and "Her Majesty's Wizard" (1986). He has a PhD. in Theatre and taught radio and television at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico; he is now retired and living in Champaign, Illinois. Stasheff has been noted for his blending of science fiction and fantasy, as seen in his "Warlock" series, which placed an "'epic fantasy' in a science fictional frame". Stasheff's writing is often seen in the moral and ethical mentor style similar to Terry Goodkind, Terry Brooks or J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Maelstrom (role playing game) Maelstrom is a role-playing game by Alexander Scott, originally published in 1984 by Puffin Books as a single soft cover book (ISBN  ; ISBN  ). The game is set in a 16th to 17th century British setting - the Tudor Period and the Elizabethan era - although the rules can be adapted to other locations or time periods. Firearms (readily available in Europe at this time) are conspicuously absent from the setting, mentioned only in passing in the initial rulebook.
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Richard A. Knaak Richard A. Knaak (born 28 May 1961 in Chicago) is the author of "Dragonlance" novels, "Dragonrealm", six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's "Diablo" series, and ten works in the Warcraft universe. He has also written five non-series fantasy books.
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Allen Stroud Allen Stroud is a Lecturer at Bucks New University, where he is the Course Leader for Film and Television Production and the Creative Writing for Publication degrees. He is the editor for the "British Fantasy Society Journal." He also composes instrumental music; however, Stroud is best known for his sci-fi fantasy novels and video game writing. He is the 2017 and 2018 chair of Fantasycon, the annual convention of the British Fantasy Society, which hosts the "British Fantasy Awards."
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Stephen R. Marsh Stephen R. Marsh is an American game designer and lawyer best known for his contributions to early editions of TSR's "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG). Some of the creatures he created for the original edition of "D&D" in 1975 have been included in every subsequent edition of the game.
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Andrew Greenberg Andrew Greenberg is a game designer of tabletop role-playing games and role-playing video games.
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War (novel) War is a fantasy novel by Simon Hawke, set in the world of Birthright, and based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It was published in May 1996 (ISBN  ).
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Red Masquers The Duquesne University Red Masquers are the oldest amateur theatre company in the city of Pittsburgh. Known as the Red Masquers since 1914, the company can trace its roots back to the late 19th century when Duquesne first started to offer courses in drama. The name Red Masquers refers to Masques, a form of European court entertainment in the 17th century, and the "red" of course representing Duquesne's colors.