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Jeff Grubb (born August 27, 1957) is an author who writes novels, short stories, and comics and a computer and
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er in the fantasy genre. Grubb worked on the ''
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''
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under
Tracy Hickman Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is an American fantasy author. He wrote the ''Dragonlance'' novels with Margaret Weis. He also wrote role playing game material while working for TSR, Inc., TSR and has cowritten novels with his wife, ...
, and the ''
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'' setting with
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. His written works include '' The Finder's Stone Trilogy'', the ''
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'' and '' Jakandor''
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settings, and contributions to ''
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'' and the computer game ''
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'' (2006).


Personal life

Grubb was born in
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, Pennsylvania. He met
Kate Novak Kate Novak is an American fantasy author. Biography Novak grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in Chemistry. She primarily published in the ''Forgotten Realms'' and ''Ravenloft'' s ...
in high school, and married her in 1983. His first year of employment involved work with air pollution control devices.


Beginnings in role-playing games

Grubb became a
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enthusiast during his high school years. He started to play
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wargames including ''
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'' and ''
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'', and the SPI game, ''Frigate''. As a
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, he attended the campus war-gaming club and was introduced to the role-playing game, ''
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''. Grubb said, :"I walked up to a group of players to ask what they were doing. One turned to me, handed me three six-siders, and said, 'Roll these. We need a
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.' It was all downhill from there." Within the year, Grubb attended
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, a table-top gaming convention, for the first time. He also ran his own campaign set in Toril, his own game universe.


Career


TSR

Grubb's overseeing of the design of the "AD&D Open" at Gen Con in 1982, led to his employment as a game designer at TSR. He was a design consultant on
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's 1983 work, ''
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'' for the ''
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''
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.
Tracy Hickman Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is an American fantasy author. He wrote the ''Dragonlance'' novels with Margaret Weis. He also wrote role playing game material while working for TSR, Inc., TSR and has cowritten novels with his wife, ...
got Harold Johnson, then Grubb, Carl Smith and
Larry Elmore Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948) is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines, and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Dragonlance'', ...
in on the idea of
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before
Margaret Weis Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the ''Dragonlance'' role-playing game (RPG) world. She is ...
and
Douglas Niles Douglas Niles (born December 1, 1954, in Brookfield, Wisconsin) is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles was one of the creators of the Dragonlance world and the author of the first three Forgotten Realms novels, the ''Star Frontiers'' space o ...
joined them. In 1984, Grubb was the principal architect of the '' Marvel Super Heroes'' game system. Grubb was a consultant on the first edition of ''
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'', and authored the first edition of the ''
Manual of the Planes The ''Manual of the Planes'' (abbreviated MoP) is a manual for the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' role-playing game. This text addresses the planar cosmology of the game universe. The original book (for use with ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 1st Ed ...
''. Grubb contacted
Ed Greenwood Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the original creator of the ''Forgotten Realms'' game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for '' Dragon'' magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sol ...
, author of numerous articles in ''
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'' about his home campaign setting, and soon Greenwood began sending Grubb packages full of maps of his world and background information for the setting; this collaboration resulted in the publication of the
Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a ...
campaign setting beginning with the ''
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'' (1987). He is the designer of the ''
Spelljammer ''Spelljammer'' is a campaign setting originally published for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (2nd edition) role-playing game, which features a fantastic (as opposed to scientific) outer space environment. Subsequent editions have included ' ...
'' campaign setting, and the
Al-Qadim Al-Qadim is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game which was developed by Jeff Grubb with Andria Hayday for TSR, Inc., and was first released in 1992. Al-Qadim uses ''One Thousand and One Nights'' as a theme and is ...
setting. Grubb felt that Al-Qadim was well received because the designers were able to hide the potential of the setting from the executives at TSR. In the late 1980s, Grubb wrote four fill-in issues of the
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licensed ''
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'' comic book, and wrote 25 issues of DC Comic's ''
Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a ...
'' series. Grubb started the ''Buck Rogers'' line for TSR with a board game published in 1988. Grubb continued to work on role-playing games with TSR for many years, long enough to be regarded affectionately as an "old timer" by
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. In 1994, he left TSR to pursue freelance work. Grubb wrote three supplements for the '' Jakandor'' setting, published in 1997–1998 as the final publications in the ''Odyssey'' series.


Freelance work

When
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purchased TSR inc., Grubb was engaged to work on games, settings, and source books such as ''
Tempest Feud ''Tempest Feud'' is an Adventure (role-playing games), adventure written by Jeff Grubb and Owen K.C. Stephens for the d20 System version of the ''Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast), Star Wars Roleplaying Game''. It was published by ...
'' for the '' Star Wars Roleplaying Game'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. He wrote ''The Memoirs of Auberon of Faerie'' for
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and was one of the authors of the D20 ''Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game'' for Sword & Sorcery Studios. He has also been involved with Sovereign Press, founded by
Margaret Weis Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the ''Dragonlance'' role-playing game (RPG) world. She is ...
and
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in 2001. He designed the ''
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'' Unleashed set.


Comics, novels, and short stories

In 1988, '' Azure Bonds'', Grubb's first novel, which was coauthored with his wife, Kate Novak, was published as part of ''The Finder's Stone Trilogy''. The second and third books in the trilogy, '' The Wyvern's Spur'' and ''
Song of the Saurials ''Song of the Saurials'' is a 313-page Forgotten Realms paperback fantasy novel published by TSR Inc. in 1991, written by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb.[] Plot This novel is the final book of the Finder's Stone, Finders Stone Trilogy. Akabar bel A ...
'', were published by TSR inc. in 1990 and 1991. Grubb and Novak continued to write novels in the ''
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'' setting, releasing '' Masquerades'', ''Finder's Bane'', and ''Tymora's Luck''. Other settings such as ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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'' have also featured in his novels. Grubb also wrote the 45th issue of '' Superman Adventures'', ''"Mateless in Metropolis"'' (cover date July 2000). Grubb's short stories are set in a variety of fictional worlds, including ''Dragonlance'', ''Forgotten Realms'', ''
Ravenloft Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a ''Demiplane, pocket dimension'' or demiplane, called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of la ...
'' and ''
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''. In general, his short fiction has been well received, with his story ''"Malediction"'' being described as amongst the best of those included in ''Thieves' World: Enemies of Fortune'', while ''"Beowulf in the City of the Dark Elves"'' has been regarded as the best of the original fiction in ''The Further Adventures of Beowulf: Champion of Middle Earth''. Among his favorite novels that he authored are ''Azure Bonds'', ''Lord Toede'', and ''The Brothers' War'', and his favorite short stories include "The Judgement of abd-al-Mammat" and "Lycanthrope Summer." Grubb is the author of over a dozen novels and 30 short stories.


Computer games

The novel ''Azure Bonds'' was developed into a computer game, '' Curse of the Azure Bonds'', in 1989, and was published by
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.
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hired Grubb to write the story for the third installment of their ''
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'' franchise, ''
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''. Although credited as a designer under lead designer James Phinney, in an interview with
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he describes his role as more of an 'embedded writer' than a designer. Grubb was involved in designing the '' Guild Wars: Eye of the North'' expansion pack. Primarily responsible for writing the storyline, he describes himself as an 'embedded writer' rather than as a game designer. He has also done world-building and writing for
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. He is working as a writer and game designer for Guild Wars 2.


Bibliography


Novels


Dragonlance (shared universe)

* ''Villains'' ** ''Book 5: Lord Toede'' (1994),


Forgotten Realms (shared universe)

* ''The Finder's Stone Trilogy'' (with
Kate Novak Kate Novak is an American fantasy author. Biography Novak grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in Chemistry. She primarily published in the ''Forgotten Realms'' and ''Ravenloft'' s ...
) ** '' Azure Bonds'' (1988), ** '' The Wyvern's Spur'' (1990), ** ''
Song of the Saurials ''Song of the Saurials'' is a 313-page Forgotten Realms paperback fantasy novel published by TSR Inc. in 1991, written by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb.[] Plot This novel is the final book of the Finder's Stone, Finders Stone Trilogy. Akabar bel A ...
'' (1991), * ''The Harpers'' (with
Kate Novak Kate Novak is an American fantasy author. Biography Novak grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in Chemistry. She primarily published in the ''Forgotten Realms'' and ''Ravenloft'' s ...
) ** ''Book 10: Masquerades'' (1995), ** ''Book 15: Finder's Bane'' (1997), * ''The Lost Gods'' (with
Kate Novak Kate Novak is an American fantasy author. Biography Novak grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in Chemistry. She primarily published in the ''Forgotten Realms'' and ''Ravenloft'' s ...
) ** ''Tymora's Luck'' (1997), sequel to ''Finder's Bane'',


Magic: The Gathering (shared universe)

* ''Artifacts'' Series ** ''Book 1: The Brothers' War'' (1998), * ''Ice Age Trilogy'' ** ''The Gathering Dark'' (1999) ** ''The Eternal Ice'' (2000) ** ''The Shattered Alliance'' (2000)


WarCraft (shared universe)

* ''The Last Guardian'' (2001), . This novel has been described as "an original tale of magic, warfare, and heroism based on the bestselling, award-winning electronic game from Blizzard Entertainment".


StarCraft (shared universe)

* '' Liberty's Crusade'' (2001),


Guild Wars (shared universe)

* '' Ghosts of Ascalon'' (2010), – first novel in a three-book series of stand-alone novels set in the world of Tyria, in the 250 years that separates
Guild Wars ''Guild Wars'' is an online role-playing game franchise developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSOFT. The games were critically well received and won many editor's choice awards, as well as awards such as Best Value, Best Massively Multiplaye ...
and
Guild Wars 2 ''Guild Wars 2'' is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSoft. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the core game follows the re-emergence of Destiny's Edge, a disbanded guild ded ...
. ** written with
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Star Wars (shared universe)

* ''Scourge'' (2012), – An adaptation of Tempest Feud.


Comics


Forgotten Realms DC Comics

*
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published 25 ''Forgotten Realms'' comics from 1 September 1989 to 25 September 1991 where Jeff Grubb was the author.


Role-playing books

*'' Al-Qadim: Arabian Adventures'' (1992) *''D&D: Diablo II Adventure Game'' (with Bill Slavicsek, published by Wizards of the Coast) *''
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Role-playing Game'' (with
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,
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, and Charles Ryan) *DL7 ''Dragons of Light'' *'' Eye of the Wyvern'' (
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) Part of TSR's "Fast-play Game" series for ''
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''. *'' Karameikos: Kingdom of Adventure'' (with Aaron Allston and Thomas M. Reid, part of the ''TSR Audio Games'' series, TSR, Inc.) *M2 '' Maze of the Riddling Minotaur'' *''
Manual of the Planes The ''Manual of the Planes'' (abbreviated MoP) is a manual for the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' role-playing game. This text addresses the planar cosmology of the game universe. The original book (for use with ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 1st Ed ...
'' (1987) Published by TSR, Inc. *''Tempest Feud'' (with Owen K.C. Stephens, published by Wizards of the Coast for the ''Star Wars Roleplaying Game'') "''Tempest Feud'' fails to rise to the exacting standards set by its predecessors." *''
Urban Arcana Urban Arcana is a campaign setting for the d20 Modern roleplaying game that builds on a small campaign model included in the original rulebook. It adds much in the way of magic and monsters to the game, and contains rules for things such as playi ...
'' (with Eric Cagle, David Noonan, & Stan!, published by Wizards of the Coast)


Boot Hill

*BH4 ''
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''


Marvel Super-Heroes

*'' Marvel Super Heroes Advanced Set'' *'' MARVEL SUPER HEROES game'' *Numerous modules


Spelljammer

*'' Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space'' Boxed Set (November 1989), . *''Legend of Spelljammer'' Box Set (September 1991), .


High Adventure

*'' Buck Rogers Adventure Game'' (with Steven Schend)


Miniatures games

*''
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: Rebel Storm'' (with Bill Slavicsek, Jonathon Tweet, & Rob Watkins)


References


External links


Grubb Street
Jeff Grubb's Blog *
''The Alliterates'' Biography of Jeff Grubb
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