T. S. Luikart

Todd Steven Luikart (born 1971) is an American fantasy author, poet and roleplaying game designer. Born in San Diego, California, he attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, graduating with a B.A. in Literature in 1994. Luikart currently resides in Santa Cruz, California, where he works as a freelance designer of roleplaying games. He has a daughter, Octavia Luikart.

Roleplaying games

Among Luikart's oeuvre are the following games which he has either designed or contributed writing to:

From Black Industries, for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game;

* [http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=WH&content=wfrp-realms-sorcery Realms of Sorcery]
* [http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=WH&content=wfrp-bestiary Old World Bestiary]
* [http://www.blackindustries.com/?template=WH&content=wfrp-terror-talabheim Terror in Talabheim]

From Green Ronin Publishing, for the d20 system;

* [http://www.greenronin.com/catalog/grr1018 Skull and Bones]
* [http://www.greenronin.com/catalog/grr1406 The Red Star Campaign Setting]
* [http://www.greenronin.com/catalog/grr2006 Nocturnals: A Midnight Companion] for the Mutants and Masterminds game system.

Luikart also worked on the Underworld game, which is no longer in publication.

Poet and writer

While Luikart is primarily known as a writer and designer of roleplaying games, he has ambitions as a straight poet and novelist though, to date, he has not published any of the projects he is working on. His interests are primarily in the fantasy and science fiction genres in his larger works of fiction, though he is not limited to these genres. He has also been known to write poetry on a wide range of subjects. He has included a number of short stories in his RPG work (see links above) as well as publishing some short work online. He has additionally done some writing on the theory of roleplaying in [http://chimera.info/daedalus/articles/fall2003/adventuring_economics.html Daedalus] , an online journal.

Luikart also maintains a blog ( [http://tenfoldshield.blogspot.com/ TenfoldShield] ) where he presents his thoughts on gaming, writing, films, fatherhood and life.

The lore of T. S. Luikart

Luikart uses his first two initials (T. S.) in homage to the poet T. S. Eliot.

T. S. stands for Todd Steven, not "Too Sexy", his moniker in the gaming industry.

He has a large tattoo of a dragon on his back.

Luikart likes his hamburgers with mustard only.