Greg A. Vaughan is an American writer who creates material for roleplaying games.
Greg A. Vaughan's role-playing credits for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game include Drow of the Underdark , [1] Scepter Tower of Spellgard , [2] Anauroch: The Empire of Shade , [3] and The Twilight Tomb . [4]
He was written several adventures for Dungeon magazine and Paizo's Pathfinder and GameMastery lines. His Pathfinder work includes Pathfinder Adventure Path #6: Spires of Xin-Shalast, [5] and Pathfinder Adventure Path #11: Skeletons of Scarwall . [6]
Title | Year |
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The Twilight Tomb [7] | 2006 |
Drow of the Underdark [8] (with Ari Marmell, Robert J. Schwalb, and Anthony Pryor) | 2007 |
Anauroch: The Empire of Shade [9] (with Thomas M. Reid and Skip Williams) | 2007 |
Scepter Tower of Spellgard [10] (with David Noonan) | 2008 |
Ghosts of Saltmarsh [11] ("Tammeraut's Fate") | 2019 |
Mythic Odysseys of Theros [12] ("No Silent Secret") | 2020 |
Title | Issue # | Year |
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"The Plague Tree" [13] | 152 | 2007 |
"The Lost Mines of Karak" [14] ( Scales of War AP) | 159 | 2008 |
"The Brothers Gray" [15] | 172 | 2009 |
Title | Issue # | Year |
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"Tammeraut's Fate"* [16] | 106 | 2004 |
"Torrents of Dread" [17] | 114 | 2004 |
"Touch of the Abyss" [18] | 117 | 2004 |
"Istivin: City of Shadows" (with Erik Mona) [19] | 117 | 2004 |
"Shadows of the Abyss" [20] | 118 | 2005 |
"Wrath of the Abyss" [21] | 119 | 2005 |
"The Hateful Legacy" [22] | 131 | 2006 |
"Kings of the Rift" [23] ( Age of Worms AP) | 133 | 2006 |
"The Coming Storm" [24] | 136 | 2006 |
"Verdigris Wyrm" [25] | 142 | 2007 |
"Prince of Demons" [26] ( Savage Tide AP) | 150 | 2007 |
Title | Issue # | Year |
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"The Ecology of the Dracolich"* (with Richard Pett) [28] | 344 | 2006 |
Title | Year |
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary (contributor) [30] | 2009 |
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2 (contributor) [31] | 2011 |
Title | Book Line | Year |
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Classic Monsters Revisited - Orcs [32] | Pathfinder Chronicles | 2008 |
Into the Darklands (with James Jacobs) [33] | Pathfinder Chronicles | 2008 |
W2: River Into Darkness [34] | GameMastery Module | 2008 |
Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting (Mwangi) [35] | Pathfinder Chronicles | 2008 |
Dungeon Denizens Revisited (Purple Worm) [36] | Pathfinder Chronicles | 2009 |
The Witchwar Legacy (with Rob McCreary) [37] | Pathfinder Module | 2010 |
Mythical Monsters Revisited (Wendigo) [38] | Pathfinder Campaign Setting | 2012 |
Inner Sea Bestiary (Apostasy Wraith, Charnel Colossus, Petrified Maiden, Shadow Giant, Thin Man, Whirlmaw) [39] | Pathfinder Campaign Setting | 2012 |
Cradle of Night (with James Jacobs, Neil Spicer, and F. Wesley Schneider) [40] | Pathfinder Module | 2018 |
Number | Title | Season | Year |
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PSS 03 | Murder on the Silken Caravan [41] | 0 | 2008 |
PSS 20 | King Xeros of Old Azlant [42] | 0 | 2009 |
PSS 42 | Echoes of the Everwar, Part II: Watcher of the Ages [43] | 1 | 2010 |
PSS 02-06 | The Heresy of Man, Part I: First Heresy (with Kevin Wright) [44] | 2 | 2010 |
PSS 02-07 | The Heresy of Man, Part II: Where Dark Things Sleep (with Kevin Wright) [45] | 2 | 2010 |
PSS 02-09 | The Heresy of Man, Part III: Beneath Forgotten Sands (with Kevin Wright) [46] | 2 | 2010 |
Title | AP | Volume # | Year |
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Spires of Xin-Shalast [47] | Rise of the Runelords | 6 | 2008 |
"Karzoug the Claimer" [48] | Rise of the Runelords | 6 | 2008 |
"Hazard's on the World's Roof" [49] | Rise of the Runelords | 6 | 2008 |
"Bestiary" (Crag Spider, Denizen of Leng, Kuchrima, Harridan, Hungerer [with Richard Pett], Rune Giant, Wendigo) [50] | Rise of the Runelords | 6 | 2008 |
Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition (with James Jacobs, Richard Pett, Wolfgang Baur, Nicolas Logue, and Stephen S. Greer) [51] | anniversary compilation | - | 2012 |
Skeletons of Scarwall [52] | Curse of the Crimson Throne | 11 | 2008 |
"Bestiary" (with Sean K Reynolds) (Chained Spirit, Danse Macabre, Gug, The Prince in Chains, Umbral Dragon) [53] | Curse of the Crimson Throne | 11 | 2008 |
Curse of the Crimson Throne (with James Jacobs, Michael Kortes, Tito Leati, Nicolas Logue, Richard Pett, and F. Wesley Schneider) [54] | revised and expanded compilation | - | 2016 |
Shadow in the Sky [55] | Second Darkness | 13 | 2008 |
"Riddleport: City of Cyphers" [56] | Second Darkness | 13 | 2008 |
"The Gold Goblin" (with E. Jordan Bojar, Gwen Page, and Mike Selinker) [57] | Second Darkness | 13 | 2008 |
"Bestiary" (Darklands Sentinel, Fungal Crawler, Monstrous Cockroach, Flesh-Eating Cockroach Swarm, Swamp Barracuda) [58] | Second Darkness | 13 | 2008 |
"Pathfinder's Journal: ...And Your Enemies Closer" [59] | Second Darkness | 15 | 2008 |
The Impossible Eye [60] | Legacy of Fire | 23 | 2009 |
"Bestiary" (Black Jinni, Get of Iblis, Nephilim) [61] | Legacy of Fire | 23 | 2009 |
Mother of Flies [62] | Council of Thieves | 29 | 2010 |
The Varnhold Vanishing* [63] | Kingmaker | 33 | 2010 |
Vaults of Madness [64] | Serpent's Skull | 40 | 2010 |
Wake of the Watcher (with Rob McCreary) [65] | Carrion Crown | 46 | 2011 |
"Bestiary" (Moits of Shub-Niggurath) [66] | Carrion Crown | 46 | 2011 |
Night of Frozen Shadows [67] | Jade Regent | 50 | 2011 |
Raiders of the Fever Sea [68] | Skull & Shackles | 56 | 2012 |
"Bestiary" (Canopy Creeper) [69] | Skull & Shackles | 56 | 2012 |
Shards of Sin [70] | Shattered Star | 61 | 2012 |
"Leng: The Terror Beyond Dreams" [71] | Shattered Star | 65 | 2012 |
The Witch Queen's Revenge [72] | Reign of Winter | 72 | 2013 |
The Midnight Isles (with James Jacobs) [73] | Wrath of the Righteous | 76 | 2013 |
"The Perilous Wastes" [74] | Mummy's Mask | 82 | 2014 |
"Ecology of the Robot" [75] | Iron Gods | 90 | 2014 |
"Pathfinder's Journal: The Travails of Kilig the Steersman" [76] | Giantslayer | 93 | 2015 |
"Pathfinder Adventure Path Friends and Foes" (Chessadril Odranata) [77] | Hell's Rebels | 100 | 2016 |
"Bestiary" (Ez-Azael) [78] | Hell's Vengeance | 107 | 2016 |
"Bestiary" (Hooded Harbinger) [79] | Strange Aeons | 112 | 2016 |
"Ecology of the Vault Builders" [80] | Ironfang Invasion | 120 | 2017 |
"Ecology of the Alghollthu" [81] | Ruins of Azlant | 121 | 2017 |
"Bestiary" (Axial Monitor) [82] | War for the Crown | 131 | 2018 |
Rise of New Thassilon [83] | Return of the Runelords | 138 | 2019 |
"Seal-Breakers" [84] | Tyrant's Grasp | 141 | 2019 |
"Adventure Toolbox" (with Owen K.C. Stephens, James L. Sutter, and Linda Zayas-Palmer) (Carnivorous Crystal, Dalos, Deculi, Devourer, Dragonscarred Dead, Forge-Spurned, Gashadokuro, Magma Dragon) [85] | Age of Ashes | 148 | 2019 |
Life's Long Shadows [86] | Extinction Curse | 153 | 2020 |
"Swardlands Gazetteer" [87] | Extinction Curse | 153 | 2020 |
"Adventure Toolbox" (with Anthony Bono, Jacob W. Michaels, Andrew Mullen, Patrick Renie, Alex Riggs, and Timothy Snow) (Xulgath Stoneliege, Ginjana Mindkeeper, Skarja, Thessekka) [88] | Extinction Curse | 153 | 2020 |
Title | Publisher | Year |
---|---|---|
Blood Waters* [90] | Sinister Adventures | 2008 |
Freeport Companion: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Edition [91] | Green Ronin Publishing | 2010 |
Your Whispering Homunculus (guest contributor) [92] | Kobold Press | 2012 |
The Fiddler's Lament [93] | Legendary Games | 2012 |
Gothic Campaign Compendium ("The Fiddler's Lament" and "Feasting at Lanterngeist") [94] | Legendary Games | 2013 |
Aegis of Empires Player's Guide [95] | Legendary Games | 2019 |
AE1: The Book in the Old House (with Alistair J. Rigg) [96] | Legendary Games | 2020 |
AE2: The Ebon Soul (with Jeffrey Swank) [97] | Legendary Games | 2020 |
AE3: When Comes the Moon (with Matthew Goodall) [98] | Legendary Games | 2020 |
AE4: Legend of the Burning Star (with Steven T. Helt) [99] | Legendary Games | 2020 |
AE5: Race for Shataakh-Uulm (with Tom Knauss) [100] | Legendary Games | 2020 |
AE6: Knight Fall in Old Curgantium (with Anthony Pryor) [101] | Legendary Games | 2020 |
Aegis of Empires GM's Guide [102] | Legendary Games | 2020 |
Aegis of Empires Design Journal [103] | Legendary Games | 2020 |
Aegis of Empires Adventure Path (with Matthew Goodall, Steven T. Helt, Tom Knauss, Anthony Pryor, Alistair J. Rigg, and Jeffrey Swank) [104] | Legendary Games | 2021 |
Icebound (contributor [uncredited] {Faiths of the Ice}/developer) [105] | Michael Mars Gaming | 2021 |
Title | Role | Year |
---|---|---|
ST1: The Desolation, Part 1 - The Edge of Oblivion [107] | author | 2010 |
ST2: The Desolation, Part 2 - The Ghosts of Victory [108] | author | 2010 |
ST3: The Desolation, Part 3 - The Western Front [109] | author | 2010 |
ST4: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 1 - The Tower of Weeping Sores [110] | author | 2010 |
ST5: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 2 - The Lower City [111] | author | 2010 |
ST6: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 3 - The Harrow Lanes [112] | author | 2010 |
ST7: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 4 - The Crooked Tower [113] | author | 2010 |
ST8: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 5 - Foundations of Infamy [114] | author | 2010 |
NS1: Vengeance of the Long Serpent [115] | developer | 2010 |
ST9: The Hidden Citadel, Part 1 - At the Feet of Orcus [116] | author | 2011 |
ST10: The Hidden Citadel, Part 2 - Echoes of Despair [117] | author | 2011 |
ST11: The Hidden Citadel, Part 3 - The Throne of the Demon Prince [118] | author | 2011 |
ST12: The Hidden Citadel, Part 4 - In the Belly of the Beast [119] | author | 2011 |
ST13: The Hidden Citadel, Part 5 - The Mind of Chaos [120] | author | 2011 |
ST14: The Hidden Citadel, Part 6 - Caverns of the Barrier [121] | author | 2011 |
The Tome of Horrors Complete [122] | contributor/lead developer | 2011 |
NS2: Beyond the Wailing Mountains [123] | developer | 2011 |
NS3: The Death Curse of Sven Oakenfist [124] | developer | 2011 |
NS4: Blood on the Snow [125] | developer | 2011 |
ONS2: Death in the Painted Canyons [126] | developer | 2011 |
SNS4: The Mires of Mourning (with Kevin Wright) [127] | co-author | 2011 |
The Slumbering Tsar Saga [128] | author | 2012 |
Unusual Suspects [129] | developer | 2012 |
Rappan Athuk* [130] | contributor/developer | 2012 |
ONS5: Scorned [131] | developer | 2012 |
Razor Coast [132] | contributor/developer | 2012 |
Razor Coast: Freebooter's Guide to the Razor Coast [133] | contributor/developer | 2013 |
Razor Coast: Heart of the Razor [134] | developer | 2013 |
Razor Coast: Fire as She Bears [135] | developer | 2013 |
Razor Coast: Call of the Frog God [136] | developer | 2013 |
ONS6: Curse of Shadowhold [137] | developer | 2013 |
Tome of Horrors 4 [138] | contributor [uncredited] | 2013 |
LL3: Sword of Air [139] | contributor/developer | 2014 |
Dunes of Desolation [140] | developer | 2014 |
LL4: Cults of the Sundered Kingdoms (with Patrick Lawinger, Casey Christofferson, and David Brohman) [141] | co-author/developer | 2015 |
Cults of the Sundered Kingdoms: Player's Guide [142] | developer | 2015 |
LL5: Borderland Provinces (with Matthew J. Finch and Bill Webb) [143] | co-author | 2015 |
Borderland Provinces: Players Gazetteer [144] | contributor [uncredited] | 2015 |
Fields of Blood [145] | developer | 2015 |
Quests of Doom [146] | developer | 2015 |
Quests of Doom 2 [147] | co-author/developer | 2015 |
LL6: The Northlands Saga Complete (with Kenneth Spencer and Kevin Wright) [148] | co-author/developer | 2015 |
The Northlands Saga Complete: Player's Guide [149] | co-author/developer | 2016 |
NLS1: Winter's Teeth [150] | developer | 2016 |
NLS2: The Raid [151] | developer | 2016 |
NLS3: The Drowned Maiden [152] | developer | 2016 |
NLS4: Oath of the Predator [153] | developer | 2016 |
NLS5: The Hidden Huscarl [154] | developer | 2016 |
NLS6: One Night in Valhalla [155] | developer | 2016 |
Quests of Doom 3 [156] | developer | 2016 |
Mountains of Madness [157] | contributor [uncredited]/developer | 2016 |
The Tome of Blighted Horrors (with Richard Pett, John Ling, Pete Pollard, Alistair Rigg, and Jeffrey Swank) [158] | co-author/developer | 2016 |
LL8: Bard's Gate (with Casey Christofferson, Matthew J. Finch, and Skeeter Green) [159] | co-author/developer | 2016 |
TB3: Bloody Jack [160] | author | 2016 |
TB4: The Crucible [161] | developer | 2016 |
TB1: The Crooked Nail [162] | developer | 2017 |
TB2: Horror in the Sinks [163] | developer | 2017 |
LL7: The Blight: Richard Pett's Crooked City (with Richard Pett, Matthew J. Finch, and Bill Webb) [164] | co-author/developer | 2017 |
The Blight: Player's Guide [165] | developer | 2017 |
The Blight: Player's Handbook [166] | contributor/developer | 2017 |
The Blight: GM Guide [167] | contributor/developer | 2017 |
TB5: Children of the Harvest [168] (with Bill Webb) | co-author [uncredited]/developer | 2017 |
Marshes of Malice [169] | contributor [uncredited]/developer | 2017 |
Quests of Doom 4 [170] | developer [uncredited] | 2017 |
The World of the Lost Lands [171] | co-creator [uncredited]/co-author/associate developer | 2019 |
The World of the Lost Lands Map Folio [172] | creator [uncredited] | 2019 |
Developer's Notes for The World of the Lost Lands [173] | creator | 2019 |
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