Luke Scull

Luke Scull is an author and video game lead designer at Ossian Studios. He was known for his work with the Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights series.
I also design computer roleplaying games. In the past I've worked with Bioware on Neverwinter Nights, acted as lead designer & writer on Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion Mysteries of Westgate, https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1n1fsc/hi_reddit_im_fantasy_novelist_luke_scull_ama/
==Work on the Forgotten Realms setting==
===Bioware===
Absolutely.. I developed my writing “chops” (whatever the hell that means) by writing NWN modules, first as an amateur, and then as a contractor for Bioware before joining Ossian Studios. I’ve created hundreds of characters, written hundreds of thousands of words of dialogue, and penned over a dozen game stories. Designing a narrative for an RPG teaches you a lot about plot logic; I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but planning a novel is actually fairly easy in comparison to writing a story for a 20-hour game with a dozen possible story outcomes. https://fantasyinmotion.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/author-interview-luke-scull/
Probably at age 20, when I wrote my first module (adventure) for the Neverwinter Nights roleplaying game. I remember it had around 15,000 words, which felt like an absolute marathon at the time. At that point, the writing was secondary to learning how to script and use the game's toolset. It wasn't until the sequel when I discovered I had some actual writing talent. https://www.theqwillery.com/2013/09/interview-with-luke-scull-author-of.html
My first serious foray into writing was a Neverwinter Nights module back in 2002, when I was 20 or so. The writing was actually the easy part – learning to script code and debug it all was far more challenging. The module did fairly well in the community, but looking back the writing was distinctly average. I improved a lot with my second module in 2005. That one earned me a contract with Bioware and led to me later joining Ossian Studios as lead designer. https://civilian-reader.blogspot.com/2012/12/an-interview-with-luke-scull.html
===Ossian Studios===
Luke has been Ossian’s lead designer and writer since 2006. A lifelong fan and student of RPGs, he is also an internationally published author best known for The Grim Company trilogy. His previous RPG titles include NWN2: Mysteries of Westgate, The Shadow Sun for mobile devices, and NWN1EE: Tyrants of the Moonsea. https://www.ossianstudios.com/about/
In 2009, Ossian Studios had reached an agreement with Atari to produce a third expansion for Neverwinter Nights 2. Unfortunately, the game was cancelled the day the contract was signed due to poor sales of NWN2: Storm of Zehir (the second expansion by Obsidian). The story and most of the side quests were already written and the expansion was shaping up to be the most ambitious Neverwinter Nights game yet, with an infamous monster of D&D legend threatening to lay waste to an entire region of the Forgotten Realms.
==Forgotten Realms unofficial projects==
===The Blades of Netheril===
====Doom of Icewind Dale====
==Video Games==
;Designer:
* Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition: Tyrants of the Moonsea ()https://www.lukescull.com/games/neverwinter-nights-enhanced-edition-tyrants-of-the-moonsea/
* Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition: Darkness over Daggerford ()https://www.lukescull.com/games/neverwinter-nights-enhanced-edition-darkness-over-daggerford/
* Neverwinter Nights 2: Expansion Pack 3 (cancelled)https://www.lukescull.com/games/neverwinter-nights-2-expansion-pack-3/
;Lead Designer:
* Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate (2009)https://www.lukescull.com/games/neverwinter-nights-2-mysteries-of-westgate/https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1n1fsc/hi_reddit_im_fantasy_novelist_luke_scull_ama/
* Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition: Siege of Shadowdale 
* Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition: Crimson Tides of Tethyr 
;Writer:
* Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate (2009)https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1n1fsc/hi_reddit_im_fantasy_novelist_luke_scull_ama/
;Beta tester:
==Appendix==
===References===
===External Links===
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