Greg Marks

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Occupation:Game designer, writer
Nationality:American
Home:Milwaukee, Winsconsin
Born:1975
First Greyhawk work:What's a Half-orc to Do (2001, RPGA).
Alias:Skerrit the Green

Greg Marks, also known as 'Skerrit the Green', is an American game designer who has worked for Wizards of the Coast on third, fourth, and fifth edition material.

Marks is the Creative Lead for the Legends of Greyhawk organized play campaign.[1] He also worked with the RPGA on the Living Greyhawk campaign, and wrote several articles for Dragon magazine, as well as adventures for Dungeon magazine.

Early life and education

Marks grew up Slinger, WI. He went to college at Marquette University where, majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He earned a PhD in Biochemistry from the Medical College of Wisconsin.[2]

Career

Organized play has been a large part of Marks' carrer. He became a Global Administrator for the Living Forgotten Realms RPGA campaign. He went on to become an organizer and administrator for the D&D Adventurers League, as Associate Resource Manager, as well as providing some design input for Wizards of the Coast on their products. He has written many adventures and lore articles for the Adventurers League and eventually took over as Content Manager of the Adventurers League from Travis Woodall. And in early 2025, he became the Creative Lead for the Legends of Greyhawk campaign.[1]

Works

Greyhawk works

As a long time Greyhawk fan, Marks has been involved in the community for decades. During the Living Greyhawk campaign, Marks was instrumental in running the Highfolk region (Wisconsin) for the campaign. Most notably, he was the Triad Point of Contact. He began in early 2001, just after the kickoff of the campaign, helping admin the the region from 2001-2008.[2]

In early 2025, when the Legends of Greyhawk campaign was first announced, Marks became the Creative Lead for the campaign.[1]

Non-Greyhawk works

Marks did "additional design" for Dragon Magic (2006) for Wizards of the Coast.

He has published adventures in Dungeon #157 (2008) and #164 (2009). Additionally, he's published nine various "Bazaar of the Bizarre", "Spellcraft", and "Class Acts" articles in Dragon.

Personal life

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Greg Marks, visiting a cat cafe.

Marks lives outside Milwaukee, and says he enjoys "reading, computer games, some [snow] skiing, and traveling."[2]

Disclaimer:Any lore presented through the following links does not necessarily adhere to established officially published content, and the views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the editors of this wiki.

References

Notes

Citations

  1. a b c Marks, Greg (March 25, 2025). Legends of Greyhawk with Greg Marks | d20play Live 66 (Interview). Interviewed by Tom Christy. D20 Play. 00:08 minutes in.
  2. a b c Marks, Greg. From a private interview with GreyhawkOnline, via Discord. K. Nolen. (30 Jun 2025)

Bibliography

This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Greg Marks on the Forgotten Realms Wiki (view authors.

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