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   May 5, 2024 · 45 years ago when Lawrence Schick wrote it, he had no idea of its future significance. All he intended White Plume Mountain to do was get him a job at TSR, the company making D&D. It was a game...

2. rpgwatch.com › forum › threadsRPG General News - Lawrence Schick - The Inventor of the Term ...

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   May 8, 2024 · 20,321. Location. Germany. May 8, 2024. #1. Learn more about Lawrence Schick on Eurogamer: From creating D&D to making Baldur's Gate 3: meet the man who coined the term XP"We were inventing a whole art form at the time."

3. www.gamesradar.com › games › baldur-s-gateBaldur's Gate 3's principal narrative designer is also the ...

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   May 6, 2024 · Baldur's Gate 3 's principal narrative designer, Lawrence Schick, is an old-school Dungeons & Dragons writer who worked alongside the legendary Gary Gygax on some of the earliest versions of the...

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5. www.gamepressure.com › newsroom › baldurs-gate-3-devBaldur's Gate 3 Dev Reveals the Origin of a Key Gaming ...

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   May 8, 2024 · Lawrence Schick, lead narrative designer at Larian Studios, was one of the collaborators of the famous Garry Gygax - the developer of Dungeons & Dragons, and therefore of "paper" role-playing games as such. The American revealed in an interview for Eurogamer how he came up with the idea of shortening "experience points" to "XP."

6. www.thegamer.com › baldurs-gate-3-narrativeBaldur's Gate 3 Narrative Designer Coined Term XP In 20 ...

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   May 7, 2024 · 45 years ago, on a random Thursday, Lawrence Shick coined the term 'XP'. He initially wanted to use 'EP' - a far less catchy abbreviation - but couldn't because of D&D's 'electrum piece' currency. Shick still works in the RPG space today, as he was the principal narrative designer for Baldur's Gate 3. Play any RPG from the past 40 years and you ...

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   May 6, 2024 · Merciless May 6, 2024. Baldur’s Gate 3 ‘s principal narrative designer, Lawrence Schick, is an old-school Dungeons & Dragons writer who worked alongside the legendary Gary Gygax on some of the earliest versions of the tabletop RPG. In a new interview, Schick revealed how he coined one of the most common abbreviations in all of gaming.

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   May 8, 2024 · I was delighted to spot - a day before publishing a piece about him - principal narrative designer Lawrence Schick from across the hall. Wherever Baldur's Gate 3 goes, a convoy seems to follow -...

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    Who is Lawrence Schick?

    • Lawrence Schick has had a long career, and not all of it has been spent in games. A great love of his has and continues to be swashbuckling fiction, the kind you find in books like Alexandre Dumas' Three Musketeers - a book he learnt French in order to read in its original form.

    From creating D&D to making Baldur's Gate 3: meet the man who coine…

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    Who is Dr Schick?

    • He is heavily involved in clinical and laboratory research and regularly is asked to present his expertise at hand surgery meetings. Dr Schick has two public hospital VMO appointments including the prestigious Sydney Hospital Hand Surgery unit as well as Prince of Wales Hospital as an Orthopaedic Surgeon focussing on hand and wrist surgery.

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    Who is Borislav Slavov & Lawrence Schick?

    • What's more, the game's BAFTA award-winning composer Borislav Slavov was there, as was an entourage of Larian employees. I was delighted to spot - a day before publishing a piece about him - principal narrative designer Lawrence Schick from across the hall.

    The Baldur's Gate 3 victory tour has been extraordinary, but feels like

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    Did you know Lawrence Schick created XP?

    • Perhaps after hearing Lawrence Schick's story, you will. It's not a name I expect you'll recognise, but you'll know some of the things he's responsible for. Take the term XP, for example. It's ubiquitous in gaming and possibly beyond it, and Lawrence Schick created it.

    From creating D&D to making Baldur's Gate 3: meet the man who coine…

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