Monte Cook (born January 29, 1968) is an American professional tabletop role-playing game designer and writer, best known for his work on Dungeons & Dragons. == Role-playing industry career == === Early years === Cook has been a professional game designer since 1988, working primarily on role-playing games. Much of his early work was for Iron Crown Enterprises as an editor and writer for the Rolemaster and Champions lines. Cook was at one point the editor in charge of both the "Campaign Clas…