[4]: 11  Schick created White Plume Mountain in 1979, an adventure module for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published by TSR in 1979; the adventure was incorporated into the Greyhawk setting after the publication of the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1980).

"[5] In 1981, he contributed to Chaosium's multi-system box set Thieves' World based on Robert Lynn Asprin's anthology series of the same title.

[6] The following year, he coauthored the TSR science fiction RPG Star Frontiers with David "Zeb" Cook.

[7] Schick wrote the book Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games, which was published in 1991.

[10] Since 2021, he has worked at Larian Studios' Dublin office as a Principal Narrative Designer for role playing video game Baldur's Gate 3.