Movatterモバイル変換

F. Wesley Schneider

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

American game designer and author

F. Wesley Schneider
Born	United States
Occupation	Game designer, author
Language	English
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Genre	Fantasy, horror

F. Wesley Schneider is an American game designer and author known for his work onPathfinder Roleplaying Game andDungeons & Dragons (D&D). He was the co-lead designer on theD&D 5th Editionadventure anthologyJourneys through the Radiant Citadel (2022), which was nominated for theNebula Award for Best Game Writing,^[1] the 2023Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming,^[2] and 2023ENNIE Awards for Best Adventure and Best Product.^[3]

Career

[edit]

Schneider joinedPaizo Inc. as an assistant editor onDragon magazine in 2003. WithJames Jacobs he was one of the architects of the Pathfinder Adventure Path series.^[4] He has written numerous adventures and sourcebooks such asSeven Days to the Grave,Book of the Damned: Princes of Darkness,Rule of Fear and others. He was promoted to editor-in-chief in 2012.

Schneider is the author ofPathfinder Tales: Bloodbound and the novellaGuilty Blood. His other fiction has appeared in Pathfinder Adventure Path andEclipse Phase: After the Fall.^[5]

In May 2016, Schneider was announced as a Gen Con Industry Insider Featured Presenter.^[6]

In July 2016, it was announced that Schneider would be working with Stranger Comics to produce aVampire Hunter D supplement for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.^[7] In May 2017, Schneider left his role as editor-in-chief at Paizo Inc^[8] and ran his own company for two years.^[9]

He later became employed byWizards of the Coast, first as a developer forDungeons & Dragons,^[9] and then as a senior game designer forDungeons & Dragons.^[10] From 2019 to 2022, Schneider was a writer on severalUnearthed Arcanaplaytest releases for the 5th Edition ofDungeons & Dragons.^[a] He was a designer and editor on the supplemental sourcebookTasha's Cauldron of Everything (2020),^[25] and an editor on the supplemental sourcebookFizban's Treasury of Dragons (2021)^[26] and thecampaign setting sourcebookStrixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos (2021).^[27]

Schneider was the co-lead designer, withJames Wyatt, on the campaign setting sourcebookMythic Odysseys of Theros (2020).^[28] He was then the lead designer on the campaign setting sourcebookVan Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021).^[29]^[30]

During theCOVID-19 pandemic,Ajit George, a writer onVan Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, pitched a new project idea to Schneider andJeremy Crawford,D&D's Lead Rules Designer. This project became theadventure anthologyJourneys through the Radiant Citadel (2022), with George and Schneider as the book's co-lead designers.^[10]^[31]^[32]

Journeys through the Radiant Citadel (2022) was the first official "anthology ofD&D adventures to be written entirely by Black and brown authors" published byWizards of the Coast.^[33]^[34] Schneider's work onJourneys through the Radiant Citadel was nominated for theNebula Award for Best Game Writing in March 2023,^[1] the 2023Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming,^[2] and 2023ENNIE Awards for Best Adventure and Best Product.^[3]

In 2022, Schneider was the lead designer on the adventure moduleDragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen (2022).^[35]^[36]

Notes

[edit]

^These titles include:Barbarian and Monk (2019),^[11]Sorcerer and Warlock (2019),^[12]Bard and Paladin (2019),^[13]Cleric, Druid, and Wizard (2019),^[14]Fighter, Ranger, and Rogue (2019),^[15]Class Feature Variants (2019),^[16]Fighter, Rogue, Wizard (2019),^[17]Subclasses, Part 1 (2020),^[18]Subclasses, Part 2 (2020),^[19]Subclasses, Part 3 (2020),^[20]Psionic Options Revisited (2020),^[21]Gothic Lineages (2021),^[22]Heroes of Krynn (2022),^[23] andHeroes of Krynn Revisited (2022).^[24]