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F. Wesley Schneider is an American game designer and author known for his work on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and for Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). He was the co-lead designer on the D&D 5th Edition adventure anthology Journeys through the Radiant Citadel (2022) which was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing.[1]

Career

Schneider joined Paizo Inc. as an assistant editor on Dragon magazine in 2003. With James Jacobs he was one of the architects of the Pathfinder Adventure Path series.[2] He has written numerous adventures and sourcebooks such as Seven 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 of Pathfinder Tales: Bloodbound and the novella Guilty Blood. His other fiction has appeared in Pathfinder Adventure Path and Eclipse Phase: After the Fall.[3]

In May 2016, Schneider was announced as a Gen Con Industry Insider Featured Presenter.[4]

In July 2016, it was announced that Schneider would be working with Stranger Comics to produce a Vampire Hunter D supplement for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.[5] In May 2017, Schneider left his role as editor-in-chief at Paizo Inc[6] and ran his own company for two years.[7]

He later became employed by Wizards of the Coast first as a developer for Dungeons & Dragons,[7] and then as a senior game designer for Dungeons & Dragons.[8] From 2019 to 2022, Schneider was a writer on several Unearthed Arcana playtest releases for the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons.[a] He was a designer and editor on the supplemental sourcebook Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (2020),[23] and an editor on the supplemental sourcebook Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (2021)[24] and the campaign setting sourcebook Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos (2021).[25]

Schneider was the co-lead designer, with James Wyatt, on the campaign setting sourcebook Mythic Odysseys of Theros (2020).[26] He was then the lead designer on the campaign setting sourcebook Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021).[27][28] Ajit George, a writer on Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, pitched a new project idea to Jeremy Crawford, D&D's Lead Rules Designer, and Schneider during the COVID-19 pandemic. This project became the adventure anthology Journeys through the Radiant Citadel (2022) with George and Schneider as the book's co-lead designers.[8][29][30] His work on Journeys through the Radiant Citadel was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing in March 2023.[1] Schneider was next the lead designer on the adventure module Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen (2022).[31][32]

Notes

  1. ^ These titles include: Barbarian and Monk (2019),[9] Sorcerer and Warlock (2019),[10] Bard and Paladin (2019),[11] Cleric, Druid, and Wizard (2019),[12] Fighter, Ranger, and Rogue (2019),[13] Class Feature Variants (2019),[14] Fighter, Rogue, Wizard (2019),[15] Subclasses, Part 1 (2020),[16] Subclasses, Part 2 (2020),[17] Subclasses, Part 3 (2020),[18] Psionic Options Revisited (2020),[19] Gothic Lineages (2021),[20] Heroes of Krynn (2022),[21] and Heroes of Krynn Revisited (2022).[22]

References

  1. ^ a b Farrell, Rebecca Gomez (March 7, 2023). "SFWA Names the 58th Nebula Award Finalists". Nebula Award (Press release). Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "A Question of What's Cool: A Conversation with Wesley Schneider". Kobold Press.
  3. ^ "Interview: F. Wesley Schneider (Pathfinder Tales: Bloodbound)". Beneath the Underground. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  4. ^ "Industry Insider Featured Presenters for 2016". Gen Con. Archived from the original on 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  5. ^ "Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars". Kickstarter.
  6. ^ Schneider, F. Wesley (May 18, 2017). "Wes's Last Words". Paizo Blog. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Dungeons & Dragons". WesSchneider.com.
  8. ^ a b "The Next D&D Adventure Book is a Vibrant, Personal Multicultural Anthology". Gizmodo. March 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  9. ^ "Barbarian and Monk | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  10. ^ "Sorcerer and Warlock | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  11. ^ "Bard and Paladin | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  12. ^ "Cleric, Druid, and Wizard | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  13. ^ "Fighter, Ranger, and Rogue| Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  14. ^ "Class Feature Variants| Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  15. ^ "Unearthed Arcana: Fighter, Rogue, and Wizard | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  16. ^ "Subclasses, Part 1 | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  17. ^ "Subclasses, Part 2 | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  18. ^ "Subclasses, Part 3 | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  19. ^ "Unearthed Arcana 2020: Psionic Options Revisited | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  20. ^ "Gothic Lineages | Dungeons & Dragons". dnd.wizards.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  21. ^ "2022: Heroes of Krynn" (PDF).
  22. ^ "2022: Heroes of Krynn Revisited" (PDF).
  23. ^ "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything | Dungeons & Dragons". D&D Official | Dungeons & Dragons. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  24. ^ "Fizban's Treasury of Dragons | Dungeons & Dragons". D&D Official | Dungeons & Dragons. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  25. ^ "Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos | Dungeons & Dragons". D&D Official | Dungeons & Dragons. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  26. ^ Baird, Scott (2020-07-28). "James Wyatt & F. Wesley Schneider Interview". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  27. ^ Hall, Charlie (2021-05-03). "D&D's new Ravenloft book swaps outdated tropes for a high-fantasy approach". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  28. ^ "Is D&D's Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft Safe For Kids". ScreenRant. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  29. ^ "Dungeons & Dragons Explores New Worlds With Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel Anthology". ComicBook.com. March 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  30. ^ "Dungeons & Dragons Reveals Journeys Through The Radiant Citadel, The First Official Adventure Collection With An All-POC Writing Team". TheGamer. 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  31. ^ "Dungeons & Dragons Heads Back to Dragonlance With New Campaign and Board Game Tie-In". ComicBook.com. November 7, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  32. ^ Hall, Charlie (2022-11-07). "Which version of the new D&D Dragonlance campaign should you buy?". Polygon. Retrieved 2022-12-28.


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