F. Wesley Schneider is an American game designer and author known for his work on the ''

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'' 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 ''Journeys through the Radiant Citadel'' is an adventure anthology for the 5th edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Each adventure was created by an author of color. Additionally, this book introduces a new locatio ...

'' (2022) which was nominated for the

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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. 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''. In May 2016, Schneider was announced as a Gen Con Industry Insider Featured Presenter. 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. In May 2017, Schneider left his role as editor-in-chief at Paizo Inc and ran his own company for two years. He later became employed by Wizards of the Coast first as a developer for '' Dungeons & Dragons'', and then as a senior game designer for ''Dungeons & Dragons''. From 2019 to 2022, Schneider was a writer on several '' Unearthed Arcana'' playtest releases for the 5th Edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. He was a designer and editor on the supplemental sourcebook '' Tasha's Cauldron of Everything'' (2020), and an editor on the supplemental sourcebook '' Fizban's Treasury of Dragons'' (2021) and the campaign setting sourcebook '' Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos'' (2021). Schneider was the co-lead designer, with James Wyatt, on the campaign setting sourcebook ''

Mythic Odysseys of Theros ''Mythic Odysseys of Theros'' is a sourcebook that details the ''Theros'' campaign setting for the 5th edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game published in June 2020. The plane was originally created for the ''Magic: Th ...

'' (2020). He was then the lead designer on the campaign setting sourcebook ''

Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft ''Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft'' is a sourcebook that details the Domains of Dread from the ''Ravenloft'' campaign setting for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition, 5th edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy ...

'' (2021).

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, a writer on ''Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft'', pitched a new project idea to Jeremey Crawford, ''D&D'''s Lead Rules Designer, and Schneider during the

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. This project became the adventure anthology ''

'' (2022) with George and Schneider as the book's co-lead designers. His work on ''Journeys through the Radiant Citadel'' was nominated for the

in March 2023. Schneider was next the lead designer on the adventure module '' Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen'' (2022).

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