F. Wesley Schneider

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.{{cite web|title=A Question of What's Cool: A Conversation with Wesley Schneider|url=http://koboldpress.com/a-question-of-what%E2%80%99s-coola-conversation-with-wesleyschneider/|website=Kobold Press}} 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.{{cite web|title=Interview: F. Wesley Schneider (Pathfinder Tales: Bloodbound)|url=http://beneaththeunderground.com/interview-f-wesley-schneider-pathfinder-tales-bloodbound/|website=Beneath the Underground|access-date=2016-07-21|archive-date=2016-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807175347/http://beneaththeunderground.com/interview-f-wesley-schneider-pathfinder-tales-bloodbound/|url-status=dead}}

In May 2016, Schneider was announced as a Gen Con Industry Insider Featured Presenter.{{cite web|title=Industry Insider Featured Presenters for 2016|url=http://www.gencon.com/experience/industryinsiderfeaturedpresenters|website=Gen Con|access-date=2016-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731044041/http://www.gencon.com/experience/industryinsiderfeaturedpresenters|archive-date=2016-07-31|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1951067948/vampire-hunter-d-message-from-mars/description |title=Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars |work=Kickstarter}} In May 2017, Schneider left his role as editor-in-chief at Paizo Inc{{cite web |last=Schneider |first=F. Wesley |date=May 18, 2017 |title=Wes's Last Words |url=http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5ljtw?Wess-Last-Words |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111195347/https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljtw?Wess-Last-Words |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |work=Paizo Blog}} and ran his own company for two years.

He later became employed by Wizards of the Coast, first as a developer for Dungeons & Dragons,{{cite web|title=Dungeons & Dragons|url=http://www.wesschneider.com/2-uncategorised/61-dungeons-dragons |work=WesSchneider.com}} and then as a senior game designer for Dungeons & Dragons.{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2022 |title=The Next D&D Adventure Book is a Vibrant, Personal Multicultural Anthology |url=https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-and-dragons-journeys-through-the-radiant-citad-1848682772 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-us}} From 2019 to 2022, Schneider was a writer on several Unearthed Arcana playtest releases for the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons.{{efn|These titles include: Barbarian and Monk (2019),{{Cite web |title=Barbarian and Monk |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/barbarian-and-monk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815195228/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/barbarian-and-monk |archive-date=August 15, 2019 |access-date=2019-08-25 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Sorcerer and Warlock (2019),{{Cite web |title=Sorcerer and Warlock |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/sorcerer-and-warlock |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905232756/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/sorcerer-and-warlock |archive-date=September 5, 2019 |access-date=2019-10-05 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Bard and Paladin (2019),{{Cite web |title=Bard and Paladin |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/bard-paladin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005173808/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/bard-paladin |archive-date=October 5, 2019 |access-date=2019-10-05 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Cleric, Druid, and Wizard (2019),{{Cite web |title=Cleric, Druid, and Wizard |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/cleric-druid-wizard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003203339/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/cleric-druid-wizard |archive-date=October 3, 2019 |access-date=2019-10-05 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Fighter, Ranger, and Rogue (2019),{{Cite web |title=Fighter, Ranger, and Rogue |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/fighter-ranger-rogue |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021194603/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/fighter-ranger-rogue |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |access-date=2019-10-17 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Class Feature Variants (2019),{{Cite web |title=Class Feature Variants |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/class-feature-variants |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105141100/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/class-feature-variants |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-04 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Fighter, Rogue, Wizard (2019),{{Cite web |title=Unearthed Arcana: Fighter, Rogue, and Wizard |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/unearthed-arcana-fighter-rogue-and-wizard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130172833/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/unearthed-arcana-fighter-rogue-and-wizard |archive-date=November 30, 2019 |access-date=2019-11-25 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Subclasses, Part 1 (2020),{{Cite web |title=Subclasses, Part 1 |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/subclasses1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206211302/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/subclasses1 |archive-date=February 6, 2020 |access-date=2020-01-22 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Subclasses, Part 2 (2020),{{Cite web |title=Subclasses, Part 2 |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/subclasses_part2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206211159/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/subclasses_part2 |archive-date=February 6, 2020 |access-date=2020-03-03 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Subclasses, Part 3 (2020),{{Cite web |title=Subclasses, Part 3 |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/subclasses_part3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224190752/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/subclasses_part3 |archive-date=February 24, 2020 |access-date=2020-03-07 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Psionic Options Revisited (2020),{{Cite web |title=Unearthed Arcana 2020: Psionic Options Revisited |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/psionic-options-revisited |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422160433/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/psionic-options-revisited |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |access-date=2020-04-17 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Gothic Lineages (2021),{{Cite web |title=Gothic Lineages |url=https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/gothic-lineages |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126174655/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/gothic-lineages |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=2021-01-26 |website=Wizards of the Coast}} Heroes of Krynn (2022),{{Cite web |title=2022: Heroes of Krynn |url=https://media.wizards.com/2022/dnd/downloads/UA2022HeroesofKrynn.pdf}} and Heroes of Krynn Revisited (2022).{{Cite web |title=2022: Heroes of Krynn Revisited |url=https://media.wizards.com/2022/dnd/downloads/UA2022-HeroesofKrynnRevisited.pdf}}}} He was a designer and editor on the supplemental sourcebook Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (2020),{{Cite web |title=Tasha's Cauldron of Everything |url=https://dnd.wizards.com//products/tashas-cauldron-everything |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527153202/https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tashas-cauldron-everything |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=D&D Official {{!}} Dungeons & Dragons}} and an editor on the supplemental sourcebook Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (2021){{Cite web |title=Fizban's Treasury of Dragons |url=https://dnd.wizards.com//products/treasury-dragons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716131808/https://dnd.wizards.com/products/treasury-dragons |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2021 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=D&D Official {{!}} Dungeons & Dragons}} and the campaign setting sourcebook Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos (2021).{{Cite web |title=Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos |url=https://dnd.wizards.com//products/strixhaven-curriculum-chaos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717181548/https://dnd.wizards.com/products/strixhaven-curriculum-chaos |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2021 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=D&D Official {{!}} Dungeons & Dragons}}

Schneider was the co-lead designer, with James Wyatt, on the campaign setting sourcebook Mythic Odysseys of Theros (2020).{{Cite web |last=Baird |first=Scott |date=2020-07-28 |title=James Wyatt & F. Wesley Schneider Interview |url=https://screenrant.com/dungeons-dragons-mtg-james-wyatt-f-wesley-schneider/ |access-date=2020-09-28 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US}} He was then the lead designer on the campaign setting sourcebook Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021).{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=2021-05-03 |title=D&D's new Ravenloft book swaps outdated tropes for a high-fantasy approach |url=https://www.polygon.com/22417339/van-richtens-guide-to-ravenloft-harakir-ankhotep-the-mummy-preview |access-date=2021-05-04 |website=Polygon |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-02-25 |title=Is D&D's Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft Safe For Kids |url=https://screenrant.com/dungeons-dragons-van-richten-ravenloft-safe-kids-families/ |access-date=2021-04-06 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US}}

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ajit George, a writer on Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, pitched a new project idea to Schneider and Jeremy Crawford, D&D's Lead Rules Designer. This project became the adventure anthology Journeys through the Radiant Citadel (2022), with George and Schneider as the book's co-lead designers.{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Dungeons & Dragons Explores New Worlds With Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel Anthology |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-journeys-radiant-citadel-anthology-new-book/ |access-date=March 22, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-22 |title=Dungeons & Dragons Reveals Journeys Through The Radiant Citadel, The First Official Adventure Collection With An All-POC Writing Team |url=https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-reveals-journeys-through-the-radiant-citadel-adventure-collection-poc-team/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=TheGamer |language=en-US}}

Journeys through the Radiant Citadel (2022) was the first official "anthology of D&D adventures to be written entirely by Black and brown authors" published by Wizards of the Coast.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=2022-03-22 |title=Dungeons & Dragons’ next anthology is written entirely by Black and brown authors |url=https://www.polygon.com/22989321/dnd-journeys-through-the-radiant-citadel-release-date-price |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Culver |first=Jordan |date=July 20, 2022 |title='Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel': 16 writers, all people of color, shape new Dungeons & Dragons book |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2022/07/20/journeys-through-radiant-citadel-dungeons-and-dragons/10096026002/ |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=USA Today |quote=After working on other projects, George met with D&D senior designer F. Wesley Schneider. George, also the Chief Operating Officer of the nonprofit Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project, was given the chance to work on another D&D product, he said, and during that time, he thought about what would eventually become 'Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel.'}} Schneider's work on Journeys through the Radiant Citadel was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing in March 2023, the 2023 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming, and 2023 ENNIE Awards for Best Adventure and Best Product.

In 2022, Schneider was the lead designer on the adventure module Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen (2022).{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2022 |title=Dungeons & Dragons Heads Back to Dragonlance With New Campaign and Board Game Tie-In |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-dragonlance-shadow-queen-board-game-preview-krynn/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=2022-11-07 |title=Which version of the new D&D Dragonlance campaign should you buy? |url=https://www.polygon.com/23438731/dnd-dragonlance-campaign-board-game-digital-versus-physical |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}

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