James Jacobs (game designer)

Jacobs has been involved in the role-playing industry since the age of sixteen, when his adventure "Scepter of the Underworld" was published in Dungeon #12 in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/James_Jacobs|title=James Jacobs - PathfinderWiki|website=Pathfinderwiki.com|access-date=3 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/article63.php|title=Interview with James Jacobs|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120222415/http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/article63.php |archivedate=2015-01-20 }} in Kobold Quarterly #12 Jacobs grew up in Point Arena, California, and went to college at the University of California, Davis.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

He moved to Seattle after graduating from college and worked his way into Wizards of the Coast's sales department.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} Jacobs has been the developer, lead designer, and sometimes cartographer on releases for Bastion Press, Green Ronin Publishing, Wizards of the Coast, and Paizo. Jacobs has authored and co-authored several other products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, including Dungeon Master's Guide II, Lords of Madness, Frostburn, and Red Hand of Doom.Berlant, Joseph (September 2004). "Buyers guide", Chronicle 26 (9): 25–29.{{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1814|archive-date=30 September 2007|title=Pen & Paper listing for James Jacobs|website=Pen-paper.net|access-date=3 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181534/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1814}} He also wrote Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss with fellow Paizo editor Erik Mona. Jacobs and Erik Mona co-wrote Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (2007), a 3rd edition D&D remake of Greyhawk Ruins (1990).{{Cite book|first=Shannon|last=Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7|page=25}}

Jacobs became the associate editor for Dungeon magazine, and later became the managing editor for the magazine. In the 2000s, Jacobs served as the editor-in-chief of Dungeon magazine, published by Paizo Publishing.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} Jacobs described himself as "one of the chief architects" of the Dungeon Adventure Paths, in addition to doing some work on all of the other adventures published in the magazine. Jacobs became the Editor-in-Chief for Dungeon magazine in June 2006.{{cite web|url=http://paizo.com/paizo/news/v5748eaic9k91|title=paizo.com - Paizo / News / Archive / 2006|website=Paizo.com|access-date=3 January 2018}} Jacobs is the Creative Director for the Pathfinder Adventure Paths-focused monthly publication from Paizo. He also wrote "Burnt Offerings", the adventure featured in Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords #1.

Among Jacobs' other writings is the "Demonomicon of Iggwilv" feature in Dragon magazine, and he has contributed a number of adventure stories for Dungeon. Jacobs has also created many notable Dungeons & Dragons creatures, with the ulitharid, draknor, and the kaorti among the most prominent.

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• [http://www.rpgamer.com/savingthrow/interviews/060807-1.html Interview with Jacobs at The Saving Throw] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023642/http://www.rpgamer.com/savingthrow/interviews/060807-1.html |date=2007-09-30 }}

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