James Jacobs is an American designer and author of role-playing games and texts in the fantasy, horror and the occult genres.
Career[]
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.[2][3] Jacobs grew up in Point Arena, California, and went to college at the University of California, Davis.[citation needed]
He moved to Seattle after graduating from college and worked his way into Wizards of the Coast's sales department.[citation needed]
Jacobs has been the developer, lead designer, and sometimes cartographer on projects for Bastion Press, Green Ronin Publishing, Wizards of the Coast, and Paizo.[3] Jacobs has authored and co-authored several other products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, including Dungeon Master's Guide II, Lords of Madness, Frostburn, and Red Hand of Doom.[4][5] He also wrote Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss with fellow Paizo editor Erik Mona.[5] Jacobs and Erik Mona co-wrote Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (2007), a 3rd edition D&D remake of Greyhawk Ruins (1990).[6]
Jacobs has worked as the associate editor, and later the managing editor of Dungeon magazine.[3] In the 2000s, Jacobs served as the editor-in-chief of Dungeon magazine, published by Paizo Publishing.[citation needed]
Jacobs described himself as "one of the chief architects" of the Dungeon Adventure Paths, in addition to working on all the other adventures published in the magazine.[3] Jacobs became the Editor in Chief for Dungeon magazine in June 2006.[7] Jacobs is the Creative Director for the Pathfinder Adventure Paths-focused monthly publication from Paizo.[3] 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.
References[]
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- ↑ paizo.com - Off-Topic Discussions: >>Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!<<. Retrieved on 3 January 2018.
- ↑ James Jacobs - PathfinderWiki. Retrieved on 3 January 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Interview with James Jacobs Archived 2015-01-20 at the Wayback Machine in Kobold Quarterly #12
- ↑ Berlant, Joseph (September 2004). "Buyers guide", Chronicle 26 (9): 25–29.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters archiveurl and archivedate must be both specified or both omitted. Pen & Paper listing for James Jacobs. Retrieved on 3 January 2018.
- ↑ Appelcline, Shannon (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing.
- ↑ paizo.com - Paizo / News / Archive / 2006. Retrieved on 3 January 2018.
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