Keith Baker
Encyclopedia
Keith Baker is a game designer and fantasy novel
author.
writer of Dungeons & Dragons
material and the campaign setting Eberron
, which won the Wizards of the Coast
Fantasy Setting Search in 2002. In addition to working with Wizards of the Coast on Eberron material, he has also contributed material for Atlas Games
, Goodman Games
, Paizo Publishing
and Green Ronin Games He lives in Portland, Oregon
. He has a tattoo of the Greater Mark of Making on his right arm. Prior to working in the role-playing game
industry, he worked in the video game industry.
Baker has won an Origins Award
twice, first in 2004 for Best Roleplaying Game Supplement
as part of the team for the Eberron campaign setting, then alone in 2005 for Traditional Card Game of the Year
for Gloom
, published by Atlas Games.
.
Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature is fantasy in written form. Historically speaking, literature has composed the majority of fantasy works. Since the 1950s however, a growing segment of the fantasy genre has taken the form of films, television programs, graphic novels, video games, music, painting, and other...
author.
Career
Keith Baker is best known as a freelanceFreelancer
A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor and that of others to its clients with or without project management and...
writer of Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...
material and the campaign setting Eberron
Eberron
Eberron is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, set in a period after a vast destructive war on the continent of Khorvaire...
, which won the Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...
Fantasy Setting Search in 2002. In addition to working with Wizards of the Coast on Eberron material, he has also contributed material for Atlas Games
Atlas Games
Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its current president is John Nephew.Games published include:...
, Goodman Games
Goodman Games
Goodman Games is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Goodman Games is best known as the publisher of the Dungeon Crawl Classics series of adventure modules, as well as the Dragonmech and the award-winning Etherscope role-playing games, and has...
, Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing is an American publishing company in Redmond, Washington that specializes in game aids and adventures for "the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game" and its flagship spin-off game and setting, Pathfinder...
and Green Ronin Games He lives in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. He has a tattoo of the Greater Mark of Making on his right arm. Prior to working in the role-playing game
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
industry, he worked in the video game industry.
Baker has won an Origins Award
Origins Award
The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so the 1979 awards were given at the 1980 Origins.The Origins Award is commonly...
twice, first in 2004 for Best Roleplaying Game Supplement
2004 Origins Award winners
-Best of Class Awards:-Vanguard Awards:* All Wound Up * Flames of War * Fire as She Bears! 2.1 * Pirates of the Spanish Main -Gamers' Choice Awards:* Legends...
as part of the team for the Eberron campaign setting, then alone in 2005 for Traditional Card Game of the Year
2005 Origins Award winners
The following are the winners of the 32nd annual Origins Award, held in 2006:-Hall of Fame inductees:* Aaron Allston* Jolly R. Blackburn* Rodger MacGowan* Dennis Mize * Mike Pondsmith* James Ernest-External links:* *...
for Gloom
Gloom (card game)
Gloom is a tabletop card game created by designer Keith Baker and published by Atlas Games in 2004. It won the Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game in 2005. Three expansion packs have been created since the release of the original game called, Unhappy Homes, Unwelcome Guests and Unfortunate...
, published by Atlas Games.
Accessories
- Eberron Campaign SettingEberron Campaign SettingEberron Campaign Setting is a hardcover accessory for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Contents:The Eberron Campaign Setting book introduced Eberron, and is the core campaign setting, providing the campaign specific rules and details on the continent of Khorvaire...
, w/ Bill Slavicsek and James Wyatt (June 2004, ISBN 0-7869-3276-7) - Sharn: City of Towers, w/ James Wyatt (November 2004, ISBN 0-7869-3434-4)
- Races of Eberron, w/ Jesse DeckerJesse Decker-Biography:Decker began playing Dungeons & Dragons in 1983 during recess at his elementary school. During the summer of 1996, he began doing "temp work" for Wizards of the Coast, before returning to finish college that fall. After finishing college, he returned to Wizards of the Coast, where he...
, Matthew Sernett, and Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel (April 2005, ISBN 0-7869-3658-4) - Player's Guide to Eberron, w/ James Wyatt, Luke Johnson, and Stan! (January 2006, ISBN 0-7869-3912-5)
- Secrets of Xen'drik, w/ Jason Buhlman and Amber Scott (July 2006, ISBN 0-7869-3916-8)
- Dragonmarked, w/ Michelle Lyons and C.A. Suleiman (November 2006, ISBN 0-7869-3933-8)
- Secrets of Sarlona, w/ Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Glenn McDonald, and Chris Sims (February 2007, ISBN 0-7869-4037-9)
- Dragons of Eberron w/ Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Nicolas Logue, and Amber Scott (October 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4154-4)
- City of Stormreach w/ Nicolas Logue, James "Grim"' Desborough, and C.A. Suleiman (February 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4803-1)
- Eberron Campaign Guide, w/ James Wyatt (July 2009, ISBN 978-0-7869-5099-7)
Adventures
- Shadows of the Last War (July 2004, ISBN 0-7869-3276-7).
- Khyber's Harvest (June 2009, Free adventure released for Free RPG DayFree RPG DayFree RPG Day is an annual promotional effort by the North American Role-playing game industry. Inspired by Free Comic Book Day, Free RPG Day was started in 2007 and is coordinated worldwide by Impressions Advertising and Marketing...
2009)
Other
- The Complete Guide to Wererats (March 2003, ISBN 978-0-9712-7678-9)
- The Complete Guide to Beholders, w/ Thomas Denmark and Michael Ericksen (June 2003, ISBN 978-0-9726-2418-3)
- The Complete Guide to Doppelgangers (February 2007, ISBN 978-0-9712-7677-2)
- The Creatures of Freeport, w/ Graeme Davis (May 2004, ISBN 978-1-9324-4219-9)
- Crime & Punishment: The Player's Sourcebook of the Law (March 2003, ISBN 1-58978-039-6)
- The Ebon Mirror, a D20 System adventure (January 2002, ISBN 1-58978-010-8)
- Friends of the Dragon, w/ Will Hindmarch (2004, ISBN 1-58978-054-X)
The Dreaming Dark trilogy
- The City of Towers (Keith Baker, February 2005, ISBN 0-7869-3584-7)
- The Shattered Land (Keith Baker, February 2006, ISBN 0-7869-3821-8)
- The Gates of Night (Keith Baker, November 2006, ISBN 0-7869-4013-1)
Thorn of Breland trilogy
- The Queen of Stone (Keith Baker, November 2008, ISBN 0-7869-5009-6)
- Son of Khyber (Keith Baker, November 2009, ISBN 0786952342)
- The Fading Dream (Keith Baker, October 2010, ISBN 0786956240)
Short stories
- "Death at Whitehearth," in Tales of the Last War (April 2006, ISBN 0-7869-3986-9)
- "Principles of Fire," in Dragons: Worlds Afire (June 2006, ISBN 0-7869-4166-9)
- "Shadows of Stormreach," online serial story.
Trivia
He appears in a cameo in the comic book The Order of the Stick: Start of Darkness by Rich BurlewRich Burlew
Rich Burlew is an author, game designer, and graphic designer best known for The Order of the Stick webcomic. He has written several works for Wizards of the Coast's game Dungeons and Dragons...
.
External links
- Bossy The Cow- Keith Baker's homepage
- Pen & Paper listing for Keith Baker
- Interview with Keith Baker, GameSpyGameSpyGameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. The current...
, August 20, 2004. - Interview with Keith Baker, IGN.com