| 词条 | James Jacobs (game designer) |
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| name = James Jacobs | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1972}}[1] | birth_place = United States | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Game designer | language = English | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = United States | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = Fantasy, horror, occult | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = 1988–present | module = | website = | portaldisp = }} James Jacobs is an American designer and author of role-playing games and texts in the fantasy, horror and the occult genres. CareerJacobs 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|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 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 roleplaying game, including Dungeon Master's Guide II, Lords of Madness, Frostburn, and Red Hand of Doom.[4][5] He also wrote 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|date=March 2010}} 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. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=285?Ask-James-Jacobs-ALL-your-Questions-Here#14232|title=paizo.com - Off-Topic Discussions: >>Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!<<|website=Paizo.com|accessdate=3 January 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/James_Jacobs|title=James Jacobs - PathfinderWiki|website=Pathfinderwiki.com|accessdate=3 January 2018}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 Interview with James Jacobs in Kobold Quarterly #12 4. ^Berlant, Joseph (September 2004). "Buyers guide", Chronicle 26 (9): 25–29. 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1814|archive-date=September 30, 2007|title=Pen & Paper listing for James Jacobs|website=Pen-paper.net|accessdate=3 January 2018|dead-url=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181534/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1814}} 6. ^{{Cite book|first=Shannon|last=Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7|page=25}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://paizo.com/paizo/news/v5748eaic9k91|title=paizo.com - Paizo / News / Archive / 2006|website=Paizo.com|accessdate=3 January 2018}} External links
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