Keith Baker is a

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and

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author. In addition to working with

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on the creation of

Eberron Eberron is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') role-playing game. The game is set primarily on the continent of Khorvaire following a vast destructive war. Eberron is designed to accommodate traditional ''D&D'' elements an ...

, he has also contributed material for

Goodman Games Goodman Games is an American game publisher best known for the ''Dungeon Crawl Classics'' series of adventure modules and role-playing game, the ''Dragonmech'' role-playing game, and the ''Etherscope'' role-playing games. The company produced l ...

Paizo Publishing Paizo Inc. (originally Paizo Publishing.) is an American role-playing game publishing company based in Redmond, Washington, best known for the tabletop role-playing game '' Pathfinder''. The company's name is derived from the Greek word ''paiz� ...

and

Green Ronin Publishing Green Ronin Publishing is an American company based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Chris Pramas and Nicole Lindroos, they have published several role-playing game–related products. They won several awards for their games including ...

. In 2014, Baker and Jennifer Ellis co-founded the indie tabletop game company Twogether Studios.

Personal life

Baker lives in

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. He has a tattoo of the Greater Mark of Making on his right arm. He is married to product designer Jenn Ellis.

Career

Prior to working in the

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industry, he worked in the

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industry with Magnet Interactive Studios and a Colorado company, VR1. Keith Baker started as a freelancer known for his work at

Atlas Games Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its founder and current president is John Nephew. History When Atlas Games did not have the finances to publish '' On the Edge'' (1994), they partnered with J ...

. His ''

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'' campaign setting of

was chosen as the winner among the 11,000 submissions to the

Fantasy Setting Search in 2002. Baker designed the ''

Eberron Campaign Setting ''Eberron 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 introduces Eberron, and provides the core campaign setting, ...

'' (2004) book with

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and

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, the first book to focus on the background of the setting. Baker has been a role-playing game designer across multiple systems besides ''Dungeons & Dragons'', including systems such as ''

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'', ''

13th Age ''13th Age'' is a d20 fantasy role-playing game designed by Rob Heinsoo (lead designer of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 4th Edition) and Jonathan Tweet (lead designer of ''D&D'' 3rd Edition), and published by Pelgrane Press. 13th Age has been well s ...

'' (2012) and ''Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana'' (2015). Essays by Baker on role-playing design and other game features have been published in the Kobold Guides series - including ''Adventures'' (2008), C''omplete Kobold Guide to Game Design'' (2012), ''The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding'' (2012), and ''Kobold Guide to Gamemastering'' (2017).

Eberron

Baker continued to be a game designer on several 3.5 edition supplements for the Eberron setting such as '' Sharn: City of Towers'' (2004), ''

Secrets of Xen'drik ''Secrets of Xen'drik'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Secrets of Xen'drik'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that explores the continent of Xen'drik, with its shattered c ...

'' (2006), and ''

Secrets of Sarlona ''Secrets of Sarlona'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Secrets of Sarlona'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that explores the continent of Sarlona, a land of lost empires an ...

'' (2007). Baker also wrote ''The Dreaming Dark'' trilogy of novels set in the Eberron setting, which was published by Wizards of the Coast from 2005 to 2006. Baker wrote a second trilogy, the ''Thorn of Breland'' series, of Eberron novels for Wizards of the Coast from 2008 to 2010. For the 4th edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', Baker was a designer on the ''

Eberron Campaign Guide This is a list of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' products that are based on the ''Eberron'' campaign setting. 3.5 edition Core products * ''Eberron Campaign Setting'' (June 2004, ) is the core campaign setting, providing the campaign specific rules an ...

'' (July 2009) and a consultant on the ''

Eberron Player's Guide This is a list of '' Dungeons & Dragons'' products that are based on the '' Eberron'' campaign setting. 3.5 edition Core products * ''Eberron Campaign Setting'' (June 2004, ) is the core campaign setting, providing the campaign specific rules ...

'' (June 2009). In 2017, Baker joined the podcast ''Manifest Zone'' which explores the world of Eberron including lore and official products. His co-hosts are Wayne Chang and Kristian Serrano. For the 5th edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', Baker was the lead designer of ''Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron'' (July 2018) which was an official Wizards of the Coast supplement published as a PDF on the

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. The Dungeon Masters Guild, owned by

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, is an online store that hosts official Wizards of the Coast products and acts as "a platform for players to publish lore, maps, character designs and adventures based on ''Dungeons & Dragons'' intellectual property". Utilizing the Dungeon Masters Guild, Baker published two non-official Eberron themed adventures in 2018 and a non-official 5th edition Eberron supplement in 2019. Baker was also one of the lead designers of the first hardcover 5th edition Eberron sourcebook: '' Eberron: Rising From The Last War'' (November 2019). In the following year, Baker released two new non-official 5th Edition Eberron products on the Dungeon Masters Guild: a campaign guide, ''Exploring Eberron'' (July 2020), and a supplement, ''Eberron Confidential'' (November 2020). In December 2020, Baker announced two upcoming Eberron projects which would also be released on the Dungeon Masters Guild in 2022: ''Frontiers of Eberron: Threshold'' and codenamed ''Project: Fool’s Platinum''. In November 2022, Baker announced that ''Frontiers of Eberron: Threshold'' had been delayed due to the

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and was now scheduled for release in 2023. However, the release of ''Chronicles of Eberron'' (2022) was not delayed and was published in December 2022.

Twogether Studios

In 2014, Baker co-founded a new an indie tabletop game studio with his wife, Jennifer Ellis. In April 2015, Twogether Studios launched their first game, ''Phoenix: Dawn Command'', on

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and raised $67,284. ''Phoenix: Dawn Command'' is a card-based roleplaying game where players become "more powerful each time they fall in battle". In October 2016, Twogether Studios launched their second game, ''Illimat'', on Kickstarter and raised $418,628. This set collection game was designed in partnership with the band

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and illustrated by Carson Ellis. Steve Haske, for ''

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'', wrote: "Last year, the band’s

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got in touch with Portland-based Twogether Studios, in order to bring ''Illimat'' into the real world via a Kickstarter campaign. With game designer Keith Baker (co-founder of Twogether), the two designed a relatively simple game played with cards, a few tokens, and a rotating box — the Illimat itself, that changes the 'seasons' of the gameplay — so appropriate to The Decemberists’s old-world aesthetic that it has a fascinating sense of authenticity". Twogether Studios has launched two more successfully funded card games on Kickstarter: ''Action Cats!'' (July 2017, raised $17,086) and ''Action Pups!'' (February 2019, raised $7,273). Both games feature photos of pets that Kickstarter backers submitted. In September 2019, it was announced that Twogether Studios was working with the McElroy family to create a cooperative storytelling card game adaptation of ''

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'' called ''TAZ: Bureau of Balance''. After its release in 2020, ''CBR'' called it "a great way to bring the joy of ''The Adventure Zone'' to the table and get in on the action". ''

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'' highlighted that it "is a great card game for folks wanting to try out (or get back into) RPGs, or more seasoned players who want a cooperative storytelling experience that takes out some of the legwork and guesswork for an afternoon. It’s not going to give you all the thrills and chills of a traditional RPG, but it does enough to simulate the experience". In 2020, Twogether Studios worked with Podium Audio to release the ''Ascend Online'' Roleplaying Game, "a micro roleplaying game", based on the audiobook series of the same name by author Luke Chmilenko. ''Io9'' reported that "''Ascend Online'' is about a group of friends who’ve gotten more than they bargained for in an immersive fantasy video game" and that it is "a mix between ''

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'' and ''

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''"; the free "micro RPG lets players create a party and explore the series’ world, creating their own collaborative adventure along the way".

Awards

Baker has won an

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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 ''

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'', published by Atlas Games. Baker was part of the design team for the Pathfinder campaign supplement ''The Inner Sea World Guide'' which won 2011

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for Best Art, Interior - Gold Winner and for Best Setting - Gold Winner. The book was also nominated for: 2011 ENnie for Product of the Year, 2011 Golden Geek Best RPG Artwork/Presentation, and 2011 Golden Geek Best RPG Supplement Nominee. Two of the Kobold Guides anthologies Baker has contributed to have won

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: C''omplete Kobold Guide to Game Design'' (2012 ENnie for Best RPG Related Product - Gold Winner) and ''The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding'' (2013 ENnie for Best RPG Related Product - Gold Winner and for Best Writing - Gold Winner). Baker contributed design to the ''13th Age Core Book'' which won the 2014 ENnie for Best Rules - Silver Winner and was nominated for 2013 Golden Geek Best RPG Artwork/Presentation Nominee, 2013 Golden Geek RPG of the Year Nominee, 2014 ENnie for Best Game.

Selected role-playing game credits

Eberron

Accessories

* ''

'', with

and James Wyatt (

, June 2004, ) * '' Sharn: City of Towers'', with James Wyatt (Wizards of the Coast, November 2004, ) * ''

Races of Eberron ''Races of Eberron'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Races of Eberron'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that provides information on the races originally presented in the ...

'', with

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, Matthew Sernett, and Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel (Wizards of the Coast, April 2005, ) * ''

Player's Guide to Eberron ''Player's Guide to Eberron'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Player's Guide to Eberron'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that explores the world from the player's point of v ...

'', with

, Luke Johnson, and

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(Wizards of the Coast, January 2006, ) * ''

'', with

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and Amber Scott (Wizards of the Coast, July 2006, ) * '' Dragonmarked'', with Michelle Lyons and

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(Wizards of the Coast, November 2006, ) * ''

'', with Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Glenn McDonald, and Chris Sims (Wizards of the Coast, February 2007, ) * ''

Dragons of Eberron ''Dragons of Eberron'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Dragons of Eberron'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that explores the mysterious draconic prophecy and various drago ...

'' with Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Nicolas Logue, and Amber Scott (Wizards of the Coast, October 2007, ) * ''

City of Stormreach ''City of Stormreach'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''City of Stormreach'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that describes the shadowy ruins, sinister organizations, and tre ...

'' with Nicolas Logue, James "Grim" Desborough, and

(Wizards of the Coast, February 2008, ) * ''Eberron Campaign Guide'', with James Wyatt (Wizards of the Coast, July 2009, ) *''Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron'' (5e) with Ruty Rutenberg,

Jeremy Crawford Jeremy Crawford is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. He is most widely known for being the Lead Rules Designer for Wizards of the Coast. Career Jeremy Crawford co-designed and edited the ''Blue Rose'' role-playing ...

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, Kate Welch (Wizards of the Coast, July 2018, PDF) *''Morgrave Miscellany'' with Ruty Rutenberg, Greg Marks, Shawn Merwin, Derek Nekritz (

, March 2019, PDF) *'' Eberron: Rising from the Last War'' with Jeremy Crawford and James Wyatt (Wizards of the Coast, November 2019, ) *''Exploring Eberron'' with Will Brolley, Laura Hirsbrunner, Wayne Chang (Dungeon Masters Guild and KB Presents, July 2020, PDF and print on demand) *''Eberron Confidential'' (Dungeon Masters Guild and KB Presents, November 2020, PDF) *''Dread Metrol: Into the Mists'' with Andrew Bishkinskyi, Imogen Gingell (Dungeon Masters Guild and KB Presents, July 2021, PDF) *''Chronicles of Eberron'' (Dungeon Masters Guild and KB Presents, December 2022, PDF and print on demand) *''Frontiers of Eberron: Threshold'' with Will Brolley, Laura Hirsbrunner, and Wayne Chang (Dungeon Masters Guild and KB Presents, TBA, PDF) pcomingref name=":8" />

Adventures

* '' Shadows of the Last War'' (Wizards of the Coast, July 2004, ). * ''Khyber's Harvest'' (Wizards of the Coast, June 2009, Free adventure released for

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2009) *''Curtain Call: A Sharn Adventure'' with Robert Adducci and Wayne Chang (Dungeon Masters Guild, August 2018, PDF) *''Trust No One'' with Wayne Chang and Anthony Turco (Dungeon Masters Guild, October 2018, PDF)

Other

* ''The Complete Guide to Wererats'' (March 2003, ) * ''The Complete Guide to Beholders'', with

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and Michael Ericksen (June 2003, ) * ''The Complete Guide to Doppelgangers'' (February 2007, ) * ''The Creatures of Freeport'', with Graeme Davis (May 2004, ) * ''Crime & Punishment: The Player's Sourcebook of the Law'' (March 2003, ) * ''The Ebon Mirror'', a D20 System adventure (January 2002, ) * ''Friends of the Dragon'', with

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(2004, ) *''The Inner Sea World Guide'' by James Jacobs with Keith Baker, Wolfgang Baur, Clinton J. Boomer,

, Joshua J. Frost,

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, Stephen S. Greer,

Jeff Grubb Jeff Grubb (born August 27, 1957) is an author who writes novels, short stories, and comics and a computer and role-playing game designer in the fantasy genre. Grubb worked on the ''Dragonlance'' campaign setting under Tracy Hickman, and the ' ...

, Michael Kortes, Tito Leati, Mike McArtor, Rob McCreary,

Erik Mona Erik Mona (born April 1974) is an American game designer who lives in Seattle, Washington. Career Mona was the Managing Editor of issues 1 and 2 of the '' Oerth Journal'', an online publication devoted to the ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign sett ...

, Jason Eric Nelson, Jeff Quick,

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, F. Wesley Schneider, Leandra Christine Schneider, David Schwartz, Amber E. Scott,

, Owen K.C. Stephens, Todd Stewart,

James L. Sutter James L. Sutter (born March 1984) is an American game designer, author, and musician, best known for co-creating the ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game'' and the ''Starfinder Roleplaying Game'', serving as Starfinder's original Creative Director. Ca ...

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, Jeremy Walker, and J. D. Wiker (2011, ) *''The Emerald Spire Superdungeon'' written by Keith Baker, Rich Baker, Wolfgang Baur,

, Tim Hitchcock, James Jacobs, Nicolas Logue,

Frank Mentzer Jacob Franklin Mentzer III is an American fantasy author and game designer who worked on early materials for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (D&D) fantasy role-playing game. He was an employee of TSR, Inc. from 1980 to 1986, spending part of that tim ...

Chris Pramas Chris Pramas is an American game designer and writer, as well as a founder of Green Ronin Publishing. He is best known as the designer of the ''Dragon Age'' RPG, ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (second edition), and ''Freeport: The City of Adventu ...

, F. Wesley Schneider,

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, and

(2014, ) *''13th Age Core Book'' credited for "additional design" (2013, ) *''Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana'' with Leonard Balsera, Logan Bonner,

Matt Forbeck Matt Forbeck (born August 4, 1968) is an American author and game designer from Beloit, Wisconsin. Biography Forbeck first became interested in role-playing games at age 13 when he started playing ''Dungeons & Dragons''. He earned a degree in crea ...

, Jackson Lanzing,

Nicole Lindroos Nicole Lindroos is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career After twice applying to culinary school, Nicole Lindroos entered the game industry in 1989. Lindroos was one of the Minnesota locals who joined Lion Rampant ...

Robert J. Schwalb Robert J. Schwalb is a writer in the role-playing game industry, and has worked as a game designer and developer for such games as ''Dungeons & Dragons'', '' A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying'', ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'', and many other RP ...

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, Clark Valentine,

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, Ryan Wheaton, and

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(2015, )

Fiction credits

Eberron

The Dreaming Dark trilogy

* ''The City of Towers'' (Keith Baker, February 2005, ) * ''The Shattered Land'' (Keith Baker, February 2006, ) * ''The Gates of Night'' (Keith Baker, November 2006, )

Thorn of Breland trilogy

* ''The Queen of Stone'' (Keith Baker, November 2008, ) * ''Son of Khyber '' (Keith Baker, November 2009, ) * ''The Fading Dream'' (Keith Baker, October 2010, )

Short stories

* "Death at Whitehearth," in ''Tales of the Last War'' (April 2006, ) * "Principles of Fire," in ''Dragons: Worlds Afire'' (June 2006, ) * "Shadows of Stormreach," online serial story.

Comic books

* ''Eberron: Eye of the Wolf'' (art by Chris Lie and Rob Ruffolo,

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, June 2006)

Other

Short stories

* "...And Weave The Spider's Web" - ''Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero'' (February 2012, )

Trivia

He appears in a cameo in the comic book ''The Order of the Stick: Start of Darkness'' by

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References

External links

* *
G2V Podcast interview with Keith Baker
*

GameSpy, August 20, 2004.
Interview with Keith Baker

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