Sean K. Reynolds
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Sean K. Reynolds | |
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| Occupation | Writer, game designer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genre | Role-playing games |
Sean K Reynolds is a professional game designer who has worked on and co-written a number of D&D supplements for Wizards of the Coast, as well as material for other companies. He does not put a period after his middle initial.
Background
Sean Reynolds was born in Chula Vista, California, and grew up there.[1] He was introduced to the Dungeons & Dragons game (with the red Basic Set and the blue Expert Set) in 1980 by his cousin, and soon began playing the AD&D game.[1]
Reynolds began working for Time Warner Interactive in 1994, to develop their America Online and websites.[1] Reynolds first entered the role-playing game industry in 1995, when he was hired by TSR as their online coordinator,[1] beating out Bruce Cordell for the same position.[2] According to Reynolds, "I had two goals: to get TSR a website, and to change the company's then-restrictive online policy to something more reasonable."[1] When TSR was bought out by Wizards of the Coast, Reynolds moved to Washington and worked on Wizards' pre-existing website.[1] Reynolds considers one of his greatest achievements of this time to be the fact that he got TSR/Wotc to relax its "draconian" online policy—enforcement of which in the past was the cause of much bad blood between the company and fans.[2] Wizards of the Coast had a much more open online policy, so Reynolds applied for a job in the company's R&D division as a game designer. He designed such products as The Scarlet Brotherhood for AD&D, Beyond Science: A Guide to FX for the Alternity game, and The Green Goblin's Guide to Crime for the Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game.[1] Reynolds also did some design work such as writing RPGA adventures and contributing to Children of the Night: Ghosts.
By 1998, Reynolds had left his web position and was working full-time for WotC as a designer as part of "Team Greyhawk," the creative team tasked with revitalizing TSR/WotC's oldest campaign setting.
Reynolds also contributed to the 3rd edition D&D Monster Manual, introducing some new creatures such as the krenshar.[1] Reynolds was laid off from WotC in 2002, and afterwards formed his own self-publishing company, "Sean K Reynolds Games." He continued to freelance in the d20 industry while working as an IP developer at Upper Deck. In July 2008, Paizo hired Reynolds as a developer on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
Publications
Books he has worked on for the d20-based 3rd edition include the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Savage Species, and Ghostwalk (co-written with Monte Cook).
Personal life
Reynolds has been a lacto-ovo vegetarian since 1992. He likes animals and has four cats. He plays some sort of roleplaying game typically once per week.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kenson, Stephen (2000). "ProFiles: Sean Reynolds". Dragon (#270). Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast: 20–21.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ a b Sean K. Reynolds: How I Got A Job At TSR.
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