Steven E. Schend is a fantasy writer and game designer.
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Background[edit | edit source]
Schend was born in 1967 and his childhood was heavily fantasy-influenced. He previously worked as a teacher, a street sweeper, a curb builder and a landscaper before gaining employment in fantasy, where he has worked for over fifteen years. He is a former game designer and editor for TSR, Inc., Wizards of the Coast, Bastion Press, Green Ronin, and Goodman Games, as well as a former substitute teacher in Washington and Wisconsin.
Erlkazar was the setting of Schend's first D&D campaign set in the Forgotten Realms, which he played around 1988.[1] His character was Gamalon Idogyr.
He is currently an adult instructor of World Building for Writers and Game & Adventure Design workshops/seminars. He also teaches college classes at various venues, including Kendall College of Art & Design. He claims his favorite role is spokesperson for the denizens of the Forgotten Realms.
He is also currently working on a novel in his "Vanguard" universe and a non-fiction World-Building book for writers.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
Sourcebooks[edit | edit source]
- Lands of Intrigue, 2nd edition sourcebook.
- Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves, 2nd edition sourcebook.
- The Fall of Myth Drannor, 2nd edition sourcebook.
- Sea of Fallen Stars, 2nd edition sourcebook.
Undermountain adventures;
- Undermountain: The Lost Level, adventure.
- Undermountain: Maddgoth's Castle, adventure.
- Undermountain: Stardock, adventure.
- City of Splendors, 2nd edition, with Ed Greenwood
Novels[edit | edit source]
Appendix[edit | edit source]
Further Reading[edit | edit source]
- Steve Kenson (August 1999). “ProFiles: Steven E. Schend”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #262 (TSR, Inc.), p. 112.
External links[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (1997). Lands of Intrigue: Book Three: Erlkazar & Folk of Intrigue. (TSR, Inc), p. 1. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
