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 RPG supplements.
Career.
Robert J. Schwalb has worked for "Wizards of the Coast". His works for "Dungeons & Dragons" include: "" (2006, with Robin Laws), "Drow of the Underdark" (2007, with Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, and Greg A. Vaughan), "Elder Evils" (2007), "Exemplars of Evil" (2007), "Tome of Magic" (2006, with Matthew Sernett, Dave Noonan, and Ari Marmell), "Player's Handbook II" (2006).
He has also worked for Green Ronin Publishing on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and he has contributed to "" for Paradigm Concepts (2007).
Schwalb was a long-time developer and staff member for Green Ronin. With Patrick O'Duffy and Chris Pramas, Schwalb wrote "The Pirate's Guide to Freeport" (2007), a 256-page sourcebook on Green Ronin's best-known locale. Schwalb designed the "A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying" game, which previewed in 2008 and published in 2009; this was his last project for Green Ronin before he moved over to Wizards of the Coast. His additional role-playing work includes work for Black Industries, Fantasy Flight Games, and several other companies.
Schwalb became the writer for the online version of the popular "Dragon" column "Demonomicon of Iggwilv" in 2008, having thus far contributed articles for Yeenoghu and Baphomet.
Schwalb also co-wrote "Divine Power", a 4th Edition "D&D" supplement, which made the "Wall Street Journal" Best-Seller list for July 2009.
In 2012, Schwalb became one of the lead designers for the fifth edition of "Dungeons & Dragons". He also wrote for Monte Cook Games' Numenera line, including the "Numenera Character Options" book and the adventure "Beyond All Worlds".
In 2014, after completing his work on the fifth edition, Schwalb launched Schwalb Entertainment and began writing a new RPG entitled "Shadow of the Demon Lord".
In 2018, Schwalb contributed to the new Judge Dredd role-playing game, "Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD", by EN World's EN Publishing.