Richard Baker

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-06

L. Richard Baker III is an American game designer and author born in Florida. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1988 with a degree in English and served as a U.S. Navy officer from 1988 to 1991 before joining TSR in 1991. He continued with Wizards of the Coast following its acquisition of TSR, working on supplements and novels across the Forgotten Realms, Planescape, Ravenloft, and Dark Sun settings, including the Last Mythal trilogy and the Blades of the Moonsea series. He co-designed the Birthright campaign setting, which won the 1995 Origins Award for Best New Role-Playing Supplement, co-designed the Alternity science fiction RPG, and contributed to the Gamma World Roleplaying Game and Axis & Allies games. In 2020 he joined ZeniMax Online Studios as a senior writer for The Elder Scrolls Online.

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Books

• Easy Betrayals (1998) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• The Shadow Stone (1998) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• The City of Ravens (2000) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Condemnation (2003) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Forsaken House (2003) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Farthest Reach (2004) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Final Gate (2005) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Swordmage (2008) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Corsair (2009) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon
• Avenger (2010) · Forgotten Realms Expanded Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 40 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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