Ruvaid Virk

Ruvaid is an award-winning, Pakistani-American writer and game designer based out Michigan. Some of his notable works include The Cosmere RPG, Pathfinder's Tian Xia series, Howl of the Wild, Dark Archive, and Impossible Lands.

Portfolio

Game Design and Writing

  • The Cosmere RPG (designer, pending release)

  • Pathfinder Lost Omens: Draconic Codex (game and narrative design, 2025)

  • Starfinder Alien Core (game design, 2025)

  • Realmwalker (narrative design, 2025)

  • Tian Xia+ (game design, 2025)

  • NPC Core (game design, 2025)

  • War of Immortals (game design, 2024)

  • Pathfinder Lost Omens: Tian Xia World Guide (narrative design, 2024) - Gold ENNIE Award (Best Setting, 2024)

  • Pathfinder Lost Omens: Tian Xia Character Guide (game & narrative design, 2024)

  • Howl of the Wild (game & narrative design, 2024)

  • The Traveler's Guide to the Eye of Abendego (game design, 2024)

  • Rage of Elements (game & narrative design, 2023)

  • Pathfinder Lost Omens: Impossible Lands (game & narrative design, 2023)

  • Impossible Lands+ (game & narrative design, 2023)

  • Pathfinder Lost Omens: Firebrands (game design, 2023)

  • Dark Archive (game & narrative design, 2022)

  • Pathfinder Adventure Path #167: Ready? Fight! (game design, 2021)

  • Pathfinder Adventure Path #168: King of the Mountain (game design, 2021)

  • Kitsune of Golarion (narrative design, 2021)

  • Secrets of Magic (game design, 2021)

  • Bestiary 3 (game & narrative design, 2021)

Adventure Design

  • Pathfinder Adventure Path #208: Hoof, Cinder, and Storm (backmatter side quests design, 2024)

  • Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-10: The Crocodile's Smile (author, 2024)

  • Starfinder Bounty #5: Echoes of Woe (author, 2022)