Free Pathfinder Tales Audiobook!

Gleaming Terrier wrote:

Very cool! Also, Pathfinder Society players, don't forget this gives you a nifty boon you can use on every one of your characters!

Really? We get the boons off the audio book? I have so much printing to do...

Not sure if they have Audible to the list. If you go to additional resources there are links to the boons for the books. They are way behind with new boons for the new books but they have indicated that they are working on them. To get the boon you need either to own the book or a watermarked pdf copy of it. This policy was developed prior to the audiobook versions. While no official ruling on it, I would think that if you could show that the book is in your audiobook library then you should get credit for it and access to the boon.

Side note, some of the boons are linked in that if you have 4 of the books in a sequence they are combined on the same chronicle. Owning all the books on this chronicle will allow you to get a better boon.

The Audible stuff TOTALLY counts for the boons! Just show the books in your audiobook library via your phone, laptop, printed out screenshot—whatever works for you. We want to make it as easy for folks as possible.

You can consider this a totally official ruling, on the grounds that I yelled across the hall to the PFS office saying "I'm saying this is official, cool?" and they agreed. :D

I've already signed off on one last weekend.

Finished listening to the book and have started Redemption Engine. It is well written with good descriptions of various game mechanics that frankly will help me as a GM describe events to my players. Characters are well thought out (mostly - there is one priest whose motivations are a little too simplistic given the scope of what he does). I enjoyed the novel and the narrator (as evidence by the fact I bought the follow-up novel and I'm listening to it now). Overall 4 stars out of 5.

EDIT: also posted review on Audible.

Finished listening to the book and have started Redemption Engine. It is well written with good descriptions of various game mechanics that frankly will help me as a GM describe events to my players. Characters are well thought out (mostly - there is one priest whose motivations are a little too simplistic given the scope of what he does). I enjoyed the novel and the narrator (as evidence by the fact I bought the follow-up novel and I'm listening to it now). Overall 4 stars out of 5.

EDIT: also posted review on Audible.

Yay! Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the review!

I totally missed that Death's Heretic was out on Audible, it is the only book missing on their Pathfinder Tales page. At the time there was not a list for them, but there is now.

I never realized how much extra lore a person gets out of these novels. I have also gotten hooked and gone into the Redemption Engine and I wish I had read/listened to it before I had ever ran The Asylum Stone. Oh how the better understanding of caulborn would've changed how I ran portions of that.
And the explanation of the different planes and realms is deliciously helpful as well if I am ever to plunge players into them.
Releasing this for free is a very smart move as I'm already hooked and will be slowly nabbing all of the pathfinder novels, probably.

I like to listen to audiobooks at work, and it'd be really great to be able to listen to Pathfinder Tales that way. Too bad it's only available on Audible, otherwise I'd be all over this! :(

Thanks everybody! (And yeah, Death's Heretic is currently missing from the landing page—they say they'll add it as soon as the promotion's over.)

I enjoy playing pathfinder and I recently got into audiobooks because I need something to keep me mentally engaged on my 3-4 hour drives to and from college every day. I like fantasy so I looked up if audible had anything of note and this audiobook popped up. I had seen the hard copies of the Pathfinder Tales in the local shops in my area, but I always dismissed them since I have very little time to read since I'm always on the go between college and working full time. Right now I'm on chapter 10 of 24, roughly 5 hours into listening and here's my take on the quality so far. First the reader's voice is soothing and engaging and his ability to express emotion, gender, and color the audio with his sound makes for an enjoyable listen when it is meant to be enjoyed and scary when meant to be scary. I highly recommend Paizo utilize his distinct talents in future readings if that is something possible for them to request. Second, the story is enjoyable and interesting. I won't give away spoilers, but I very much like the characters of Salim Ghadafar and Neila Anvanory. I am not certain if they even remotely become an item, but they are such interesting characters and I very much ship SalimxNeila. Also the story gives a new light to one of the main pathfinder gods, Pharasma, and as someone who loves stuff involving the intimate nature of seeing how a world functions this is very fun for me. I recommend snagging the audiobook soon if you can get it free, but also I would buy this even if it wasn't. It's been a fun listen and I have so far purchased two more pathfinder tales audiobooks to listen to once I am done devouring this one.

I really enjoyed this book. Must say I was hoping for a "happier" ending but with the characters involved I guess I am not surprised!

Recommend everyone getting this book even if you missed the free Audiobook.

Yes it was an excellent novel, it's sequel The Redemption Engine I think was even better and is so far my favorite Pathfinder Tales Novel.

Thanks, everybody! Really glad you're enjoying the books. :)

I had listened to another PF Tales Novel and was disappointed.

This was free though so I have it a try, and I am glad I did. I promptly bought Redemption Engine.

Mr. Sutter, is it just me or do you like the planar weird?

I felt it strong enough that these books made me want to go back and play Planescape: Torment.

I had listened to another PF Tales Novel and was disappointed.

This was free though so I have it a try, and I am glad I did. I promptly bought Redemption Engine.

Mr. Sutter, is it just me or do you like the planar weird?

I felt it strong enough that these books made me want to go back and play Planescape: Torment.

Glad you liked it! And I *love* the planar weird—it's pretty much the whole reason for Salim's existence. "What would be a cool character that would let me show off the planes?" is the question that got the ball rolling on those books. :)