This was my first foray into the fiction of the world of Golarion, and I chose to make the little journey with my wife. Keeping this review simple... What makes this great is that it has your typical fantasy tropes. Scheming rogue, evil villains, and a complicated yet intriguing plot.
Then you throw in Starsky & Hutch.... But in this case, Starsky is a plotting rogue with a shortage of traditional morals. And Hutch? Hutch is a talking, magical sword. Need I say more?
Suffice to say, I was able to get my wife to invest time into reading a book that is a part of franchise fiction, which as a seasoned literary nerd... She would never do. And she enjoyed the witty and well timed comedic banter of the books likely anti-heroes the entire time through. We'd be happy to give Tim Pratt and Pathfinder Tales another go.
More so, we'd love to read about the further adventures of Hrym and Rodrick.
Usually that's what most people would tell you when you have a good thing. Mostly because when one does try to do so... They only ruin it. Which you can find in many new editions of other systems. Pathfinder however, does it right. It really fixed a lot of the issues of 3.5 while not touching the things that worked just fine. I'm a proud player, DM, and owner of the system.
