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A Desperate Quest

The race is on to free Lord Stelan from the grip of a wasting curse, and only Elyana, his old elven adventuring companion and former lover, has the wisdom and reflexes to save him. When the villain turns out to be another of their former companions, Elyana and a band of ragtag adventurers must set out on a perilous race across the revolution-wracked nation of Galt and the treacherous Five Kings Mountains, bound for the mysterious Vale of Shadows. But even if they can succeed in locating the key to Stelan's salvation in a lost valley of weird magic and nightmare beasts, the danger isn't over. For Elyana's companions may not all be what they seem.

From sword and sorcery icon Howard Andrew Jones comes a fantastic new adventure set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

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ISBN–13: 978-1-60125-291-3
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A story that sticks with you

5/5

It's been about a decade since I read Plague of Shadows, but I remember its story perhaps better than any other Pathfinder Tales novel I've read. Much of it is "what happens after..." and the consequences of that, and that intrigues the imagination so strongly. What if *my* character had been there, had been part of this group, what would I have done?


A Good Take on Classic RPG Fiction

4/5

NO SPOILERS

I have to admit I wasn't particularly looking forward to Plague of Shadows, the third book in the Pathfinder Tales line of novels. The blurb about adventurers banding together on a quest to retrieve a lost artifact sounded about as cliche "gamer fiction" as it gets. However, I was very pleasantly surprised. Yes, there are adventurers and there is a quest, but Howard Andrew Jones' writing is excellent and he manages to give each character enough spark so that they don't come off as cardboard-cut-out heroes. I quite liked the use of flashbacks linking two different adventuring groups together despite the passage of time, and the portions of the story set in Galt really made the country come alive (in a terrifying way). There's a big twist about 5/6 of the way through that I'm not 100% sure is justified, and there's a limit to how much originality can be added on to the "fantasy adventuring group" chassis, but I honestly enjoyed Plague of Shadows and would definitely read more Pathfinder novels from the author.

SPOILERS

I thought Jones did an excellent job portraying the elves of Kyonin and their condescending but charitable view towards the "Forlorn" (elves who grew up outside elven society). I thought his portrayal of the Shadow Plane was a bit bland, especially considering the major villain is a specialist Shadow Wizard; I didn't feel like there was enough detail given to explain why Arcil, and the cabal of Shadow Wizards that Elyana's old adventuring group fought, were so fascinated with the place. The story's biggest twist (SUPER SPOILER REMINDER) in having Vallyn be working with the Galtans to betray Elyana just wasn't set up well enough; a twist of that kind needs to have enough (cleverly hidden) basis before it appears so that the reader doesn't feel it just came out of nowhere. Last, I thought the ending was superb, with Elyana leaving so that she doesn't have to watch her love grow old and die; and Drelm coming with her was inspired.


4/5

Wow, I really loved this book. Great, party-based adventuring, moving characters, plot twists I did not see coming, and lots of excellent action scenes.

I read this last weekend and immediately hit its sequel this weekend. Elyana is a great heroine, and she had lots of company as far as engaging companions. I love how the author plays against stereotypes and 1-dimensional characters. The half-orc Drelm could so easily have been a caricature, and I appreciated his development (even more in the next book). That said, you know you've got a good writer when the ostensible "bad guy" turns out quite sympathetic. Redeemable, you might say.

Great stuff.


Stick with it!

4/5

Did not expect to love this so much from the sort of stilted (in my view) start. A lot of odd stuff happens all at once, and some (apparent) stereotypes/definitions put onto the characters that didnt make them seem very interesting. Could not have been more wrong. Its all sort of a set-up so you can see how much they grow and change, so you understand how difficult some of the choices they have to make are, lending them a great deal of force and drama.

I cant even begin to dissect the plot these characters traverse other than to say its a thrill-ride, and like most of what I call good books, it escalates and speeds up the farther you get into the book, until you are completely sucked in.

I think I saw this author has written several other works and I am going to hunt them down immediately.


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I am currently fished chapter 8(I think...its the one where they go to the temple)and am finding it hard to put down. There are times where I find my self litterly laughing out loud.

spoiler:
Like when Elyana was approached by the priest of calistra to "warship" her with him

I can't wait to go home and try to finish some more of this before my game tonight.

spoiler:
I want to know how they escape from being captured in the nets. Oh by the way great way to end the chapter...another laugh out loud moment. Though I did cuss when I turned the page and saw another interlude...

Dark Archive

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

BTW Mr Jones, what does your next novel come out and what is it going to be about?

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bugleyman wrote:

No sane lord would feed chicken bones to his dogs. ;-)

Heh -- well, no sane modern lord would. That's actually one of the few historically accurate bits in the book, as bones from all sorts of dinners would have "gone to the dogs" at the end of meals.

Magical elves, spells, and intradimensional rings, not so true-to-life.

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Haldir wrote:

Finished yesterday & I must say excellent tale & I'm looking forward to further adventures from Howard in the Pathfinder world.

I think this one is probably my favorite book in the Tales line......so far. I felt like I connected with the characters more then the other books & such.

Again, thank you Howard for a enjoyable read. Thou, I now got nothing to read till Worldwound Gambit!!! ha ha

Thank you for reading, Haldir. I'm really pleased that you enjoyed it.

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mathpro18 wrote:

I am currently fished chapter 8(I think...its the one where they go to the temple)and am finding it hard to put down. There are times where I find my self litterly laughing out loud.

** spoiler omitted **

I can't wait to go home and try to finish some more of this before my game tonight.

** spoiler omitted **

I'm glad that some of the humor's coming through. I can be a little dry with it, I know, so it's nice to hear that it works sometimes.

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
BTW Mr Jones, what does your next novel come out and what is it going to be about?

My next book is titled The Bones of the Old Ones, and it's a sequel to my Arabian fantasy, The Desert of Souls, just released about a month ago from a St. Martin's imprint. The sequel will be printed in about a year. They're both sword-and-sorcery romps. I've been lucky enough to receive a long list of positive reviews -- here's three of the most recent:

Barnes and Noble

King of the Nerds

The Green Man

As to further adventures of Elyana, it's too soon to say. I have some more short story ideas, and I'm sure I could draft a number of novels, but I haven't discussed anything with the Paizo team yet.

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Next time I am out, I will try and remember to swing by the book store and check it out.

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Dark_Mistress wrote:
Next time I am out, I will try and remember to swing by the book store and check it out.

Thanks for your interest and support! Let me know what you think.


Howard Andrew Jones wrote:

As to further adventures of Elyana, it's too soon to say. I have some more short story ideas, and I'm sure I could draft a number of novels, but I haven't discussed anything with the Paizo team yet.

Would us bugging the staff here on Paizo.com help? I would be really interested to see this get turned into a mini line kind of like their doing with the characters from Prince of Wolves.

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mathpro18 wrote:
Howard Andrew Jones wrote:

As to further adventures of Elyana, it's too soon to say. I have some more short story ideas, and I'm sure I could draft a number of novels, but I haven't discussed anything with the Paizo team yet.

Would us bugging the staff here on Paizo.com help? I would be really interested to see this get turned into a mini line kind of like their doing with the characters from Prince of Wolves.

That's very kind, and I'm actually touched by your sentiment. Thank you. But I didn't mean to imply any knock against the Paizo folks. They've been tremendously supportive. The book has just been released, and I'm sure that before anything else gets discussed sales figures will have to be looked over, as well as schedules. If you really enjoyed the characters, the best thing you could do to ensure more is to help spread the word.

Thanks again,
Howard

Dark Archive

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber
Howard Andrew Jones wrote:
mathpro18 wrote:
Howard Andrew Jones wrote:

As to further adventures of Elyana, it's too soon to say. I have some more short story ideas, and I'm sure I could draft a number of novels, but I haven't discussed anything with the Paizo team yet.

Would us bugging the staff here on Paizo.com help? I would be really interested to see this get turned into a mini line kind of like their doing with the characters from Prince of Wolves.

That's very kind, and I'm actually touched by your sentiment. Thank you. But I didn't mean to imply any knock against the Paizo folks. They've been tremendously supportive. The book has just been released, and I'm sure that before anything else gets discussed sales figures will have to be looked over, as well as schedules. If you really enjoyed the characters, the best thing you could do to ensure more is to help spread the word.

Thanks again,
Howard

Yeah in the next coming weeks I plan to plan to put up a review of it up on Amazon like I did for Winter Witch.


I've already ordered a copy for a friend of mine and I might also circulate my copy amongst my gaming friends who like reading.

I didn't mean any knock against Paizo either, I just know the more we request something the more likely they are to make it.

I'm just sad I didn't get any reading done yesterday...maybe tonight if the world of accounting and statistics doesn't keep me chained to my desk for to long I can escape to the world of Elyana and see what adventures await them.

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mathpro18 wrote:

I've already ordered a copy for a friend of mine and I might also circulate my copy amongst my gaming friends who like reading.

I didn't mean any knock against Paizo either, I just know the more we request something the more likely they are to make it.

I'm just sad I didn't get any reading done yesterday...maybe tonight if the world of accounting and statistics doesn't keep me chained to my desk for to long I can escape to the world of Elyana and see what adventures await them.

Hey, thanks for help spreading the word, and I hope you found time for some more reading.

I certainly didn't think YOU were knocking Paizo. I just didn't want anyone thinking that I was complaining. The book hasn't been available beyond the Paizo subscription, so far as I know, for more than a few weeks. Unless I had Patrick Rothfuss style numbers I can't imagine any publisher having enough data yet to decide whether they wanted another book from me.

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Just so everyone knows, our decisions about what books to publish are based largely on fan feedback AND sales numbers, so telling us what you like here (and in product reviews on Paizo, Amazon, etc.) and helping spread the word so that a particular book sells well are by far the most effective ways to make a sequel happen.

Though of course, sometimes we commission books specifically because *we* want to see what comes next. :)


Just finished reading the book last night, so I have now written a review.
Pretty good book indeed.

Now back to reading my backlog of Pathfinder issues...

Dark Archive

"The Desert of Souls" has arrived at my house. :)

Will get a review of Plague of Shadows up in the next few days...

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Captain Chaos wrote:

"The Desert of Souls" has arrived at my house. :)

Will get a review of Plague of Shadows up in the next few days...

Thanks for your support, Captain. I hope you enjoy it.

And I'll look forward to seeing your review of Plague of Shadows!

Paizo Employee Chief Creative Officer, Publisher

Please post your reviews to amazon.com as well as here on Paizo. We want to spread word of these books as far as humanly possible.


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James Sutter wrote:

Just so everyone knows, our decisions about what books to publish are based largely on fan feedback AND sales numbers, so telling us what you like here (and in product reviews on Paizo, Amazon, etc.) and helping spread the word so that a particular book sells well are by far the most effective ways to make a sequel happen.

Though of course, sometimes we commission books specifically because *we* want to see what comes next. :)

This is definitely the most enjoyable of the three Pathfinder Tales and I have enjoyed all so far. Keep up the good work. I definitely would not mind seeing more of Elyana and Drelm.


Erik Mona wrote:
Please post your reviews to amazon.com as well as here on Paizo. We want to spread word of these books as far as humanly possible.

Done.

Dark Archive

Erik Mona wrote:
Please post your reviews to amazon.com as well as here on Paizo. We want to spread word of these books as far as humanly possible.

Will do.

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I just finished the book last night, and really liked it. It was nice to see the Zelazny reference, also. :)

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Void_Eagle wrote:
I just finished the book last night, and really liked it. It was nice to see the Zelazny reference, also. :)

Glad you enjoyed it -- and the little tip of the hat to a favorite author.


Just finished the book today. Thanks Mr. Jones for putting the energy into crafting it. Overall I thought it was pretty good and enjoyed the story.

Likes:

- I could see the rules in the writing. I always appreciate this in a game base novel. It wasn't overwhelming but it was easy to see the rules supporting what the characters were doing.

- I thought Arcil, Stelan, and Elyana were pretty good characters. I enjoyed Arcil the most which was surprising to me. For whatever reason I really enjoyed his screen time after he showed up in person. Elyana held the story together well and was a strong enough character to do so, although I didn't feel any particular connection with the character. I thought you did a great job giving Stelan a personality for a guy that spent half the novel unconscious.

- The Plane of Shadow had a nice feel to it. I like the take on it and thought it was pretty inspiring.

- It was a complete tale. I felt like I got a whole story instead of the start of a series mired in backstory and world building.

Not so Likes:

- The magic crown. I don't subscribe to the "MacGuffin" school of thought. This item could have been more original.

- Galt. I know you didn't create Galt but it just seemed silly to me. It really took me out of the story.

- More masked people. I'm not sure what the deal is with masks and Golarian but we have off the top of my head: Grey Gardners, Red Mantis, Plague Doctors, Grey Maidens, Xanesha, Skinsaw Men, Stalkers Mask...enough with the masked people already!


Void_Eagle wrote:
I just finished the book last night, and really liked it. It was nice to see the Zelazny reference, also. :)

Care to enlighten us?

Also: I finished the books a couple of days ago, and i liked it very much. Being a compulsive statter I can't help but statting out Elyana and other characters in it. So a question that has me stumpe to the author or other readers:

Being a Pathfinder ranger what favoured enemies would Elyana have?


I have a question for the author. I have several people in mind that I want to have read this but some of them are not familiar with the world of Golorian and there is a lot of world specific humor and references that I feel will be lost on someone who doesn't know the world. How would you best remedy this?

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mathpro18 wrote:
I have a question for the author. I have several people in mind that I want to have read this but some of them are not familiar with the world of Golorian and there is a lot of world specific humor and references that I feel will be lost on someone who doesn't know the world. How would you best remedy this?

Hi Mathpro18. I tried to design it so that any background material would be explained or could be inferred. I really wanted friends and fans who've come over from my non-Golarion short stories (and The Desert of Souls novel) to be able to enjoy it without having to read a rule book first. I actually tested it on some readers who were completely unfamiliar with Golarion, and they rolled with it just fine, so your friends might be okay.

I certainly appreciate your interest in spreading the word about the book.

Your question makes me curious, though. What's the consensus of other readers -- do you think that it can be enjoyed by non-Golarion readers?

Paizo Employee Director of Brand Strategy

mathpro18 wrote:
I have a question for the author. I have several people in mind that I want to have read this but some of them are not familiar with the world of Golorian and there is a lot of world specific humor and references that I feel will be lost on someone who doesn't know the world. How would you best remedy this?

I'd recommend you let your friends know about PathfinderWiki, which is a non-crunch database of setting canon. While they won't need most of what's there to understand the novel, and can probably still enjoy the book without any external material at all, they can do a search on any topic they might want more info on supplement what the novel and the included glossary provide.

Owner - House of Books and Games LLC

Howard Andrew Jones wrote:
Your question makes me curious, though. What's the consensus of other readers -- do you think that it can be enjoyed by non-Golarion readers?

I think it does the best of the three books so far in that regard. It certainly makes more sense if you're familiar with Golarion, but I doubt it's a requirement.

And don't forget that they've been putting that glossary at the back of all the books.

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Howard Andrew Jones wrote:


What's the consensus of other readers -- do you think that it can be enjoyed by non-Golarion readers?

I'm not that familiar with Golarion yet and I enjoyed it.

Also, thanks for participating in this thread. It's pretty cool to chat with the author.

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Thanael wrote:
Void_Eagle wrote:
I just finished the book last night, and really liked it. It was nice to see the Zelazny reference, also. :)

Care to enlighten us?

Also: I finished the books a couple of days ago, and i liked it very much. Being a compulsive statter I can't help but statting out Elyana and other characters in it. So a question that has me stumpe to the author or other readers:

Being a Pathfinder ranger what favoured enemies would Elyana have?

Hi Thanael,

I was tempted to say that her favored enemy was shadow dragons, but it's been undead and humans.

As for the Zelazny Easter egg, it will shoot right by someone unless they've read The Chronicles of Amber. A name is mentioned in passing, and it's connected with shadow manipulation.

Incidentally, I'd be curious to see how you have them statted when you're through, if you'd like to share.

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snobi wrote:
Howard Andrew Jones wrote:


What's the consensus of other readers -- do you think that it can be enjoyed by non-Golarion readers?

I'm not that familiar with Golarion yet and I enjoyed it.

Also, thanks for participating in this thread. It's pretty cool to chat with the author.

Snobi, it's my pleasure to be here. Maybe if everyone hated the book I'd be hiding in a cave some place, but I have felt pretty welcome.


Howard Andrew Jones wrote:
Incidentally, I'd be curious to see how you have them statted when you're through, if you'd like to share.

Will do. It could be a while though until I finish it.


Waitaminute:

Howard Andrew Jones Interview wrote:

Where the creation process began to differ from preparing for a Dabir and Asim novel was when I statted out my main characters. I’ve never done that for my fiction before. I didn’t use any kind of point buy system to create the characters for Plague of Shadows; I just figured this character would be at about this level with these attributes so that she could do these kinds of things, and this magic user would have to be at THIS level to throw THAT spell. I kept the rule book handy so that my spell descriptions would match, as closely as possible, what the Paizo maestros had created (and I have to say that a lot of those spell write-ups in the core rulebook are pretty spiffy).

I tried to keep all that background stuff incidental to telling the tale, though. There’s a great story about Gene Roddenberry explaining to the Star Trek writers in the original series that when a policeman picks up a gun he doesn’t stop to lecture about chambering a round or the chemicals or the speed of propulsion — he just uses it. In the original Star Trek, that was the approach to the use of technology — it’s virtually info dump free. If Kirk needs to use a communicator or a phaser, he just uses it, and the viewer infers what the item is for. That’s how I wanted the system specific stuff to turn out in Plague of Shadows. The story worked with the rules, but the rules wouldn’t be forefront. I didn’t refer to any spells by name, and people certainly didn’t talk about levels or hit points, but the actions matched up with what was possible with the rules if anyone wanted to peer behind the curtain. I tried keeping to existing monsters, too, although Paizo didn’t mind me slipping in a few critters of my own invention. They were also a big help in coming up with a few fixes and suggesting alternatives when what I’d described was too powerful, or not powerful enough.

So you did stat them yourself did you, huh. We can compare notes then. :-)


Oh and seeing that you wrote an Arabian Fantasy novel, any chance that you might write further novels in the Pathfinder "arabian" lands?

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Thanael wrote:
Oh and seeing that you wrote an Arabian Fantasy novel, any chance that you might write further novels in the Pathfinder "arabian" lands?

Probably not, Thanael. I'm fairly well versed in the research of the region, so I debated pitching some Arabian ideas when I was first tossing character and story concepts to James. In the end I thought it best if I keep my Arabian work at St. Martin's so I didn't sound like a one-note Charlie, only able to write in one milieu. More importantly, I'd like to save my Arabian themed ideas for the other series -- I'd be afraid that I'd be stealing from one to make the other work.

I wouldn't rule it out, if the Pathfinder novel line gets bigger and if I get more and more contracts, but right now if you want some Arabian adventures from me, you should check out The Desert of Souls.

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Thanael wrote:

Waitaminute:

...

That's why I'd be very curious to see what you came up with. I roughed mine out; I didn't go through the whole process, because I figured I'd have to make some changes as I went. It sounds like you're going to go the whole distance.

Which of the characters are you statting out? I drew up Elyana, the two wizards, and the bard. Drelm and Renar were straight forward fighters and even easier to guess about, so I just jotted a few notes about their approximate level and abilities.


I just finished this book last night and while it ended completly different than the way I thought it would, I really really enjoyed it. I have posted a review in the review section(my first review...please be kind).

Spoiler:
Since I went through a period where I played nothing but brutish fighters I REALLY enjoyed the way Vallyn died. And you did a great way of describing the landing...that made me laugh and grimace at the same time...

Are you at all surprised by the general reception the book is getting or did you know the second you sent it off that you had written a hit?

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mathpro18 wrote:

I just finished this book last night and while it ended completly different than the way I thought it would, I really really enjoyed it. I have posted a review in the review section(my first review...please be kind).

** spoiler omitted **

Are you at all surprised by the general reception the book is getting or did you know the second you sent it off that you had written a hit?

First, I loved the review (thanks!) and hope that you'll post it on Amazon as well so that folks outside the Paizo stable will see your comments. I'd be grateful for any help spreading the word about the book!

Second, I hoped for a good reception, but I'm not seasoned enough to know anything for sure. I knew I was pretty pleased with the tale myself, and my wife liked it, which gave me hope. Now I know there's a popular joke about the author claiming it's great because his mom or his dog or his girlfriend enjoyed it, but my wife is so particular and demanding of her fiction, I always know if I draft something that she enjoys, it might be okay. If I write something she doesn't like, she's never shy about telling me.


Yeah, this was a twisty book, and I liked it.

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Howard Andrew Jones wrote:
mathpro18 wrote:

I just finished this book last night and while it ended completly different than the way I thought it would, I really really enjoyed it. I have posted a review in the review section(my first review...please be kind).

** spoiler omitted **

Are you at all surprised by the general reception the book is getting or did you know the second you sent it off that you had written a hit?

First, I loved the review (thanks!) and hope that you'll post it on Amazon as well so that folks outside the Paizo stable will see your comments. I'd be grateful for any help spreading the word about the book!

Second, I hoped for a good reception, but I'm not seasoned enough to know anything for sure. I knew I was pretty pleased with the tale myself, and my wife liked it, which gave me hope. Now I know there's a popular joke about the author claiming it's great because his mom or his dog or his girlfriend enjoyed it, but my wife is so particular and demanding of her fiction, I always know if I draft something that she enjoys, it might be okay. If I write something she doesn't like, she's never shy about telling me.

Always nice having a second half the is truly critical.

Plus like other have said thank you for posting!

You say it feels no e to be welcomed bit for me it's nice, like Pazio personnel as well, spend their precious time with their customers. ( I know some would probably like to ring certain people's neck, but are still polite.)

Thanks Pazio, thanks Howard A. jones.

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A well-crafted tale that hits all the right notes, brings in just enough canon to ground it firmly in Golarion without being overly burdened, and a fun read to boot. Well done, Mr Jones!

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thenorthman wrote:


Always nice having a second half the is truly critical.

Plus like other have said thank you for posting!

You say it feels no e to be welcomed bit for me it's nice, like Pazio personnel as well, spend their precious time with their customers. ( I know some would probably like to ring certain people's neck, but are still polite.)

Thanks Pazio, thanks Howard A. jones.

Thank YOU for reading.

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Greg A. Vaughan wrote:
A well-crafted tale that hits all the right notes, brings in just enough canon to ground it firmly in Golarion without being overly burdened, and a fun read to boot. Well done, Mr Jones!

Thank you, Greg. That's exactly what I wanted to have readers find within the text.

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Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
Yeah, this was a twisty book, and I liked it.

Glad to hear you liked it, thanks!


Howard Andrew Jones wrote:

That's why I'd be very curious to see what you came up with. I roughed mine out; I didn't go through the whole process, because I figured I'd have to make some changes as I went. It sounds like you're going to go the whole distance.

Which of the characters are you statting out? I drew up Elyana, the two wizards, and the bard. Drelm and Renar were straight forward fighters and even easier to guess about, so I just jotted a few notes about their approximate level and abilities.

I kept mentally statting Elyana mainly and will do her statblock completely. I will have to give the wizards more attention on the second read.

Drelm is a fairly straight Halforc Fighter that I'll probably stat too, since the two of them are now roaming and thus could be an interesting encounter.

But I can see Renar as a Cavalier or Cavalier/Fighter multiclass (not so dissimilar to his old man).

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Thanael wrote:

I kept mentally statting Elyana mainly and will do her statblock completely. I will have to give the wizards more attention on the second read.

Drelm is a fairly straight Halforc Fighter that I'll probably stat too, since the two of them are now roaming and thus could be an interesting encounter.

But I can see Renar as a Cavalier or Cavalier/Fighter multiclass (not so dissimilar to his old man).

I like the idea of Renar as a Cavalier. When I rolled him up, that class didn't exist (except maybe in playtest, which I didn't have time to follow), but it might be a good call for both he and Stelan. Drelm -- absolutely. Straight forward fighter character. No multi-classing, no prestige classes. Not a barbarian, either.


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Howard Andrew Jones wrote:
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
Yeah, this was a twisty book, and I liked it.
Glad to hear you liked it, thanks!

Howard,

You should hit up Amazon for royalties. Desert of Souls' availability on Kindle was what pushed me over the hump to getting a Kindle. I enjoyed this Pathfinder Tales offering that much. I will keep an eye out for any future Pathfinder (or other) offerings you write.

In addition to trying to read Hunt the Space Witch on my bus trips, I am sneaking in snippets of Desert of Souls and enjoying it as well.

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Kata. the ..... wrote:
Howard Andrew Jones wrote:
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:
Yeah, this was a twisty book, and I liked it.
Glad to hear you liked it, thanks!

Howard,

You should hit up Amazon for royalties.

Hah! Wish I could. They keep those Kindle numbers so super secret I don't even know how many I'm selling. Hopefully I'll find out come royalty payment time.

Thank you for the kind words, and the support. I sincerely appreciate it.

Best,
Howard

Contributor

Incidentally, if any of you who liked the book have the time, I'd love it if you could drop by Amazon and give the book a shout out. There are only four reviews up, and one of them didn't much care for the book.

Thanks,
Howard

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