Pathfinder Tales: Hellknight

Announced for April! Cover image and description are final.

This sounds fantastic. :)

I presume it's set in Cheliax, somewhere?

Awesome!

Looking forward to this. ^_^

Yes please!
Don't know how recent, but I'm glad to see nook support.

I presume it's set in Cheliax, somewhere?

Yes indeed. Most of the story is set in Westcrown.

Cool, thanks. I really enjoyed your previous PF Tales novels - can't wait for this one. :)

Sounds interesting.

Oooh. Shiny!

Yet another Paizo purchase I must make :)

With a single word title of such an iconic part of the Pathfinder Canon, and such a great writer on deck, my expectations are Sky High.

A hellknight, a diabolist, and a paladin. Quite a team, that. Looking forward to it.

A hellknight, a diabolist, and a paladin. Quite a team, that.

One of the things I wanted to do in this book was pose one possible answer to the age-old question of "can a paladin team up with a known evildoer?" Like, forget about the conceal alignment or lie-to-the-paladin tricks. What happens if the evildoer is just straight-up "pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name"?

Posing the question made me laugh, anyway, which is 99.5% of what makes these stories fun for me. ;)

Ah, I love Westcrown! The story is intriguing as well.

Just saw this. Dotting for later but I'm interested.

Soon.

No Print/PDF bundle?

No Print/PDF bundle?

Haven't been since ~June 2015 when distribution shifted to Tor books. Digital versions are available through most e-book channels.

Ed Reppert wrote:

A hellknight, a diabolist, and a paladin. Quite a team, that.

One of the things I wanted to do in this book was pose one possible answer to the age-old question of "can a paladin team up with a known evildoer?" Like, forget about the conceal alignment or lie-to-the-paladin tricks. What happens if the evildoer is just straight-up "pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name"?

Posing the question made me laugh, anyway, which is 99.5% of what makes these stories fun for me. ;)

Will we also learn what happens when the hellknight, diabolist, and paladin walk into a bar?

The paladin falls, duh.

Liane Merciel wrote:

Ed Reppert wrote:

A hellknight, a diabolist, and a paladin. Quite a team, that.

One of the things I wanted to do in this book was pose one possible answer to the age-old question of "can a paladin team up with a known evildoer?" Like, forget about the conceal alignment or lie-to-the-paladin tricks. What happens if the evildoer is just straight-up "pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name"?

Posing the question made me laugh, anyway, which is 99.5% of what makes these stories fun for me. ;)

Will we also learn what happens when the hellknight, diabolist, and paladin walk into a bar?

Two out of the three, anyway.

The diabolist doesn't really do bars. Unless they're the kind of bars that have $15 cocktails with no fewer than three unpronounceable ingredients per drink. Because that right there, that is a Lawful Evil kind of bar.

DragoDorn wrote:

No Print/PDF bundle?

Haven't been since ~June 2015 when distribution shifted to Tor books. Digital versions are available through most e-book channels.

Also don't like how Tor upped the price on the books by 50%

A great and captivating story!

My only quibble is the prologue. In my opinion, it gave away too much information, spoiling the whole murder mystery plot.

If you enjoy a little mystery and haven't started reading yet, I would recommend skipping the prologue.

I'm wondering, what is the time frame of this book? Like, how long from start to finish in story line? One month, one year or another amount of time?

I'm wondering, what is the time frame of this book? Like, how long from start to finish in story line? One month, one year or another amount of time?

It's a single summer, iirc about ten weeks from start to finish, not counting the epilogue.

There are, or should be, enough context clues to figure out the exact number of weeks, but it's been a couple of years since I wrote the thing so I wouldn't want to try blind guessing it now.

Anyway, one summer. :)

I e only recently started reading the book, so there's plenty more to enjoy in the book. So far, so good.

Wow, just read this today and loved it. I had one question, though, about the very cool "dog", Vhaeros.

Was that a unique fiend created for the book, or is he (?) an actual, canon-blessed (heh heh) fiend? I couldn't figure out what type of devil Vhaeros was supposed to be. Regardless, there are some great scenes w/ him. Trying to get the children to pet him in Westcrown...twisted fun! And then his last scene (no spoilers)...

Wow, just read this today and loved it. I had one question, though, about the very cool "dog", Vhaeros.

Was that a unique fiend created for the book, or is he (?) an actual, canon-blessed (heh heh) fiend? I couldn't figure out what type of devil Vhaeros was supposed to be. Regardless, there are some great scenes w/ him. Trying to get the children to pet him in Westcrown...twisted fun! And then his last scene (no spoilers)...

I think he's an Eidolon.

Yeah, an infernal eidolon seems likely, but only Liane Merciel knows for sure.

I appreciate the feedback, but his master is not a summoner, but a diabolist. I admit I haven't looked at that class lately, but I don't believe they have access to eidolons.

I'm starting to lean towards "unique fiend created by the author for plot purposes". Regardless, he was a cool addition to a great book.

I appreciate the feedback, but his master is not a summoner, but a diabolist. I admit I haven't looked at that class lately, but I don't believe they have access to eidolons.

I'm starting to lean towards "unique fiend created by the author for plot purposes". Regardless, he was a cool addition to a great book.

The diabolist in the book might not have taken levels in the Diabolist PrC.

BenS wrote:

I appreciate the feedback, but his master is not a summoner, but a diabolist. I admit I haven't looked at that class lately, but I don't believe they have access to eidolons.

I'm starting to lean towards "unique fiend created by the author for plot purposes". Regardless, he was a cool addition to a great book.

The diabolist in the book might not have taken levels in the Diabolist PrC.

I really don't think he can be an eidolon. There are large swathes of the book in which he's in a completely different part of the city on his own and acting independently from his "master". I'm no expert, but I believe eidolons can't be too far away from their masters.

There's nothing to suggest that a summoner COULDN'T take Diabolist. At least according to my reading...

Fabius Maximus wrote:

BenS wrote:

I appreciate the feedback, but his master is not a summoner, but a diabolist. I admit I haven't looked at that class lately, but I don't believe they have access to eidolons.

I'm starting to lean towards "unique fiend created by the author for plot purposes". Regardless, he was a cool addition to a great book.

The diabolist in the book might not have taken levels in the Diabolist PrC.

I really don't think he can be an eidolon. There are large swathes of the book in which he's in a completely different part of the city on his own and acting independently from his "master". I'm no expert, but I believe eidolons can't be too far away from their masters.

The Unfetter spell would let an eidolon operate at any distance away from its summoner, but the master in this case has access to powerful sorcerer/wizard spells that are not on the summoner spell list. She is definitely a sorcerer or wizard and not a summoner.

BenS wrote:

Fabius Maximus wrote:

BenS wrote:

I appreciate the feedback, but his master is not a summoner, but a diabolist. I admit I haven't looked at that class lately, but I don't believe they have access to eidolons.

I'm starting to lean towards "unique fiend created by the author for plot purposes". Regardless, he was a cool addition to a great book.

The diabolist in the book might not have taken levels in the Diabolist PrC.

I really don't think he can be an eidolon. There are large swathes of the book in which he's in a completely different part of the city on his own and acting independently from his "master". I'm no expert, but I believe eidolons can't be too far away from their masters.

The Unfetter spell would let an eidolon operate at any distance away from its summoner, but the master in this case has access to powerful sorcerer/wizard spells that are not on the summoner spell list. She is definitely a sorcerer or wizard and not a summoner.

Don't forget that Summoners and their Eidolons have that matching rune on their foreheads.

Aaaand since fiction can't use the OGL material and are therefore not bound by it, looking for close representation of game rules in fiction is somewhat futile.

Aaaand since fiction can't use the OGL material and are therefore not bound by it, looking for close representation of game rules in fiction is somewhat futile.

*nods*

Until it's recursive which is why we have stats for House Drakes :3

FINALLY GOT TO READ THIS!

Y'all should too, it's very awesome. Liane never disappoints.

I need help with this: on page 204, what does word "adel" mean in this context? I'm pretty proud of my understanding of English language, but this book has couple words I've never heard before and this one I don't fully get even with googling what its supposed to mean x'D

I need help with this: on page 204, what does word "adel" mean in this context? I'm pretty proud of my understanding of English language, but this book has couple words I've never heard before and this one I don't fully get even with googling what its supposed to mean x'D

It's a type of flat boat with fabric sides and top where you can open and close the sides to provide privacy or allow wind in. Think pleasure cruise boat, with cloth windows that can be raised or lowered.

Googling "adel boat" makes me think its less of brand than common dictionary word :O but yeah thanks for clarifying that for me