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I can't recall any canon authors of fiction for certain besides Ailson Kinder, and her writing tends towards hrror and memoirs. ...although there was that one encounter with a female vampire that got used as a blurb in Classic Horrors Revisited IIRC.
There are romance novels floating around though, as some NPCs have been spotted with them lining their bookshelves and running the gamut in implied quality and taste.
If you're okay with making some up, personally I'd recommend Micha Zhain's Fireflies By Night.
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I would buy a romance novel set in the Inner Sea
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Not sure, but this is a real Renaissance allegorical erotic novel: Hypenerotomachia Poliphili. The name means 'Many love's struggle of too much desire."
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There are romance novels floating around though, as some NPCs have been spotted with them lining their bookshelves and running the gamut in implied quality and taste.
That's my sense, too—that they showed up in a couple adventures or campaign setting articles. (Was there an erotic flip-book in one of the novels? Maybe Prince of Wolves?) Another place you might look for author names is in the short blurbs that begin many of the articles in the campaign setting and AP lines. For example in Fey Revisited, there's a blurb by Avad the Blind from a book called Visions of Sights Unseen, rhapsodizing about the nymph who blinded him. (The blurb about an encounter with a satyr in the same book was an anecdote, not a written work, but would fit well into a Decameron-esque collection of tales.)
And oh man. Now I'm also imagining the book trove characters could bring back from Earth after Rasputin Must Die!... Though unless the PCs spent a lot of extra time exploring, they might not have access to much beyond Soviet propaganda and soldiers' pin up cards. And maybe H. G. Wells wouldn't seem so fantastical if you grew up on Golarion. :P
If you're okay with making some up, personally I'd recommend Micha Zhain's Fireflies By Night.
Pls novelize at earliest convenience.
Now must make Shelynite Bard who specializes in Trashy Romance Novels.
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Not sure, but this is a real Renaissance allegorical erotic novel: Hypenerotomachia Poliphili. The name means 'Many love's struggle of too much desire."
I have the Hypnerotomachia on my computer! :D
EDIT: Well, a scan of it... the physical copy doesn't fit.
A quick browse through the selections at any decent online book retailer would give you lots of inspiration for Golarion romantic literature.
It might be fun if one of the PCs resembles her favourite (bare-chested of course) cover illustration...
Ok, now I SERIOUSLY want to write the "bodice ripper" that my sister dared me to write :D
Calistria worshiping half elven witch with violet eyes and long titian tresses falls for a brooding Kellid warrior with a dark past...*sigh* let the drama ensue (rolls eyes)
Seriously, troll through the trashy romance section on Amazon or go to a book store and use the titles and ideas to make up a few with appropriate changes.
The press that I built was the first,
Yet to this day my name is cursed.
'Cause all of my lovers,
When not under the covers,
Told the town, in bed, I'm the worst!
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Written by Anya Needle
A scandalous erotica with pro-Nidalese overtones, this book is the first in the Lash, Chain, King trilogy. It is the tale of a Chelaxian nobleman named Hake Neristuw, a minor nobleman and devout Asmodean famed for his impressive slave-harem. Hake has always displayed full control over his cowed maidens until his latest conquest, the exotic Syindra, turns the tables on him and makes the master into a slave within his own dungeon. The book has a certain tongue-in-cheek quality that helps make the heretical philosphies easier to swallow.
The other books of the Lash, Chain, King trilogy, Iron Thorn and Flesh Unfettered, are officially banned in Cheliax (and generally considered disturbing everywhere else except Nidal), though plenty of copies have been brought over the Nidalese border. They continue the tale as Syindra teaches Hake and his harem true freedom through the synthesis of pleasure and pain, eventually revealing herself as the kyton demagogue Ecxosia the Liberating Razor. Now reborn as a kyton himself, Hake and Ecxosia craft a bloody utopia out of the former Neristuw family holdings, eventually securing their sovereignty with the subjugation of an infernal duke.
Cheaply-printed folios of Prison Within are available in most major cities around the Inner Sea for as little as 5 gp. The complete series is generally available only in Nidal or seedier black markets, and are printed on higher-quality paper and include woodblock illustrations. These full trilogy sets sell for 75 gp in total.
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Those erotic flip-books were drawn by Declan from Winter Witch, though I believe they've shown up once or twice since then....
So, how is a "shut-in" a helpful character in an adventuring party, I can't help but wonder.
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How about....
By Anonymous - "The Lusty Azlanti Maid" - A Story of love and lust in the times of Azlant under Zura before her ascension. The story has been handed down since, and over time numerous editions have been put to the page, so there is some variation in the actual contents. All are written from the point of view of Zura's personal maid, and what she witnessed and often engaged in with the soon to be Demon Lord. Authentic originals, still written in the ancient Azlanti tongue, are worth 1000's of gp to the right collectors. Usually these are art or book collectors, but demon worshiping priests and oracles of Zura will pay (or kill) for a copy from that period. It should be noted, this book has been banned in several countries due to its lurid and masochistic contents, not to mention rumors that authentic versions contains information on rituals for summoning and binding demons.
By Jevan Illkur - "Fifty Shades Of Obsidian, A Guide To Life and Love In Zirnakaynin" - This book details the life of Jevan Illkur, and his falling in love with the female of another house lead to the eventual fall of both his house and hers. Jeven barely survived the ensuing house war, and wrote the book in a neighboring Drow enclave. The result was a scandal throughout Drow society in Zirnakaynin, not for the sadomasochistic sexuality in the book, but instead for the possibility that two drow could actually "Fall in love". This lead to several assassination attempts on Illkur, until he finally met his end on a poisoned assassins blade. By then the damage had been done and several copies had gotten to the surface through the hands of intermediaries, where it got a second life. Today a copy can be gotten for a few gold pieces in most major cities.
By Anonymous - "Heaven Sent - This book details the love the angel Belinius had for a lonley tavern maid in Taldor. Long waiting for a lasting relationship she prayed to Sheyln for help finding a suitable companion. Sending the angel to her, he gave her aid in searching for a man worthy of her purity and heart. Eventually falling in love with her himself, the story ends with the maid Lynessa accompanies Belinius to heaven to serve out eternity at her loves side.
Considering the self-published erotica that turns up on Amazon, I could see some hilarious titles for Golarion romances.
My Fling with the Flumph
Taken by the Tengu
My Lizardfolk Lover
To Tame a Tanuki
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Pls novelize at earliest convenience.
Gay cecaelia are still waiting for their turn! (really need to get that done...)
My Fling with the Flumph
I do have the end results of this covered though! :D
To Tame a Tanuki
Ballin'.
Ok, now I SERIOUSLY want to write the "bodice ripper" that my sister dared me to write :D
Calistria worshiping half elven witch with violet eyes and long titian tresses falls for a brooding Kellid warrior with a dark past...*sigh* let the drama ensue (rolls eyes)
I'd read it :)
Especially if it includes every romance-novel stereotype known to literature: the shy, demure female, the brooding, misunderstood, loner male with wild hair and eyes so intense you'd burn out your retinas if you stared too deeply into them...
Kissing The Kitsune.
"Taken By A Shoanti"?
*Shagged
Alliteration is key.
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"Taken By A Shoanti"?*Shagged
Alliteration is key.
Shamed by a Shoanti
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Shamed by a Shoanti"Taken By A Shoanti"?*Shagged
Alliteration is key.
There's nothing shameful about what the Shoanti do.
...In bed.
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Made over in Magnimar
The story of an ordinary varisian girl who the won the heart of the eccentric magimarian nobleman.
Trapped Under the Fey-Queen's Mound
for the Rip van Winkle fans.
I think this one wins the innuendo award.
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Dominating Monsters: An Enchantress' Memoir
The minotaur roared his challenge at me as I entered the center of the maze, "What manner of madness befell you that would cause you to enter my labyrinth?"
I laughed coyly, "Oh, thank goodness I found you, great-horned one. I am not befuddled by madness. Rather, I seek to make the world a more pleasant place by sating the unchecked desires of the lonely creatures of this world. You wouldn't happen to be in need of my services, would you?"
The minotaur began to respond as he stepped closer, still brandishing his great-axe, before a heat overtook him and the axe clattered to the ground. Unnatural Lust is such a marvelous spell, I thought to myself as I prepared for the coming hour of bliss... To read more of this book, please purchase it at your local archivist or scrivener, today!
Passion 'neath Aroden's Arch
Spell Upon My Heart
His By Choice
Lost to his 18 CHA
Geometric love: My affair with a cube
This might be my favorite thread ever. :-D
A Beautiful Struggle: A Grey Gardner's Tale
Rendezvous in Rzmiran -Where Razmir rediscovers the secrets of youth.
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Taking a cue from N'wah. :)
by "Damask"
This controversial trilogy of novels is perhaps most well known for the moral panics left in their wake and its reputation as a sordid exploration of depravity for the sake of titillation.
The truth is far more nuanced and, in some ways, more difficult to process than is widely believed.
The "Thornbleed Trilogy", as it is unofficially known, follows two parallel and (initially) seemingly unconnected plotlines explored through alternating chapters. One details the lives of a Shelynite couple and those around them as they and their community slowly become undone by one of their number's seduction by the faith of Zon-Kuthon. The other tells of the trials and tribulations of a kyton on her journey towards a spiritual reawakening.
Over the course of three books(By An Angel Enslaved, By A Kyton Claimed, and By A Rose Released), the author explores the lives of a large, interconnected cast of characters, mortal and immortal alike, with unflinching honesty and sometimes shocking frankness coupled with unconditional sympathy. Known for its tortured sensuality and raw emotion, it lays bare the seductive allure of often forbidden or stigmatized forms of love and lust. This has led to the books' banning in more conservative communities, but it also fully explores the dangerous and destructive nature of desire gone wrong.
However, even as the series deconstructs misguided romanticism of sadism and masochism in the "mortal" plotline, the "immortal" plotline reconstructs it into something healthier. As the mortal story slowly builds towards a tragic climax, the kyton's tale gradually and painfully edges towards the series' ultimate catharsis and coda. It is only at that point that scattered hints are finally confirmed: That the series followed the spiritual journey of a Shelynite who fell to the Kuthite path in life and found her way back in the next with the help and despite the well-meaning interference of her ascended mortal love, detailing her damnation in one storyline and her redemption in the other.
This deconstruction/reconstruction structure has been interpreted by many critics to be an attempt help readers understand what can lead people down the Kuthite path and to lay out rules to protect those drawn towards certain lifestyles to live them safely and healthily. While both storylines are sexually charged, readers seeking cheap titillation are often disappointed to be confronted by psychological examinations and detailed views of how the characters' everyday lives are affected in the "mortal/damnation" arc. The "immortal/redemption" arc likewise turns away some of those readers for its more dreamlike narrative and its spiritual and philosophical explorations.
Despite the ultimately positive message of the series, it remains a difficult and uncomfortable read for many due to its controversial and sometimes truly disturbing subject matter. While true depravity is not celebrated, it is confronted without demonizing the subjects. That it explicitly declares deific approval of controversial forms of love, even within certain sacred boundaries and features unconventional portrayals of certain celestials, has likewise earned the ire of certain churches and societies.
This reputation is perhaps not helped by what little is known of the author. Now known only by a penname, "Damask" is believed to have been a Nidalese refugee who eventually found his or her way to Absalom. While often characterized as a disturbed and tormented tragic artist(an image that has only further fuel the air of dark romanticism surrounding the trilogy), all that is known for certain is that the writer lived in sanctuary during the writing of the trilogy and until his death shortly after. That the earliest printings have been traced to affiliations of the church of Shelyn in Absalom have helped fuel the critical and theological reevaluation of the series three decades later.
Reading the entire Thornbleed Trilogy bestows a +1 morale bonus to Diplomacy checks towards worshippers of Zon-Kuthon. This bonus is increased to +2 if the reader is a worshipper of Shelyn.
Even the Asmodeus-centric stuff written by yaoi fangirls from the Darklight Sisterhood. Mostly.
Not sure why, but two of mine got deleted. (I didn't think they're that bad. I've never had a post deleted before, so I am excited?! I'm betting it was the Drow one)
Let's try again:
Beneath Silk Seas: An Aboleth Love Story
Song of the Sky Sirens: Courting Harpies
If you ever played Skyrim, there is a series of novels called "The Lusty Argonian Maid". Give it a read if you are interested. You can find it in several places online. It's pretty funny.
Argonians are a race of lizard people in Skyrim. It would be easy enough to substitute "Argonian" with any humanoid race in Pathfinder.
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She Haved Green Skin and Maded Many Babbies
She was gobbo, a smart gobbo. She haved tooths and ears and ayes lyke fyre. She luved fyre. Many green skin want her to make babbies. She sayed no. Then we eated stuff we stealed from the pink skins. We gived she fyre water. She getted sleepie. She sayed ok she make babbies. And then me and she maked babbies and lyked it. Then the babbies got old and at tacked pink skins. They got mor food and fyre water and many many many vary mor babbies wer maded. That is the storie and the lesson is that gobbos ar to make babbies a lot.
This here is a rare transcription of a goblin romance tale, often recited at goblin camps around burning villages that they razed earlier.