What is Happening With the PF Tales Line?!?!?

[Bagpuss]

Doshkin wrote:

Catching up on the Drizzt series during the pandemic really emphasized how much I want more Pathfinder book darn it. Especially stuff less stand alone than the ones they were making.

Reading FR fiction makes me sad that Pathfinder Tales is still quiescent. They were nearly all significantly better than nearly all of the FR fiction (and also the Greyhawk and Dark Sun fiction)

For me, it made Golarion much more appealing as a world in which to play. Having some novels (not just short-form fiction) in the 2e era--where some of the 1e AP outcomes are now canon--would be super-cool.

Of course, me thinking something would be super-cool is not the same as it being commercially viable :(

[Today is a good day to... halp]

I hears that many of the PF fiction stuff haz now all gone over to Pathfinder/Starfinder Infinite on DriveThruRpg. :)

[Kojo Imperial]

James Sutter wrote:

Hey folks—

I just wanted to follow up on Erik's comment and let you know the state of the Pathfinder Tales line.

Going forward, we will no longer be partnering with Tor for the Pathfinder Tales novels—Gears of Faith is the last one we'll be releasing through them. We're currently in talks with other publishers to see who would be the best fit for the line, and things like format and schedule are also up for review as part of that. I'm confident that the line will continue, and I'm really excited about some of the possibilities we're discussing, but for right now there's going to be a bit of a gap as we transition. As Erik said, thanks for being patient, and stay tuned!

I've only started reading the PF Tales novels (and playing Pathfinder) recently, since the whole OGL thing.

I've now finished ALL the available novel audiobooks. I've only got Through The Gate In The Sea (which I found a physical copy of) and Gears of Faith (which I'll get the new epub of from Paizo) left as far as novels. Still a few of the novellas and short fiction I've found the audiobook versions of to go. Then I'll finish the rest of it via epub and web fiction as I can.

I've never played PF1e (my group stayed with 4e back in the dahy), and now with PF2Re, I doubt I ever will. But if I EVER do, it'll be 100% because of the great PF Tales series of novels. And know for SURE I'm not the only one who loved them.

At last year's PaizoCon @ FLGS, I met the Venture Captain for NoVA/DC at their event. He told me he had a character inspired by Salim Ghadafar. About 2 weeks ago (the Saturday before PaizoCon), I was in Pittsburgh and played a PF2e game with him where he was playing that character.

Also, you mentioned "there's going to be a bit of a gap as we transition". So, I'm proposing we call the time between Gears of Faith and Godsrain "The Literary Gap".

Thanks to Paizo for all the great content, past, present, and future!