Instead he used an economy of words that said what they needed to say in the best way possible.
Gross knows how to write a fantasy novel and didn’t try to make it into a literary classic. Sure, King of Chaos is filled with exactly the things you would expect, but isn’t that why you read fantasy novels? What would a space opera be without space? What would a sword and sorcery novel be without swords and sorcery? I think you get the point. As a fantasy novel, King of Chaos works just fine even if you are not familiar with Pathfinder. If you have played any fantasy tabletop roleplaying game, then you’ll find many familiar elements. In fact, Pathfinder players will get a bonus reading this book since they can look at each character’s abilities and try to figure out what level they are. Spells and class abilities work the way one would expect them to work in the tabletop version of the game. First, he stayed true to the Pathfinder Universe and how it works. Fortunately, I had to head into this book trying to manage expectations rather than trying to like a book about a game I hate.ĭave Gross has managed a tough balancing act with this book. I must be careful to not project any problems I have with a game system on the books that are written about it as well. Being a person who loves RPGs, I have to try to avoid over-inflated expectations based on my experiences with the game system that the book is based on. When reading and reviewing books based on roleplaying games, I always approach with caution. This is the first of the Pathfinder Tales books that I have read, and if the rest of the Tales are as well done as this one, then I know where my hard-earned book money is going. Actually this story follows the Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path. King of Chaos is an outstanding addition to the Pathfinder Tales series. So the question is will finding this blasphemous text save the world or speed it toward demonic doom? To make matters worse, there is a vampire who is intent on making himself the god of blood.
As fate would have it, this dynamic duo isn’t the only team in the game, and before the novel is over, they join forces with pious crusaders, local barbarian warriors, and even what are known as god callers. The problem is that to find it, they must search through the ruins of several cities in a fallen nation to try to find this text.
Count Varian Jeggare and his hellspawn bodyguard (ironic) Radovan are in search of a blasphemous text that opened the gates to the abyss in the first place. Now those once-imprisoned demons are escaping and wreaking havoc wherever they roam. For the past century, a series of wardstones has imprisoned demons near an area named the worldwond, which is a gateway to places better left unvisited.
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