Guilty Blood

Pathfinder Tales

by F. Wesley Schneider

For Laurel Cylphra, scion of a forgotten noble family in the run-down former capital city of Ardis, life is rarely easy, and the only coins worth having are those plucked from another's pouch. Yet when a scheme gone wrong awakens a murderous ghost bent on revenge, it's up to the sharp-tongued young firebrand and an aging ex-Pathfinder to warn the city's decadent upper class and put down the regal ghost before it finishes off Ustalav's aristocracy for good.

From fan-favorite game designer F. Wesley Schneider comes a gothic tale of unintended consequences, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

Genres: Fantasy

36 pages, ebook

First published March 1, 2011

About the author

Editor-in-chief at Paizo Inc. and co-creator of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, F. Wesley Schneider is the author of dozens of Pathfinder and Dungeons & Dragons adventures as well as several dark fantasy and sci-fi tales.

His first novel, Pathfinder Tales: Bloodbound, debuted from Tor and Paizo Inc. in December 2015. Watch for his story, "Stray Thoughts," in Eclipse Phase: After the Fall - The Anthology of Transhuman Survival & Horror, coming in early 2016.

Find more from Wes at wesschneider.com, on Tumblr at wesschneider, or on Twitter at @FWesSchneider.

Reviews

[~Cyanide Latte~ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'd enjoyed Bloodbound so much that I'd been wanting to read this connected short story for a while, as I'd been under the impression it is needed to understand aspects of that book. As it turns out, my opinion now is reading this short story is unnecessary to understanding that book. I personally found it to be a slog and a bore. Kind of disappointed I spent the money on it.

[Tomasz · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK, this disappointed. I mean, the sheer number of misspellings and malaprops indicates something went badly wrong here, but the story didn't help, either. Lame imagination shackled with poor writing skills is not a winning combination.

[Brant Vallier · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short horror-tinged romp that I'm sure read better as backmatter in the six-part adventure path it was originally published in.

Also happens to be rife with typos, which is ironic coming from a former editor-in-chief. 😆

[Marley Sage Gable · Rating 5 out of 5]

Riveting, iconic fantasy-horror!