Pathfinder Tales: "A Matter of Knives" [RPG]

NO SPOILERS

A Matter of Knives is a three-part series of free Paizo web fiction available here.  By introduction one of the main characters in the Pathfinder Tales novel Wizard’s Mask, the story serves as a prequel to the novel.  I have to be candid and say that I thought Wizard’s Mask was terrible, and showed that Ed Greenwood didn’t really have a handle on Pathfinder and Golarion.  So I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed A Matter of Knives.  It’s fun, fast-moving, and features a spunky protagonist.  I like it so much better than the novel by the same author featuring the same character, which seems inexplicable, but there it is.

SPOILERS!

A Matter of Knives is set in the city of Canorate, the capital of Molthune.  In a shop named “Hoarlund’s House of Blades”, a halfling slave named Tantaerra assists her kindhearted master in running the business.  Tantaerra has a strong personality and isn’t easily bullied, and is very good with knives!  The story involves a rival arms shop launching a plan to murder Tantaerra’s master.  There’s plenty of traps, combat, and other action in the story as Tantaerra takes down the assassins single-handedly.  Maybe a little Greenwood is better than a lot when it comes to Pathfinder.