Pathfinder Tales includes all the official Pathfinder Roleplaying Game fiction; while mainly for the novels by various authors, this also includes Pathfinder Journals and other official material.
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Novels
Nightglass
- Body Horror: In the land of Nidal, torture and mutilation is both art and holy calling.
- Dark Is Evil: Pangolais is permanently shrouded in darkness and canonically Lawful Evil.
Prince of Wolves
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Both in-universe and out. Radovan is known for his charm with the ladies, and many female readers prefer him to Jeggare.
- Animals Hate Him: Most animals, even tame creatures, react harshly to Radovan's attempts at friendship. This changes when Jeggare conjures a spiritual mount for him. Averted with Arnisant, who considers Radovan a friend.
- Famous Ancestor: Radovan, making him the Prince of Wolves.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Jeggare and Radovan, to the point they even use the word "friend".
- Older Than They Look: Remarked on during the first chapter, justified because of Jeggare's elven father.
- Sand In My Eyes: After discovering that Radovan is still alive, Jeggare tears up. In his journal, he writes that he dried his eyes because of "ancient grave dust".
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Jeggare's writing and speech pattern is noticeably more complex than most other characters in the stories.
- Stubborn Mule: A donkey, in this case. She reacts well enough to Azra, but the stubbornness is still there.
- The Smart Guy: Jeggare. He can still hold up his end of a fight, though.
- The Speechless: Azra, who communicates through a form of Pathfinder gestures.
Master of Devils
As a sequel to Prince of Wolves, many of the tropes above apply here as well.- Dogs Are Dumb: Averted. Arnisant gains more human-like traits and intelligence the longer he stays with the kamis, although it is a temporary effect.
- Drunken Master: Radovan goes toe to toe with a prodigiously able drunk in a tavern.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The group of kami. They eventually have a Misfit Mobilization Moment.
- Took a Level in Badass: Both Jeggare and Radovan undergo Training from Hell. Arnisant takes a different road.
- Turtle Island: Subverted. It's an actual massive turtle seen at a distance, with no adornment.
Short Fiction
Hell's Pawns
- Black Knight: The Chelish Hellknights that accompany Ivo Elliendo fall neatly into this trope.
The Lost Pathfinder
- All of the Other Reindeer: Count Varian Jeggare among his noble peers. He already stood out among Chelish society, but this story makes it
painfully evident for him.
- Good Flaws, Bad Flaws: Jeggare's alcoholism when he attempts to drown his sorrows.
