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Schneider And Sutter Team For Pathfinder: Runescars

Published Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:30:29 -0600

by Dan Wickline

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The co-creators of Paizo's Pathfinder RPG game, F. Wesley Schneider and James L. Sutter, will be co-writing the next comic series from Dynamite entertainment: Pathfinder: Runescars. Joining them will be artist Ediano Silva (Grimm Fairy Tales).

The new series starts when the Pathfinder heroes receive a desperate plea to unmask a killer stalking the chaos-gripped city of Korvosa. A new queen has ascended the city's Crimson Throne, and now deadly armored Hellknights and Gray Maidens clash in the streets. With the help of a cagey adventuring detective, the heroes race down the perilous trail of a brutal murderer – only to realize that the next target might be one of their own! Dare the magic and monsters of gothic Korvosa in the first sword-swinging issue, complete with pull-out poster map and official Pathfinder RPG bonus encounter.

"I'm extremely excited to be getting two-thirds of the Pathfinder: Hollow Mountain writing team back together for Pathfinder: Runescars!," says James L. Sutter, Paizo Senior Editor. "Wes and I have been writing together for a decade now, constantly pushing each other to create better plot twists and funnier jokes, and I think you can see that synergy at work from the very first issue of this new series. We're going to be revealing some secrets in this one that fans have been asking about since the very beginning of the game, so I can't wait to see people's reactions!"

"Pathfinder: Hollow Mountain gave us a chance to explore the Pathfinder world from inside the dungeon. With Pathfinder: Runescars, Sutter and I are taking that same approach to the streets," says F. Wesley Schneider, Paizo Editor-in-Chief. "We're totally jazzed to explore Korvosa, not just because it's one of Pathfinder's most adventure-packed cities, but because we've been detailing the place with Paizo's incredible creative team for more than ten years! While we're visiting, we're absolutely planning to show off as many fan-favorite creatures and characters as we can – like notorious Gray Maidens and merciless Hellknights! We're also revealing a few schemes we've had in the works for quite a while now. No sword-and-sorcery reader – and certainly no Pathfinder fan – should miss it!"

Pathfinder: Runescars #1 will be solicited in the March 2017 Previews catalog and slated for release in May.