Savage! — Game Session — 025

Game summary for April 26, 2016, Savage! campaign, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Blazing Sun (Kau Human Sage played by Kaliegh Belda), Little Spirit (Tsanta Human Soldier played by Andrew Renfrow), Night Watcher (Ogre Martial Artist played by Casey Scruggs), Singing Mammoth (Elf Soldier played by Taylor Averdick), Standing Bison (Giant Soldier played by Peyton Harmon), and Wolf Spirit (Kompache Human Priest played by Chris Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team advanced down the hallway and discovered the couatl!  It shimmered and surrounded itself mirror images before unleashing a blast of arctic cold.  All but the wolf were chilled.  The team advanced quickly, so the feathered serpent activated a scare spell that drove Night Watcher away.  The serpent poisoned Blazing Sun but found itself hit with tooth, claw, arrow, and axe.  It proved no match for the combined might of the party.  After slaying the serpent, the team discovered a fragment of the Dawn Seal!

They fled the dungeon and rode hard toward the camp of Rides-the-Moon.  Along the way, a scout met them and let them know the Nightmare Company was moving another fragment toward the City of Bones where it could be protected by an army!  The team had to move quickly to secure it.  The team rode out to intercept, fighting octoroks and bulettes along the route.  Eventually, they were spotted by a group of Nightmare Company scouts.  The party rushed in pursuit and caught up to them.  A violent fracas erupted with slashing velociraptors and cannibal barbarians tearing into the team.  Night Watcher and Standing Bison took the brunt of the attacks.  Singing Mammoth’s arrows worked over the foes as the party closed in and began killing their attackers.  In a few moments, it was done.  They stood victorious over the scouts but expressed their fear of finding the main contingent of the Nightmare Company!

Savage! — Game Session — 024

Game summary for April 19, 2016, Savage! campaign, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Blazing Sun (Kau Human Sage played by Kaliegh Belda), Little Spirit (Tsanta Human Soldier played by Andrew Renfrow), and Singing Mammoth (Elf Soldier played by Taylor Averdick). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team was confronted by a puzzle door requiring discovering a shape pattern.  With very little delay the team was able to by-pass it.  After taking a blast of fiery damage.

Beyond the door the team found a snake yaqyachi involved in a ritual with a titanoboa!  She spun about and unleashed a poison ball upon the team.  The enormous snake slithered forward to attack.  Singing Mammoth hit the priestess with two arrows and Blazing Sun and Little Spirit flanked the constrictor and engaged.  The yaqyachi used a poison missile to damage Little Spirit.  She fired off another and caused lingering poison damage to Singing Mammoth.  In retaliation, Singing Mammoth multi-shot her in the face and killed her instantly.  However, he then got grappled and constricted by the titanoboa!  He slipped out once but was re-grappled.  The constriction nearly choked him unconscious, but Blazing Sun and Little Spirit were able to cut it down.

The team then made its way along narrow ledges made for slithering creatures and lithe cultists.  Little Spirit had some trouble negotiating the way but finally made it through.  They had to pass themselves off as cultists on several occasions.  With snakes everywhere, all got bit from time to time, and they had to doctor one another and press on through the venom.  The labyrinth spread out before them, and Little Spirit kept getting the group turned around and befuddled.  Eventually, the team found themselves faced with a laughing old crone who kept appearing and presenting riddles.  With each successful answer, she disappeared in a burst of smoke, but the team was certain they saw feathers and scales in the chaos.  The team followed secret passages revealed after their successful answers until they stood before another puzzle door.

The team stared at the door for a while trying to figure out the mathematic puzzle.  They began to guess and found some correct combinations.  The failures resulted in blasts of fire, electricity, and cold!  Eventually the team struggled through and guessed a way to get through the doorway.

Savage! — Game Session — 023

Game summary for April 12, 2016, Savage! campaign, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Blazing Sun (Kau Human Sage played by Kaliegh Belda), Night Watcher (Ogre Martial Artist played by Casey Scruggs), and Singing Mammoth (Elf Soldier played by Taylor Averdick). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team finally arrived at Coatlnahualli and ducked inside to find a trio of Keeper snake cultists with poisoned stone knives awaiting them.  A quick scuffle followed with several of the party knifed but not seriously injured.  The Keepers were defeated.

To continue, the team had to resolve a puzzle door.  They considered it for a bit, and Singing Mammoth saw a pattern.  He explained it to Night Watcher he pressed the combination into the stone panels.  The door slid out of the way.

Beyond, they found more snake cultists swaying to the song of a yaqyachi, a Keeper priestess.  She hit the party with a blast of magical poison as Night Watcher closed in.  The ogre hurt her with several telling blows, but the snake cultists swarmed and began to stab and poison him.  Although badly injured, the team kept on the pressure.  Snake cultists went down beneath axe and arrow while Night Watcher continued to hammer on the priestess.  The team took the enemies down and found only spoiled food and tioye for their efforts.  However, Blazing Sun noticed a strange panel in the floor.  Night Watcher ripped it up and found a glittering and valuable carnelian beneath!