Game summary for June 6, 2017, Reign of Winter campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Denessia Rapidarma (Dwarf Gunslinger/Paladin played by Casey Scruggs), Deska Starseeker (Half-Elf Druid played by Kaliegh Belda), Kenwrec Battleglaive (Dwarf Slayer played by Peyton Harmon), Ten-Penny Tacey (Half-Orc Rogue played by Shane Bradley), and Tulvur Xandersen (Dwarf Fighter played by Taylor Averdick). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.
The giants rushed in with violent aplomb, seven more in addition to the one the party slew earlier. Great bloodshed followed as the team exchanged blows. Deska’s summoned herd ran amok among the giants drawing blood and preventing them from moving too much around the battlefield. Kenwrec began studying the giants and methodically cutting into them. The Dancing Hut ran about kicking and pecking away with its beak causing grievous injury. Ten-Penny deftly used stealth and her hand crossbow to deal devastating sneak attacks. Tulvur charged into the fray in a rage and flailed about with Icebiter, cutting a swathe of destruction. Kenwrec took as good as he got, and perhaps only through the healing ministrations of Denessia did he survive. Greta took several massive hits, but she returned the onslaught in spades landing critical hits on two different giants. The Dancing Hut revealed it possesses spell capabilities by unleashing an incendiary cloud on the giants followed by multiple irresistible dance spells. The weak-willed dancing giants proved easier targets for the party, and against all odds the team stood triumphant among eight slain frost giants!
The team began nursing their wounds as Greta started some kind of odd ritual with the bodies of the giants. She danced about and drank their blood while calling upon the power of Thremyr. This horrified Denessia as she realized Greta is some kind of follower of this dark and wicked deity who allegedly created frost giants. As a paladin, he was quite put out by her ritual and powers she must possess. Using his detect evil ability, he confirmed the darkness residing within the mysterious warrior woman. He told the team he thought she was doing some kind of burial ritual to honor these slain creations of her dark deity. Still dripping in their blood as she finished her ritual, Greta scoffed and told them the giants possess a measure of Thremyr’s power, power she had now taken into herself. This did not put Denessia at ease.
The Dancing Hut settled into a spot, and a bone fence rose up around it. The party made camp for the night and set out the next morning. Deska determined North, and the team moved deeper into the woods. About a mile from the hut the team ran into four centaurs. Kenwrec discovered they spoke Giant, so he talked with them a while. The team agreed to return to their camp to meet their chieftain. At the camp, the centaurs were excited because they had never met dwarves, elves, half-orcs, or humans before.
The chieftain, Korak Kaag, emerged from a great tent and spoke with the party. He revealed he spoke both Elven and Common, although with a heavy accent. He asked several questions which Deska tried to answer deceptively; however, Korak revealed a centaur scout had been spying on them and observing the Dancing Hut from afar. He was aware they had emerged from the hut and killed the frost giants. How he will react to this is yet to be seen; however, Deska did an amazing job trying to talk her way out of upsetting him.
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