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Game summary for January 30, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Edonna Match Wushu Lu Klighke (Dragonborn Oracle played by Casey Scruggs), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), and Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team entered a large blue-tiled chamber illuminated by glow lava pits and a bright yellow mystery question block.  Four green Warp Pipes were scattered around the chamber.  A small bob-omb waddled to the right, and a green-shelled koopa troopa stalked about on the left.  Up from one of the Warp Pipes emerged a green and red piranha plant that was spitting orbs of freezing cold energy.  The most fearsome foe, however, was a bipedal magikoopa wearing flowing blue robes, a pointed blue wizard hat, black and silver goggles, and carrying a metallic staff tipped by a glowing red orb. 

To start the engagement, the unicorn-like spellcaster, Claude, stepped up (still protected by his mage armor spell) and cast shrillfire at the magikoopa.  The line of fiery sonic energy blasted from his fingertips toward the enemy spellcaster, but the magikoopa nimbly evaded the attack, much to their surprise.  It countered by casting contagious fog which created a thick green mist that obscured the team’s vision and inflicted a horrible disease, the shakes, upon Edonna, Komorebi, and Khesen.  The magikoopa then hurled one of its allies, the koopa troopa, across the room with telekinetic charge allowing it to bite Claude as it landed!  Now amongst the party, the koopa troopa waded into battle biting left and right!  The piranha plant blast orbs of cold amongst the party, causing terrible frostbite and chilling damage. 

Helg was able to channel positive energy and mitigate some of the damage.  Komorebi began a bardic performance and inspired courage among his allies, just in time!  Edonna likewise spelled up the team by casting prayer, which also negatively impacted the koopa troopa, which would pay off greatly later in the fight.  The hulking crocodile-man, Hekera, moved up to attack the koopa troopa, but with the partial obscurement from the fog was far less effective than normal.  Meanwhile, the bob-omb methodically walked near the team and exploded!  Even though the koopa troopa was also in range of the blast, the turtle was able to evade.  Khesen moved up and attacked the bob-omb, and the fog also impacted his effectiveness by making him miss some of his attacks. 

The battle had started ferociously, and it only escalated from there!  Powerful spells were hurled back and forth.  A flame strike from the magikoopa combined with more blasts from the bob-omb devastated the team.  Edonna enhanced the group further with haste.  Khesen jumped one of the lava pits using his uncanny leaping ability and engaged the magikoopa.  Claude attempted to cast his own telekinetic charge to hurl Hekera at the magikoopa, but he did so while next to the koopa, and it disrupted his spell with a horrific bite!  Claude fell back and tried again, sending Hekera at the magikoopa!  The two warriors were effective against the spellcasting koopa forcing it to reposition with a quickened dimension door. 

With the frontline fighters halfway across the chamber, the party’s spellcasters were left vulnerable.  The koopa troopa ripped into Claude.  The bob-omb released an explosive blast.  The magikoopa cast another flame strike.  Edonna and Helg did everything they could with healing magic to try and undo the damage, but Claude was unable to withstand and died a quick death.  Komorebi’s cloak of fiery vanishing triggered making him turn invisible while making an illusion of his ashen remains fall to the ground. 

Horribly wounded, the team fanned out trying to keep the bob-omb from hitting so many over and again.  Edonna jumped down a Warp Pipe and came up beside the magikoopa and suffered a smack for it before jumping back through the pipe!  Helg cast cherub’s burning blade, but the magikoopa’s spell resistance rendered it ineffective.  Komorebi tried to intimidate the magikoopa without effect.  Hekera was able to badly injure the magikoopa, so it warded itself with a kinetic reverberation, so the crocodile man swapped to his bow. 

The battle continued back and forth, and Komorebi fell beneath the combined might of the foes.  However, the rest of the team suddenly started defeating the other enemies.  First, the koopa troopa fell, then the piranha plant, and finally the bob-omb.  With few spells remaining, the magikoopa was driven back to a high point as the group circled in.  Edonna offered it the chance to surrender, and much to their surprise it did! 

Game summary for January 23, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Edonna Match Wushu Lu Klighke (Dragonborn Oracle played by Casey Scruggs), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), and Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

After waking up from their rest, the team recovered spells and healed their remaining wounds.  Edonna cast scrying and had a vision of the Pink Lady in a hanging suspended cage dangling over a seemingly bottomless pit.  Beside her swung another cage occupied by a short, bearded man wearing red and blue clothing and a red cap.  Lava glowed in the background, and in Edonna’s vision, she could see shadows on the walls hinting at koopas guarding the prisoners along with a much larger spike-shelled koopa!

After Edonna’s scrying spell, they then advanced into a blue-tiled room with several lava pits, large green Warp Pipes, and a bright yellow question block.  Three enemies occupied the room:  a glossy black bob-omb moving about on mechanical legs, a green-shelled hammer brother koopa, and a red-shelled spike top koopa. 

Khesen moved forward and peeked out to see a large hole in the nearby wall and suspected a Bullet Bill would fire out of it!  So, he acrobatically tumbled past the opening into a safe area.  The bob-omb waddled up beside Khesen and exploded, its fiery blast tearing into the team.  Claude advanced and blasted the bob-omb with three successful shocking spark rays.  Edonna augmented the team with a blessing of fervor spell, and then she jumped out into a safe space.  Helg used the speed option from blessing of fervor to jump way out into the room and run up a pile of bricks to activate the bright glowing yellow mystery box!  It revealed a glossy red and black POW block! 

The enemy hammer brother advanced and hurled a barrage of hammers at Edonna, wounding her greatly.  Khesen grabbed hold of the bob-omb and bravely dragged it further from his allies.  Hekera jumped out into the fray and charged the approaching red spike top koopa!  His mighty sword struck its shiny red shell and bounced off with very little effect! 

Claude cast his crushing coils spell to entangle the red spike top, and Hekera swapped to his earth breaker hammer and began smashing away.  His hammer proved far more effective against the spike top, and he scored a critical hit against it!  Hekera smashed its shell and inflicted  a horrifying about of damage.  He hit it yet again and obliterated the foe. 

Meanwhile, Helg snatched up the shiny POW block and dashed it into the ground, which activated a POW effected on enemies!  The blast of the POW ripped through the bob-omb causing it to unleash its explosive death throes!  The blast damaged the party even more.  The same POW blast also tore into the hammer brother koopa, and it knocked him right out of his green shell which ricocheted all around the room, damaging several of the party!

With their foes vanquished, the team looted the room and healed themselves.  The team then crept down the hallway and found another room.  As they came in, a blue-robed koopa with goggles stared at them, and the staff it held began to glow! 

Game summary for January 9, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Edonna Match Wushu Lu Klighke (Dragonborn Oracle played by Casey Scruggs), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), and Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team continued their travels through the blue-tiled dungeon world.  The next chamber had numerous seemingly bottomless pits with narrow ledges traversing them.  On the far side of the room were a couple of green Warp Pipes, and at least two bright yellow mystery question blocks were also present. 

A large green and red piranha plant rose up out of a Warp Pipe and began launching glowing orbs of energy, cold, acid, and electricity, at various members of the party.  A brown mushroom-like goomba lumbered about waiting for someone to get near it so it could bull rush them off the ledge.  Meanwhile, a four-legged buzzy beetle koopa with a shiny black shell positioned on a ledge and readied an action to charge anyone coming within range.  A green-shelled hammer brother koopa took cover behind a question block and launched volley after volley of twirling throwing hammers at the team. 

Komorebi and Edonna augmented the team with their spells while Helg began healing some of their lingering injuries from the previous encounter.  Claude stepped up and cast a shrillfire spell and discovered at least some of the foes were able to evade his magic.  Hekera moved forward and got hit by a vicious fast-moving Bullet Bill!  The bullet-shaped black entity went blasting through in a straight line and damaging everything it hit. 

Khesen went rushing toward a question block, and when he activated it, it spawned banana peels all around the room!  Several of the team slipped on them, and Edonna plunged over the edge of a pit!  She fell screaming into the abyss only to mystically respawn, at half her health total, back at the entrance of the room!  The hammer brother continued bombarding the team with hurled hammers, and the piranha plant’s energy orbs proved devastating.  Claude was able to blast the goomba and eliminate it, but Hekera found himself grievously injured.  But for Edonna’s quick close wounds spell, he could have been slain.  Helg continued spontaneously casting healing spells while Khesen and the rest of the team moved toward the center of the room.  Someone triggered the Bullet Bill again, and it came blasting through the room striking several people. 

Komorebi moved up and demoralized the hammer brother and buzzy beetle, one of which he set on fire with his blistering invective spell!  Claude cast a Bogg’s cinderball spell, and the fiery concussive blast washed over the room but was only of limited benefit.  He was far more successful moments later with a shocking spark spell that electrified the buzzy beetle.  The team started landing some blows and realized many of their opponents were lackeys, fodder packing a heavy punch but no staying power. 

In spite of suffering several extremely heavy blows, the team was able to defeat all the enemies and also avoid further blasts of the Bullet Bill.  The team searched the room and found a few magical arrows and some valuables.  They then setup camp and set a rotating watch shift.  Throughout the night they heard some patrols, but they were a long way out.  The team got up the next morning refreshed and with spell power recovered. 

Game summary for January 2, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), and Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team entered a blue-titled dungeon room with two rows of three Warp Pipes each dividing the room.  Stacked brick blocks were topped by bright yellow mystery question blocks.  A brightly colored red and green piranha plant rose up from one Warp Pipe and began launching fiery orbs.  Out of the dust arose two skeletal animated dry bones, boney anthropomorphic turtles with grey shells, blue gloves on their hands, and glowing lights in their empty eye sockets. 

Notch unleashed a devastating volley into piranha plant before suffering severe burns for his attack.  Claude ran out and started activating question blocks to reveal their contents (a bright red super mushroom and a glossy black POW block).  Helg cast cherub’s burning blade to conjure a fiery angel blade to his hands.  Hekera and Khesen moved out into the room and engaged the dreadful shambling dry bones.  The skeletal turtles radiated a palpable aura of fear that shook those around them to their cores.  Their bites were tainted with a wasting disease.  Several blows were landed on the gray-shelled shambling turtles, but they exhibited a regenerative power beyond anything the team had ever seen.  Helg reached deep into his knowledge of the undead and studied them to determine they were immune to cold, resistant to channeling, spell resistant, and possessed damage reduction only overcome by weapons both bludgeoning and good-aligned. 

The team failed a number of spells against the dry bones’ spell resistance and although they dealt several powerful blows to them, the skeletal turtles kept recovering from the attacks.  Only after Notch defeated the piranha plant, Khesen quaffed a haste potion, Hekera received a bane weapon from Helg, and Claude hit them all with the power of the POW block did things start to go in the party’s direction.  The team was finally able to beat the dry bones into a pile of broken bone fragments, but they continued to slowly regenerate.  Unable to determine what damage type would negate their regeneration, the team decided to loot the room and flee further into the labyrinth, hoping to put enough distance between them and the dry bones to not be followed.