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Game summary for February 20, 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), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), and Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The group went to Shou Town to retrieve Hekera’s armor as well as meet with Ozamata.  He was happy with their work in rescuing Mario and Peach.  He honored their agreement by increasing their investment in his enterprises as well as awarded them the deed to Torvey’s Tent Pegs. 

The team then went and met with Cap’n Gyudd and learned The Perry top-out was successful and completed.  They also learned some backstory of the fascinating old dwarf and his history with mind flayers. 

Next, the party headed to the Laughing Beholder to catch up with events.  As they entered, Daiyu ran up to Komorebi crying.  She sobbed and begged for the team to go and rescue her brother Kimura Daisuke from Granite Mountain Prison on planet Ginsel in Greyspace.  Daisuke had been arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison exile!  They learned he is a member of the Sly Foxes rebel group in the nation of Nippon on Oerth, and she had been sent to Bral to keep her safe.  She revealed she is a kitsune like Komorebi!   

The group asked around and found some merchants out of Ginsel and bought them some drinks.  They then bribed one for information.  The man had a wheel brand on his right arm, which they learned is the mark of the prison.  He revealed a tale of horror!  The prison is a great wheel beneath a mountain.  There is only one entrance into a cell.  Each day, the prisoners push the wheel which moves the cell door one space (out of 365).  Once you go into the prison, the exit only comes available once per year!  For the entire year there is no light, food is dropped down through some kind of opening in the ceiling, and you are in solitary confinement. 

The team started thinking about how they might execute a prison break.  They then went to Torvey’s and found 3 tons of tent pegs and loaded them onto their ship.  Running out of things to catch up on, they went back to the Laughing Beholder to meet with their favorite arms dealer, the Red Wizard of Thay, Halava Trent.  They found the beautiful red-robed bald woman sitting in her usual booth sipping Thayan Red wine.  Her massive Thayan gladiator bodyguard, Nethriss, brooded in the shadows behind her, obviously unhappy to see the team.  The group sat down with her and sold her a few trinkets.  They got her absolute interest in their tales of the Koopa Kingdom and the portal beneath Bral.  She paid them 2,000 gp for the map they had to its location.  She also purchased several magical mushrooms and other items taken from that other world. 

They asked her about Greyspace and Granite Mountain Prison.  She was intrigued but knew very little.  She did tell them Greyspace is home to many very powerful spellcasters.  Halava mentioned a group known as the Circle of Eight, but the team didn’t ask anything about them. 

The team then went to secure several tons of trade goods, a few potions, and other individual items they each had in mind they may need for the trip before heading to The Perry to depart. 

Game summary for February 13, 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 blue-tiled stone chamber with a huge lava pit in the middle lined on either side by a narrow ledge with brick blocks scattered about making it difficult to traverse.  Four large green Warp Pipes stood near the back of the room along with a bright yellow mystery question block.  Two seemingly bottomless pits lay between the Warp Pipes, and suspended over them were the red-and-blue clad Mario and pink-clad Princess Peach in swaying steel cages!  Near the entrance waddled two bob-ombs.  An undead koopa, a dry bones, began approaching the party.  A green and red piranha plant popped up out of one of the pipes.  By the cages stood the bulky, spike-shelled king of the koopas, King Bowser! 

Bowser approached the edge of the lava pit, on the side far from the party.  From there he unleashed two barrages of magic hammers at Khesen!  Claude blasted a bob-omb with three electrical blasts from a shocking spark spell which he empowered with his magical rod.  The bob-omb could not withstand the sheer magnitude of Claude’s spell and exploded!  The blast washed over the party, dealing damage to them all.  Komorebi burst into song to inspire the team while Edonna cast blessing of fervor upon them all.  The other bob-omb sauntered up to the team and unleashed a blast upon them all.  The piranha plant launched a fiery energy ball that scorched Claude.  Hekera dropped his hammer, drew his bow, and fired upon the plant.  Meanwhile, Helg channeled positive energy which healed and bolstered the entire party.  Khesen then attacked the bob-omb.

Bowser then hit Claude with many magic hammers, killing him beneath the onslaught.  Komorebi began casting blur on numerous allies.  Edonna broke free of the pack and began edging around the side while the team finished off the other bob-omb.  She then leaped across the entire room using her magical boots.  Bowser came charging forward and stepped right out into the lava pit!  Instead of plunging in, a bridge appeared beneath his feet allowing him to walk into the middle of the flaming pit!  From there he breathed a horrific blast of fire across almost everyone.  Komorebi used his magical cloak to fake his death in the conflagration and turn invisible.  Hekera’s bow spelled death for the piranha plant.  Meanwhile, Edonna triggered the question block and revealed a POW block that she quickly slammed into the ground!  It damaged the dry bones and Bowser with its blast. 

Helg had cast spiritual weapon, and it continued to tear into Bowser, much to the koopa king’s annoyance.  The team tried to bull rush the dry bones into the lava but failed to push it far enough.  Khesen then grappled the creature, slammed it to the ground, and pinned it!  Bowser moved further across the bridge and begin ripping into Helg.  In the meantime, Edonna went to Mario’s cage and removed his gag.  He yelled “Pull the lever!”  Edonna looked around and spotted a lever near the question block.  She rushed back and threw it, which caused the bridge to retract!  As Bowser toppled, Helg hit him with his sword!  The injured koopa king hit the lava and died in the flames!  His death caused the dry bones to become inanimate.  The team rescued Mario and Peach and searched the room.  They found several valuable items and learned they needed to flee before Bowser’s daughter, Bowsette, returned home!  The group ran through the koopa kingdom, guided by Mario and Peach, and returned to the entrance Warp Pipe.  They went through and gated back to the asteroid pirate city, Bral! 

Game summary for February 6, 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), 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 group rested and nursed their wounds from the horrific previous battle and bound their prisoner, the magikoopa.  He told them all this hubbub is over a wedding!  Bowser’s daughter, Bowsette, was engaged to a man named Mario.  However, Mario secretly fell in love with a woman named Princess Peach and left Bowsette at the altar.  Bowser has kidnapped Mario and plans a crossbow wedding to his daughter.  The fact that he now also has Peach and can “annul” the wedding by killing her is just icing on the wedding cake.  The group was able to bind the magikoopa and left him stashed out of the way to buy them time to get to Bowser and try and rescue the couple. 

The group came across a blue-tiled low-ceiling chamber with a very large pool of water.  A pair of green Warp Pipes stood on either side of the entrance, and a snarling, growling chain chomp sat atop a pile of bricks nearby.  On the far side of the room a long fire bar spun about.  Khesen tried to climb sideways along the wall, lost his grip and plunged into the water.  A bright red cheep cheep swam up and bit him!  Its fishy razor teeth removed a sizeable hunk of flesh, inflicted a nasty bleeding wound!  Hekera, far better suited for aquatic battle, swam into the pool!  The crocodile man attempted to fight the cheep cheep!  A white squid-like blooper rose up out of the depths behind him and attacked.  Just as things looked bad, it got worse!  A bright red and green piranha plant rose up from a Warp Pipe and started blasting energy balls at the team. 

Komorebi and Edonna stacked several enhancing spells upon the team to improve their odds of success.  Claude cast shocking spark and devastated the piranha plant, but not before unleashed a final blast to burn Khesen to death! 

Claude destroyed the piranha plant and caught the cheep cheep in magical constricting coils.  Edonna and Komorebi hurled around healing spells, which is really all that kept the team on their feet.  Claude was able to blast the blooper into oblivion, and Hekera waded back into the pool and defeated the pinned cheep cheep.

The team looted the room, recovered Khesen’s body, and allowed Hekera to swim each of them over one at a time.