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Game summary for August 27, 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), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons (game session 1,000!).

With Khesen and his illuminated rock leading the way, the team delved deeper into the mines where they came across a massive metal mining hulk golem!  It towered over the team with its stout metallic legs, large gripping arms for moving rock, and an enormous metal drill protruding from its chest.  A dwarven pistolero and orc blunderer stood in the shadows as well.  The team quicky discovered their weapons were very ineffective against the golem and its metal skin.  Several of the team looked over the golem and realized their magic was likewise ineffective. 

The dwarf pistolero tried to fire his pistol, but it misfired.  Notch put an arrow straight through the pistolero causing him to run off down the hallway screaming for help.  Claude electrocuted the orc blunderer with shocking spark, and Snagyndar finished him off with a spike from his spined shield.  Snagy was able to maneuver to see the fleeing dwarf and dropped him with another spike. 

The golem continued hitting any of the team it could reach.  The group decided to try and use weapon blanche to make some arrows adamantine to pierce into the golem.  It took them a bit to light a fire and get into position.  However, eventually, the got them prepared.  Notch effectively use cluster shots to punch through the golem’s defenses, and he and Khesen were able to slow it with acid damage.  Komorebi cleverly cast grease at the golem’s feet causing it to fall down!  The combination of effects hampered the golem’s ability to fight and allowed the team to amass enough damage to destroy the hulk!

Game summary for August 20, 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), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team did not hear anything approaching from within the mine, so they threw in some pebble illuminated by light spells and waited some more.  Still invisible, they crept in and looked around.  The room was filled with old, mostly broken, mining carts, buckets, crates, and so forth.  It was obvious this entrance, at least, is not being used as an active mine.  They picked a route and went forward a while before realizing the tracks showed this is not a heavily used pathway.  They backtracked and followed one showing heavier traffic.

A while later, with some of them now visible because they had to leave the confines of Komorebi’s invisibility sphere, they came upon another chamber.  Khesen carried an illuminated pebble and was able to shine some light on the situation.  Three cavernous bears growled in the dark!  They were lean and mean and approaching hungrily.  Behind them, armed dwarves and orcs (an odd combination) crouched behind barrels and boulders for cover.  The bears attacked while the dwarves fired pistols and orcs fired blunderbusses. 

Claude blasted one of the dwarves into a smoldering heap with a maximized shocking spark spell.  Komorebi inspired his allies and cast mirror image.  Notch unleashed a volley, Snagy advanced like a tank while giving battlefield tactics, and Khesen and Hekera moved up to engage.  One of the bears grabbed and grappled Hekera while Khesen ducked around a barrier to engage an orc blunderer.  Unfortunately, he took the light source with him throwing several of the other foes into shadows and concealment.  Meanwhile, Helg dropped a flame strike right on top of several enemies. 

Arrows flew, spells ripped through the dark, and blunderbuss blasts echoed in the halls.  Komorebi unleashed several ear-piercing screams to great effect.  The enemies landed several blows, but the team was able to keep up the pressure.  Hekera consumed a potion of enlarge person to break the grapple with the bear, and things fell apart for their opponents.  Soon, they were defeated, and the team listened for approaching danger before quickly looting the room.

Game summary for August 13, 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), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team decided to follow the napkin-drawn map provided by Borik and head out into the wilds in search of the mine allegedly occupied by bandits and outlaws.  Along the way, the came across an area with a couple bubbling geysers.  Two horse-sized scorpions scuttled about the boulders, and much to the party’s horror, they could see each scorpion was swarmed with teeming baby scorpions!  However, even the babies were the size of a dog! 

Claude cast bogg’s cinderball, and the blast ripped into a scorpion.  One of the young leapt off its parent and began scuttling about as well.  The blast shook the geysers, and the team heard ominous sounds coming from them.  The team realized they had some distance between them and the vermin and began casting spells to enhance their capabilities.  The scorpions, surprisingly fast, cut out in wide swaths around the party to close in.  Moments later, the geysers erupted and sprayed the team with scalding water! 

The scorpions closed in and attacked.  Khesen was poisoned by one of the stings.  Every time any of the party damaged a scorpion, another baby scorpion jumped off and joined in the attack!  Soon scorpions were all around!  Snagyndar summoned his giant wasp mount and magical lance and engaged while Hekera consumed a potion of enlarge person and swung about with aplomb.  Komorebi continued to inspire allies while protected with mirror images.  Claude used his recently-purchased spell-lens to augment his wand of magic missiles and launch volleys of utter destruction while Helg called down a roaring pillar of divine flame strike!  Khesen and Hekera were able to engage in melee with the critters alongside Snagy, and the team soon took them all down.

The team stood around afterward a bit too long and were flung into the air from a very violent geyser explosion!  From a bit further off, Helg channeled positive energy and healed them most of their wounds.

The group continued following the map and came across tracks showing booted humanoids regularly travel this area.  They got off the trail and snuck up the side of a valley to look down and saw the entrance to the mine.  After watching for an hour, they could see an armed human walk up to the edge from within and stretch.  He then disappeared within.

The party went back to the trail.  Komorebi cast invisibility sphere, and the group walked up to the mine entrance where they saw a misspelled sign with a skull indicating danger.  They looked in, and Komorebi took Snagy’s signal whistle and blew it as loudly as he could to get a response!

Game summary for August 6, 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), 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 party went to see Sheriff Hayden and found him to be an honorable and brave man.  He was the only deputy who did not immediately quit and flee after the Ironjaw Reapers killed the previous Sheriff, Bosco.  He offered to hire them as deputies for 4 gp per week, but they declined.  He told them a few more rumors and what he could about the Ironjaw Reapers, which was not a great amount. 

The group then went to visit The Planar Emporium, the curio shop run by Jasper Whistlewind, a flamboyant quarterling with an impressive mane of silver hair and a motley outfit of vibrant colors and gaudy jewelry.  He offered to sell them various items, and they let him know they had quite a bit of means, and he eagerly took them to a sealed room where he showed them powerful magical items he claimed were unique to Greela.  Regardless of that claim, the group had never seen items quite like these, magical hats, boots, belts, and shining spurs.  The team decided to liquidate their accumulated magical item surplus and come back to shop later.

The party looked around to see if they could find a tavern or bar a bit rougher than The Dusty Pistol, and it took little searching to find The Tumbling Weed.  In fact, a patron was tossed bodily out the front doors as they watched.  They entered the seedy establishment and realized they were in a much lower-class operation than the Pistol.  They were eyed by the bouncer, a mountain of a half-orc woman.  The team sat down at a couple tables and ordered some of the worst ale they have experienced.  Before long, a dwarven miner came up to bar and ordered some moonshine.  The group bought him another round and one for themselves and struck up conversation.

The miner, Borik Ironbeard, is a working class individual who has mined throughout Greyspace for nearly 70 years.  He seemed to like the new Sheriff and had some gossip on lots of different topics.  They talked for quite a while, and he offered to draw them a map to what he believes to be an abandoned mine occupied by a group of bandits in exchange for one more drink.  The team readily agreed, and he sketched out a map on a napkin using a piece of coal.