Game summary for October 15, 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), Hwrulf (Human Unchained Barbarian played by Paul Potter), 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 try their hand at solving the Ginsel ritual. They went to the shrine of the Celestian church housing the pedestals inscribed with the ritual riddles. They read the riddles and examined all the musical instruments representing the various celestial bodies of Greyspace. The team spent quite some time debating amongst themselves and drinking magical coffee brewed by Hwrulf that enhanced their skill capabilities. After quite a bit of discussion, they settled upon which instruments they believed should be used and in what order. Once decided, they had Komorebi play each instrument, and a blast of glorious light and energy washed out from the shrine and spread across the planet!
Instantly, the team became the most famous people in all of Tarvin. Merchants were willing to offer discounts on their wares, and the temple of Celestian told them how to redeem their reward of contingent spells.
Hwrulf decided to seek information on Thagmore, the allegedly missing arms dealer. He went to the local weapons guild and met with a dwarven merchant. He brokered a deal for some weapons cargo for their next voyage, and he also learned Thagmore had tried to cheat the guild and caused a problem with their weapons shipment to the prison. However, the guild was able to find him and recover their money. They knew nothing further about him.
The group then went to the Crescent’s Whisper tavern to meet with Snagyndar’s contact and old fling, Ylora Shadewhisper. She is a local smuggler and information broker. She was able to tell them a bit more about Thagmore’s dealings with the underworld but she also didn’t know where he may be currently. She suspects he was fed to bulettes outside of town. She agreed to seek some information on the prison and told them where to find Zarak, a crime boss recently released from Granite Mountain Prison.
The group decided to seek out Zarak at the Crimson Lantern. On the fringe of Tarvin, the Crimson Lantern, sat in squalor. Its dilapidated exterior, covered in peeling paint and flickering red light from crimson-glassed lanterns, bellied the hive of activity within. Inside, the atmosphere was thick with smoke and the heavy scent of cheap perfume. Dancers of questionable talent moved languidly on dimly lit stages, while disinterested patrons huddled around sticky tables, their attentions divided between the performances and clandestine conversations. The establishment’s owner, a grizzled human known as Scarred Jon, runs the place with an iron fist, ensuring that the Lantern’s clientele—ranging from petty thieves to weary travelers seeking forgetfulness in vice—find what they seek. Booths draped with threadbare curtains offered the illusion of privacy for meetings, though the wise know secrets are best whispered amidst the din of the crowd.
The team went up to the bar and purchased some truly awful ale. They surveyed the room and spotted what they assumed to be Zarak. Hwrulf grabbed two ales, walked over and plopped the mugs down and asked to hear everything he knows about the prison. They talked for a while, and Zarak revealed he has the drawings for the prison and will trade them in exchange for the team invading a local thieves’ guild outpost, wreaking havoc, and recovering his stolen dagger. After considering and looking to his team for agreement, he shook hands with the murderous half-orc.
