Game summary for March 11, 2025, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Callum Spellhardt (Human Sorcerer played by Parker Harmon), Finch Bloodrain (Half-Hobgoblin Slayer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Hwrulf (Human Unchained Barbarian played by Paul Potter), 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 Battle for The Falling Star – A Hard-Fought Engagement!
The chaotic battle aboard The Falling Star reached its climax as the adventurers pushed through arcane defenses, freezing fog, and relentless pirate attacks. With a tiefling spellcaster and its beholderkin ally standing in their way, the fight became a brutal test of skill, resilience, and sheer willpower.
Despite the tiefling’s powerful wards, retaliatory magic, and quickened spells, and the beholderkin’s disruptive eye rays, the party pressed forward with relentless determination. By the end of the night, both powerful foes lay slain—but not without near-disastrous consequences.
The Flow of Battle
The tiefling spellcaster moved into position, hurling quickened magic missiles while its robe of retaliation lashed out at attackers. As the melee unfolded, the battlefield was suddenly engulfed in thick, freezing fog, making movement treacherous and reducing visibility to a near standstill.
🎭 Komorebi acted swiftly, first casting silence, forcing the tiefling to reposition away from its original vantage point. Moments later, he followed up with dispel magic, successfully banishing the freezing fog and clearing the battlefield, allowing his allies to push forward with renewed momentum.
⚡ Callum, seeing an opportunity from his perch in the crow’s nest, unleashed a devastating Dalamar’s lightning lance against the tiefling. However, the abjurer’s protective ward triggered, reflecting the lightning back at him. The full force of his own spell struck him, instantly killing him where he stood.
For a brief moment, it seemed the party had lost their arcane powerhouse—but his pre-cast contingency of breath of life activated just in time, bringing him back from the brink of death. Though shaken, Callum remained in the fight.
🐝 Snagyndar and Stingy executed a devastating charge, with Snagy’s lance striking the tiefling hard, piercing through its defenses. However, goblins swarmed Stingy, slashing wildly, and with a final strike, the giant wasp was banished back to the Astral Plane, sending Snagy crashing onto the deck of the forecastle.
🏹 Notch activated his super leaf, hoping to gain a better vantage point, but with the cold fog impeding movement, he remained on the sterncastle. Only after Komorebi dismissed the spell could Notch line up the perfect shot and release a precise volley of arrows, the final strike piercing the tiefling’s defenses and bringing it down for good.
With the tiefling slain, its beholderkin companion retaliated viciously, turning its eyestalks upon the party. Seeing Callum weakened but still standing, the aberration unleashed a ray of frost, striking him along with a final quickened magic missile from the tiefling before it fell. The combined assault dropped Callum once more, leaving him unconscious and dying.
Before the beholderkin could press its attack further, Helg, the Valhallan cleric, invoked divine wrath—his flame strike scorched multiple boogins, and his spiritual weapon cut down foes with relentless efficiency. His spectral weapon then turned on the beholderkin, carving into its floating body and striking it dead before it could unleash further devastation.
🔥 Hwrulf, still ablaze but unbothered due to his amulet, continued his rampage, cutting down enemy after enemy as if the fire surrounding him only fueled his fury.
⚔️ Hekera, relentless as ever, pushed through what remained of the boogins, cutting them down and keeping the enemy forces from regrouping.
⚔️ Finch, struggling with poison coursing through his veins, abandoned his bow and swung into battle on a rope, his scythe cutting into foes as he tripped them left and right, despite his weakened state.
As the final blows were struck, Helg channeled positive energy, healing the party and bringing Callum back to consciousness once more. While the cleric mended wounds, Hekera consumed a potion of enlarge person, preparing for whatever lay ahead.
The Aftermath – Boris Steelbeard Emerges
With the tiefling and its beholderkin finally slain, the battle had shifted in the party’s favor. However, just as the adventurers began to catch their breath, a new threat emerged from the ship’s depths.
A brawny dwarf, his arms wrapped in thick chains connected to twin battle axes, strode onto the deck. His eyes burned with fury, his weapons clanking ominously against the metal links as he sized up the party.
Boris Steelbeard had arrived.
🔥 Will the party survive a direct battle with the pirate lord?
⚔️ What secrets does The Falling Star still hold?
🚀 Is the end of the battle near, or is the true fight only just beginning?
Find out next time in Chronoshift: Spelljammer!
