Game summary for May 13, 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), and Hwrulf (Human Unchained Barbarian played by Paul Potter). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.
The heroes gathered atop the stairs leading down into the bowels beneath Drenk’s Slaughterhouse. The butcher had been slain, and their wounds mended by divine and alchemical means. Callum cast Bailey’s golden retriever to augment himself and others, and the team advanced with caution. Finch quaffed several admixtures and potions, including one of displacement. Helg called down one of his mightiest blessings, righteous wrath of the faithful. Hwrulf activated his tattoo of Odin and entered a rage. The stairwell descended into deeper darkness and an overpowering stench. The smell of blood and old rot was nearly overwhelming, and several members of the team struggled to suppress the urge to vomit.
At the bottom of the stairs, three men waited. One, a hulking half-orc, stood shirtless with muscles bulging and a massive falchion clutched in hand. Two dwarves flanked him—both with the cold, measured stance of disciplined martial artists their heavy picks resting at the ready. Behind them, chained to the wall, was a battered and bloodied woman. The party had no doubt it was Adeline. A red-robed human, Drenk perhaps, bearing the symbol of the Scarlet Brotherhood emerged from the shadows.
The man sneered. “Leave one alive to question. Kill the rest.”
The first move came from Finch, who darted into the room and lunged at the armored dwarf. He swept the legs out from under the man, knocking him prone. The dwarf’s weapon clattered loudly against the wet stone as he slammed into the floor. Helg and Callum moved to follow up on Finch’s momentum, and Helg’s sword and the slayer’s scythe struck home, hacking into the dwarf’s ribs. Hekera surged forward and took the prone dwarf’s head clean off his shoulders in a blur of steel.
Callum’s fire snake erupted next, coursing through two enemies, singing flesh and scorching hair. Though they avoided the worst of it, the burns were evident. The second dwarf closed with Finch and tried to retaliate but was thrown off by Finch’s arcane displacement. The monk-like dwarf then turned his attacks toward Helg, landing a heavy kick that nearly sent the cleric reeling.
Finch parried and struck again, carving into his opponent while the rest of the team surged into the cramped room. Hekera followed the monk dwarf and delivered a punishing combination of sword strikes. Helg recovered, evaded another flurry of fists, and called down divine magic to bolster his allies. Hwrulf, fueled by rage, barreled past the melee and leapt at Drenk with a roar, his sword gleaming in the dim light.
The human was clearly the leader—cruel, tactical, and confident. He traded strikes with Hwrulf and landed a few sharp blows, but it quickly became apparent he was outmatched. One by one, the attackers fell. The monk dwarf collapsed under Hekera’s blade, and Drenk was slain in the final exchange by Hwrulf, his rage-powered strikes overwhelming his foe’s defenses.
With the battle ended, the group turned immediately to the woman in chains. Adeline was bruised and bloodied, but alive. Helg freed her from the shackles and cast spells to begin her healing. She confirmed she was Professor Tormak’s daughter and that she had been taken by these men recently. She thanked the group and told them she knew how to decipher her father’s encoded journal. Whatever secrets the professor hid, Adeline was the key.
The party searched the room and collected what valuables they could find. They patched their wounds, steadied their breath, and prepared to leave the slaughterhouse behind—alive, victorious, and one step closer to uncovering the truth. With Adeline in tow, they returned to The Shooting Star to head toward Hepmonaland.
