Game summary for January 27, 2026, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Callum Spellhardt (Human Sorcerer played by Parker Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Herezis Tahriol (Mongrelfolk Paladin played by Preston Harmon), Skree Grizzlehide (Mongrelfolk Gladiator played by Peyton Harmon), Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs), and Ursay (Mongrelfolk Slayer played by Paul Potter). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.
A foul wind churned the swamp as a cackle erupted from the fog — high-pitched, mocking, and painfully familiar. The sky blackened. The air turned sour. From the mire stepped a rotted reflection of Helg, his face split by an impossible grin, eyes oozing black ichor, radiating corruption.
“Klaatu… nikto… Gleeeeeh,” he crooned.
With every step, the earth split, and skeletal hands burst from the muck, clawing toward you, grasping at your boots. “Look at you,” Gleh sneered, “all full of hope and hit points.” Then he lunged. Hell just found a new hype man. Along with him came a gurgling boggard deadite, two skullbelly deadites, and a string-wretch deadite.
Black negative energy blasted out of the corpse totem trying to taint the party. Gleh cast a silence spell to try and inconvenience casters. Ursay hit him with several arrows including some critical hits which caused Gleh to vomit up additional gurgling boggard deadites and absorb some of their animating energy to heal his injuries! The gurgling dead advanced and ended up surrounding Skree, but the mongrelfolk gladiator held his ground with his magical maca. Snagy and Stingy owned the skies and put on an impressive display of melee prowess. Callum boiled part of the swamp with a fireball that scorched almost all of the enemies. Gleh taunted and uttered puns for those who could hear him. Helg cast blessing of fervor, giving his allies a tremendous advantage. Herezis cast sky steed, causing wings to sprout from his holy ankylosaurus mount! The skullbellies proved frustrating as the severed heads stitched into their torso and stomach absorbed attacks. Gleh frustrated Herezis by dispelling his sky steed spell, and his grasping hands made it hard for Herezis to approach.
Gleh cast desiccating breath which sapped the strength from most of the party. Ursay struck Gleh with more arrows, and the head deadite sacrificed some of his own minions to absorb their undead spirits and recovery his injuries. The string-wretch spread its arrows around the entire party inflicting bleed damage on everyone it could hit. Fortunately, no one succumbed to the black fletch curse as well. Callum cast an empowered fireball, which really rocked the enemy ranks. Helg tried to channel positive energy, but Gleh corrupted it causing him to injury his companions with negative energy. Herezis swung out way wide and worked himself around to try and put pressure on the string-wretch. Skree, now with three enemies around him, cut down two foes within reach. Gleh hit most of the party with waves of grief demoralizing them. He also moved up to the team and channeled negative energy to heal himself and all his allies. Snagy was able to counter the confusing effect of a skullbelly’s voice of madness which had affected Skree and Ursay.
The battle raged on until Callum cast an empowered scorching ray which caught Gleh in the chest, blasting him into a flaming pile of corpse. His deadite companions dissolved into the swamp as their master fell! The team quickly looted the area and found several very expensive magic items including a new sword for Helg!
