Game summary for July 31, 2018, Reign of Winter campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: All Might (Human Warpriest played by Andrew Renfrow), Iguruzu Koshin (Human Monk played by Peyton Harmon), Magnus Erlingsson (Dwarf Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Nikolai Pavlenko (Human Fighter played by Casey Scruggs), and Svala Alehorn (Orc Unchained Barbarian played by Todd Hughes). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.
The battle with the gorynych dragon started poorly. The dragon had initiative and hit the entire party with all three blasts of flame! Magnus dropped back and warded himself with protection from energy. Koshi stepped up and hit the dragon with two devastating punches. The group closed in and hit with several attacks. They found the dragon partially resistant to their melee attacks, and it appeared to regenerate damage done. Greta cast baneweapon on Nikolai’s rifle, and he dealt some serious damage. The dragon began biting and clawing, and the team was not too impressed. Then a half-dozen headless Siberian Cossacks arrived.
Their leader, riding a flaming nightmare, slashed Magnus with his ride-by attack. Horseman after horseman filed through an opening in the barbed wire and hit Magnus repeatedly. The last came crashing in and impaled Magnus, killing him instantly. The horsemen scattered and began a grueling campaign of hit-and-run attacks. The team was able to focus on the dragon and deal enough damage that it collapsed to the ground. With the dragon down, they focused on the horsemen. Nikolai ended up isolated away from the group, and the horsemen crisscrossed their charges to bring him down with their lance attacks. Nikolai ended up unconscious on the ground and then slain by a malicious rider.
All Might ended up unconscious on the ground, and one of the riders stood over him as his horse stomped him to death. Greta cast breath of life to bring him back from the dead. She also cast cure serious wounds upon him. Koshi and Svala slowly picked off Cossacks with some impressive attacks. However, Svala found himself unable to withstand the barrage from the remaining horsemen and was soon dead on the ground. All Might tried to cast flame strike but was hit by multiple attacks of opportunity. Eventually, he bled to death on the ground.
Finally, Greta and Koshi took out the last of the horsemen and mounts. Suddenly, the dragon stood up! It was not slain earlier, merely rendered unconscious. Throughout the fight, it had been regenerating hit points! It hit the survivors with a triple blast of flame! Greta fled one direction while Koshi ran toward the church. Much to his horror, golems made of stained-glass stepped from the windows before him! With golems before him, a dragon behind, and grievously injured, Koshi felt despair as Greta continued fleeing out of sight.
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