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Game summary for September 20, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Crimson “Pyro” Deathcloud (Tiefling Alchemist played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), and Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

Intevar charged down the stairs and was ambushed by a drow raider who missed him with her crossbow.  Intevar slashed the drow, and the rest of the party came rushing down to assist.  Down in the ship, a drow noble priestess emerged from the shadows and cast greater forbid action which prevented Helg from being able to attack.  The half-drow who had flown over to the party’s ship earlier also emerged from the shadows.  She looked at Intevar and shrugged almost apologetically and then cast boneshatter on her!  Intevar was wracked with agony as her bones splintered into shards poking into her muscles and skin causing her horrific pain with every movement.  In close quarters, the party quickly started getting the upper hand.  However, the drow were not out of the fight just yet.  The necromancer blasted the team with a lightning bolt while Intevar filled the floor with shard gel caltrops.  This hampered the drow movement even more and set them up for a pummeling from the melee fighters.  Helg healed the entire team while Crimson blasted away with bombs and Hekera and Khesen closed in on the priestess.  She caught Khesen with a bestow curse and then tried to hit him with blindness!  The necromancer fell to the party’s brutality moments before Hekera put his sword through the priestess’ face, slaying her instantly.  The group defeated the remaining raider, and prepared to move deeper into the ship.

Game summary for September 13, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Crimson “Pyro” Deathcloud (Tiefling Alchemist played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), and Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team prepared several items for an all-out assault on the man-o-war.  They decided they did not know what was keeping the portal open and didn’t want to risk it closing in the battle and being separated from the Perry.  So, they decided they would fly the damselfly through and attack while the Perry came through and made for Archin (20 days away).  They would try to meet up with the crew there. 

The team sailed their ship through the portal and up upon the man-o-war before anyone could adjust targeting on the siege weapons.  They had lined up on the rails and were prepared to board.  Khesen tried to use a grappling hook to link the ships and missed his first toss.  Several of the enemies jumped over onto the damselfly!  Crimson started hurling bombs while the team engaged the enemies on board.  Intevar tried to rush up through the hatch and found Crimson standing on it and holding it shut!  One of the drow illuminated most of the boarding party with faerie fire. 

Several of the enemies hurled tanglefoot and tangleburn bags and missed terribly.  Another hurled an iron pellet grenade, but it bounced around the deck!  Helg picked it up planning to throw it down the communication pipe!  Most of the team jumped over to the man-o-war after repelling the attackers on their own ship and securing the ships together.  The rest of the enemies were cut down, and Helg rolled the grenade into the depths of the ship, and they waited…

KABOOM!  Intevar grinned as smoke and dust rolled up the stairs. 

Game summary for September 6, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Crimson “Pyro” Deathcloud (Tiefling Alchemist played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Ruby Rue (Blink Dog Rogue Cohort played by Dylan Whittinghill as secondary), Scraggy Lodgers (Werebear-Kin Gunslinger / Witch played by Dylan Whittinghill), and Zzyym (Zif Esoteric / Academy Sorcerer played by Kaliegh Belda). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team spent two weeks sailing across Pirtelspace toward Alastriel.  It was mostly uneventful with the team pitching in on chores around the ship and spending time crafting items.  As they approached Alastriel, they noticed a growing blue nebula nearby, and the tug of Alton’s trail veered toward it.  They came out of spelljamming speed and saw a large black elven man-o-war and moved toward it.  Crimson began using Linguistics to try semaphore to signal they were tradesmen.  They then decided to hide some of their members and put Intevar prominently visible.  They had Crimson start signing drow aboard as the man-o-war rotated to line up most of its weapons upon them.  Drow aboard used semaphore to tell them to come to full stop and prepare for boarding.  Soon a single flitter arrived, and a dark-eyed half-drow emerged.  She looked around and demanded to know who Intevar was and what they were doing with the Elamshin (meaning “the will of Lolth”) that was towed behind their vessel!

Intevar tried to intimidate the woman.  Nonplussed, she stepped up into a close whisper and demanded the truth.  Intevar decided to tell her everything, that they were trailing Alton using magic, he is onboard their ship, and they had wiped out the drow at the fortress.  She had no idea who Alton was, but at the news they had killed the other drow, especially the priestesses, she smiled.  She told Intevar she would give them a little gift for killing the priestesses, a head start, before the captain destroyed their vessel.  She disparaged Lolth and got aboard her flitter and headed back.  The group, recognizing the nebula as a portal, rushed past and through in the Perry.  On the other side, they realized they had traveled all the way to Realmspace!  They then decided since the portal is too small for the man-o-war to travel through, they would wait one day to let the drow drop their guard and then charge back through in the Elamshin damselfly and board the man-o-war and sweep through killing drow and looking for Alton!

Game summary for August 23, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Crimson “Pyro” Deathcloud (Tiefling Alchemist played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), and Sienna Whispermist (Half-Elf Cleric / Illusionist / Rogue played by Todd Hughes). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team decided to use the ballista to fire upon the catapults.  Crimson had some engineering expertise and served as crew chief while Hekera and Khesen began cranking the ballista around.  The drow catapult crews frantically began turning the catapults upon them!  Helg, Sienna, and Intevar took off through the keep to try and attack the drow in melee while the ballista fired away.

Two catapult shots went wide, and Crimson fired the ballista and struck a catapult!  They then began reloading.  Meanwhile, the assault crew climbed up through the trap door and engaged the first catapult crew.  The trio ripped into the drow in a stunning display of violence and skill bolstered by Helg’s Valhallan prayers.  The other catapults succeeded in destroying the ballista, so the rest of the team rushed into the keep to try and make it to the catapults. 

The assault team went running across the roof firing arrows and magic missiles, dropping drow as they went!  The remaining drow drew forth blades and attacked.  They landed several blows, but they were greatly overmatched.  The group defeated the drow as the rest of the team arrived, and they destroyed the rest of the catapults. 

With no siege engine crews remaining, the party walked unmolested to the docks.  From there they learned Alton had left heading into space toward a star.  They boarded the damselfly and flew back to the Perry.  There they gave a harbor moon to Sailmaster Tuk and talked to him about the star.  He told them it is called Alastriel.  He explained it is actually a portal into the Phlogiston, and he told them why such an opening does not flood the sphere.  They then talked to First Mate Flick and told him their destination.  He also got Crick and Vick to tie up the damselfly for towing.  They then set out with the warning that after a few days, it was going to get really, really cold as they get further from the sun.

Game summary for August 16, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), and Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

Helg made a knowledge (arcana) check and figured out how to neutralize the symbol of weakness.  Hekera went in and covered it with a blanket.  They then took numerous items from the chests, including dozens of bizarre half-moon coins.  The party members from Realmspace recognized them as Waterdhavian harbor moons, very particular coinage from the city of Waterdeep in Toril.  The odd thing is that is two Crystal Spheres away, quite a journey. 

The group followed the pull of the ring out the front doors toward the docks.  Outside they were noticed by the remaining ballista and catapult crews!  The team rushed back inside to take care of the remaining siege engines.  They rushed up the stairs and burst out upon the ballista crew.  Hekera led the way and cleaved through two drow!  The ogrillion went into a rage, charged, and punched Hekera right in the snout!  Intevar slipped in and critically hit the ogrillon from flanking position!  Helg rushed in and missed with his sword.  Khesen then came in and landed a punch.  Finally, Hekera cut it down! 

Game summary for August 2, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Crimson “Pyro” Deathcloud (Tiefling Alchemist played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), Jiraiya (Hurwaeti Freebooter played by Andrew Renfrow), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Ruby Rue (Blink Dog Rogue Cohort played by Dylan Whittinghill as secondary), Scraggy Lodgers (Werebear-Kin Gunslinger / Witch played by Dylan Whittinghill), and Zzyym (Zif Esoteric / Academy Sorcerer played by Kaliegh Belda). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

Jiraiya, Zzyym, and Scraggy rejoined the party and immediately engaged the demons.  Scraggy began drawing pistols from his magical bandolier and blasting away while Crimson continued hurling bombs into the fray.  Jiraiya slipped in and ripped a spear out of the hands of one demon and hurled it off into a corner.  The demons continued a coordinated attack and savaged ripped into Khesen’s flesh.  He collapsed beneath their vicious throttling and lay dying in a deepening pool of blood.  Fortunately, Zzyym cast stabilize and saved his life and Jiraiya tumbled out of the demons’ reach and dragged his friend to safety.  Hekera did what he does, swing his big sword with gusto!  It bit deeply into demon flesh.  Meanwhile, Intevar used her newly acquired magical trident to deal deadly blows to the demons. 

Ruby found himself in a bad location and was slashed by demonic claws!  Zzyym cast mudball and blinded a demon while Intevar killed the other.  The blinded demon tried to dispel the mudball and failed.  Several combined hits from the party hurt the last remaining fiend, and Intevar then drove her trident through its heart, banishing it back to the Abyss.  Unfortunately, the accumulated damage from the demons’ acidic slime destroyed the trident!

Crimson healed some of Khesen’s wounds and roused him back to consciousness.  Zzyym then went into the hidden room and cast detect magic.  She sensed magic on or in the chests.  Scraggy walked in using a pistol and blasted a lock right off a chest.  He then opened the chest and triggered some kind of rune or symbol that sapped all the strength from both him and Zzyym, and they collapsed unconscious.  Hekera ran in and dragged them back out to safety! 

Game summary for July 26, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Crimson “Pyro” Deathcloud (Tiefling Alchemist played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), and Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The group followed the trail into a hallway and found it had been repaired with wall of stone spells.  The trail then led back through the keep into one of the staterooms.  They searched it more thoroughly and found a note in Elven saying, “Hold the fort while I am away, I am heading to open the portal.”  It then led to a wall and after some searching, they found a secret door!  Crimson opened the door and revealed a chamber holding two massive metallic chests!

While trying to detect any magic, Helg accidentally triggered a summoning trap that dropped three babau demons atop the team!  The creatures, covered in acidic slime and wielding longspears, tore into the team with a horrifying viciousness.  Helg was particularly thrashed by their attacks.  The team fought back but found their weapons were very ineffective against the demons’ damage reduction.  Helg whipped himself into a bloody frenzy and cast holy smite amongst the demons.  Unfortunately, he miscalculated not realizing his allies were all neutrally-aligned.  Everyone was hit by the blast, including himself!  Although all his allies took some damage, one of the demons was throttled and struck blind!  Crimson hit another with a bomb, and Intevar found her new trident was particularly effective against the demons.  Helg channeled positive energy and healed his allies, undoing the damage done previously.  Hekera struck down one of the demons, and it disappeared in a puff.  The team braced themselves and squared up against the remaining demons! 

Game summary for July 5, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Crimson “Pyro” Deathcloud (Tiefling Alchemist played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), Jiraiya (Hurwaeti Freebooter played by Andrew Renfrow), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Ruby Rue (Blink Dog Rogue Cohort played by Dylan Whittinghill as secondary), Scraggy Lodgers (Werebear-Kin Gunslinger / Witch played by Dylan Whittinghill), and Zzyym (Zif Esoteric / Academy Sorcerer played by Kaliegh Belda). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The rest of the team caught up to the battle with the priestess!  Scraggy opened fire with his double-barrel pistol, Zzyym let fly with magic missile, and Helg began channeling positive energy!  The priestess struck Crimson but suffered thorn body damage again.  Her ring of blades continued slicing into the party, and the team continued to be pushed back by her onslaught.  Jiraiya, partially recovered by Helg’s healing, engaged the priestess and hit her with his flail.  Khesen fired his crossbow, and then Hekera charged and impaled her!  The greatsword dealt horrific damage, and the priestess died nearly instantly. 

The group nursed their wounds and looted the bodies.  Zzyym and Scraggy investigated the darkness n the temple and found it emanating from an icon of Lolth.  They stuffed it into a handy haversack for safekeeping.  They investigated a slain sun elf in the temple and decided to take his head for later identification.  They beat an obsidian chest into pieces and recovered several scrolls, including one of raise dead.  If only there were some way they could have gotten more information from that dead elf. 

They then continued to follow the pull of Alton’s ring.  They found a kitchen and sniffed out some strong smelling mushrooms in a stew. 

Game summary for June 28, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Crimson “Pyro” Deathcloud (Tiefling Alchemist played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), Jiraiya (Hurwaeti Freebooter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team entered what appeared to be a dinning hall and debated ascending stairs to the roof or going through one of two doors.  One, leading into the round-walled tower had a large run painted upon it.  It looked like pursed drow lips blowing a kiss surrounded by eight spider legs and was done in black paste flecked with blood-red powdered gems.  To be safe, Crimson hit it with a dispelling bomb.  Hekera beat the door off its hinges and found the room filled with preternatural darkness.  Crimson threw a stink bomb within, and gagging sounds resounded.  Intevar dropped a faerie fire in the room revealing numerous drow.  Jiraiya slipped in and was sliced nearly to ribbons by some unknown force and then was badly wounded by an attacker in the darkness.  He was able to use his acrobatics to exit the wound and go drink a potion. 

Poisoned drow arrows whipped out the door with little effect, and fiendish crab spiders seemed to appear from nowhere and scurry over the tables to attack.  Intevar slipped into the room and found herself face-to-face with a drow priestess armed with a trident and surrounded by a swirling cloud of razors.  She was horrible slashed, and then the priestess plunged that trident deep into Intevar’s chest.  Fortunately, the poison did not take hold.  Intevar retreated and was just barely able to acrobatically dodge out of the room.  Unfortunately for the drow, one of the scouts stumbled into the priestess’ blades in the fog and died horribly. 

The drow scouts and fiendish crab spiders were not much of a threat, but the emerging priestess was a problem.  Her swirling blades and quite shocking melee prowess rocked the team back on their heels.  Intevar fled at all speed away, and Jiraiya fell back to a safer distance.  Crimson raised a shield while Khesen and Hekera went toe-to-toe and found themselves outmatched; not an experience either is used to.  Crimson was able to hurt her with thorn body, but it cost him a hit as well.  The group fell back a bit to take stock of the situation.  Most of the team is injured, some critically so, and the priestess is still coming. 

Game summary for June 21, 2022, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Intevar Dagella (Centurian Drow Silent Hunter played by Casey Scruggs), Jiraiya (Hurwaeti Freebooter played by Andrew Renfrow), Ruby Rue (Blink Dog Rogue Cohort played by Dylan Whittinghill as secondary), Scraggy Lodgers (Werebear-Kin Gunslinger / Witch played by Dylan Whittinghill), Sienna Whispermist (Half-Elf Cleric / Illusionist / Rogue played by Todd Hughes), and Zzyym (Zif Esoteric / Academy Sorcerer played by Kaliegh Belda). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The group moved back to the ground floor following the pull of the ring.  They went through a door and found a drow patrol and the drider!  The team moved in quickly with Scraggy blasting holes in the ogrillon with his pistol while Jiraiya moved about hitting drow and ripping weapons from hands.  Intevar attacked the drow with his poisoned blade.  The drow poison put the monster to sleep!  After mopping up the other foes, Intevar performed a coup de grace and killed the aberration. 

Next they moved down the hallway and threw open another door into a weapons training room.  Inside were two drow freebooters who opened fire with poisoned crossbow bolts!  Zzyym was able to windy escape out of one attack and did not succumb to the other.  Jiraiya tumbled into the room as Scraggy moved up and Ruby used dimension door to enter.  Intevar swapped weapons while the freebooters closed in for melee.  Several of the group took hits from rapiers and poisoned daggers, but they failed to put anyone down.  Magic missiles flew, bullets blasted, and flails smashed.  After a brutal assault, the party defeated both drow and looted the area.