Chronoshift: Spelljammer — Game Session — 005

by: Charles Plemons - May 31st, 2022   Filed under: Gaming, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Spelljammer Add Comment

Game summary for May 31, 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), 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 decided to go up in the keep and try and neutralize the towers to aid in their eventual withdrawal.  They went up one flight and found an officers’ quarters and a door locked from their side.  Inside some chests they found Lolth prayer scrolls, coins, and some white mushrooms.  They slid a daylight coin under the door and peeked through the keyhole to find a large but seemingly empty room.  They threw open the door and discovered a drider around the corner!  They shut the door back.  And locked it.  And walked away. 

They went up another flight of steps and found a large table and chairs and a sign warning them to leave the food.  Another door stood before them, and detect magic revealed moderate abjuration.  Helg cast dispel magic and Zzyym could tell the magic was negated.  They opened the door to find a short hallway with two more closed doors.  While examining those doors, a phase spider materialized and bit Crimson repeatedly!  He was poisoned, and the spider lurked in the ethereal plane while the party tried to figure out how to fight it.  Ruby Rue was able to see the spider since he was blinking between the material and ethereal planes and was able to direct the party on the spider’s location.  Zzyym and Intevar tried to lure the spider back into their realm by torching the nest they found behind one of the doors.  Instead, the spider waited patiently as the poison ravaged Crimson’s body.  Scraggy remembered some of his arcane training and stories he had read about such spiders and recalled force magic can harm them.  Zzyym and Helg unleashed magic missiles and spiritual weapon while Ruby continued trying to bite and rend.  The injured spider then fled down through the floor and disappeared! 

The team was able to give Crimson a potion of neutralize poison and stop its horrific progression.

Chronoshift: Spelljammer — Game Session — 004

by: Charles Plemons - May 17th, 2022   Filed under: Gaming, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Spelljammer Add Comment

Game summary for May 17, 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), Jiraiya (Hurwaeti Freebooter played by Andrew Renfrow), 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 had Sienna disguise several of them as drow using her disguise kit and skills.  They then hitched The Perry and cargo barge behind the Elamshin and flew the damselfly back to the fortress.  They then walked into the fortress with Hekera and Jiraiya apparently tied up as prisoners.  They marched right up to the doors, and Sienna talked their way in.  Inside the chamber were several drow and an ogrillon.  They talked for a short time until the raid leader realized there were no female drow aboard the ship, but there stood Sienna disguised as a drow!  They were confused for a minute and the team suddenly struck.  Crimson hit most of the drow with a fiery cone bomb!  Hekera and Khesen unleashed a barrage of attacks while Sienna fired of magic missiles.  Jiraiya displayed some amazing agility and danced among the foes, provoking attacks and counterstriking every miss.  One drow dropped a darkness globe which was promptly countered by Helg’s daylight spell-like ability.  The raid leader cried out to alert the fortress of intruders before being struck down.  The group looted the room and decided they needed to move upward and eliminate all the siege engine crews.

Chronoshift: Spelljammer — Game Session — 003

by: Charles Plemons - May 10th, 2022   Filed under: Gaming, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Spelljammer Add Comment

Game summary for May 10, 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), 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 crew of drow dropped a globe of darkness to make the light dim and provide them some cover.  They began firing arrows and boarding The Perry!  The drow scouts struggled in the skirmish, but their ogrillon pugilists proved far more effective.  Intevar cleverly used vanish to get some space and make it over to the enemy ship.  Sienna unleashed arrows and magic missiles, and Khesen and Hekera made judicious use of cleave.  Intevar had provoked the drow by mocking their goddess, so the priestess unleashed spells upon her.  She hit her with his katana before she retaliated with her trident.  Unfortunately, it was poisoned, and Intevar fell to the deck asleep!  Hekera and Khesen cleared their ship of foes and then leapt across to the Elamshin and brought the fight to the drow.  The priestess fought valiantly but eventually fell beneath the party’s attacks.

The group then woke Intevar and gave her numerous potions of cure light wounds.  Somewhat recovered the team then cleared all three decks of the ship and confirmed the entire crew had come out to fight.  The team decided the view of the castle is blocked by an asteroid, so they plan on piling into the captured damselfly ship and flying it back to the castle as if they were just the returning crew!

Chronoshift: Spelljammer — Game Session — 002

by: Charles Plemons - May 3rd, 2022   Filed under: Gaming, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Spelljammer Add Comment

Game summary for May 3, 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), and Scraggy Lodgers (Werebear-Kin Gunslinger / Witch played by Dylan Whittinghill). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

Traveling through Pirtelspace, the party found themselves in the midst of a space ice storm!  Several began scraping ice off the vessel.  Several whipped up alchemical anti-freeze while others helped spot ice chunks and pilot the ship.  Others even “swam” around on deck knocking snow free!  Thanks to the party’s quick actions, the ship was able to navigate safely through.

Within a few days, the tug of the magical ring guided them to the edge of Guinmir’s Band.  They spotted some kind of castle or fortress on one of the asteroids!  They watched as several figures scurried to weapon embankments and a damselfly ship rose up and moved between the Perry and the castle.  The team was uncertain what to do.  They tried using semaphore to communicate while training their weapons on the ship and positioning themselves with some asteroids between them and the castle.  The more maneuverable damselfly ship closed in!  As it approached, they could read the golden-lettered name Elamshin.  Those who read Elven pondered for a moment… “the will of Lolth”?  The black-helmeted individuals on the deck are drow and trying to board the Perry! 

Chronoshift: Spelljammer — Game Session — 001

by: Charles Plemons - April 26th, 2022   Filed under: Gaming, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Spelljammer Add Comment

Game summary for April 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), 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), 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 party was killing time in the Black Manta Inn on Skyport orbiting the water world Archin in Pirtelspace.  Before long, they were approached by a gorgeous reigar named Cosette who relayed a tale of passion and theft.  The group discussed terms a while but eventually hired on to seek out her former lover, Alton, and retrieve a necklace he stole.  She provided them with a magical ring that will seek his path and delivered to them the use of a ship, The Perry, and even tossed in a cargo barge thanks to their great haggling.  The group went and purchased some spices and ore and loaded it into the barge so as to make the claim of being merchants. 

The group got familiar with the crew of The Perry:  First Mate Flick and his two tinker gnome assistants, Crick and Vick, Sail Master Tuk (a hadozee), and Gunnery Sergeant Havoka (a giff).  The ship cast off and headed out following Alton trail.  According to Tuk, they were enroute to Guinmir’s Band, an asteroid belt, four days away.  The first night the team struggled to sleep due to the noise on the ship.  Investigating, they found the engine room is a tinker gnome contraption powered by an enormous wheel driven by giant space hamsters!  Finally, the team was able to sleep.

The next morning, as Scraggy, Ruby, and Intevar were eating sandwiches and drinking coffee, Havoka spotted gray scavvers!  The team decided they needed to get rid of the pests because there were sucking down valuable oxygen out of the ship’s atmosphere.

The team fired crossbow bolts and sling stones at the shark-like monsters.  Several of the party casters unleashed magic missiles.  Angered, the scavvers charged in and started biting.  Scraggy unleashed his double-barrel pistol while Jiraiya jumped off the ship to attack a scavver in mid space!  The fight was very short-lived and exciting, but the party easily defeated the pack.

Ruins of Undermountain — Game Session — 027

by: Charles Plemons - January 3rd, 2020   Filed under: Gaming, Harm Incorporated, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Ruins of Undermountain Add Comment

Game summary for January 3, 2020, Ruins of Undermountain campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Harm Incorporated. Session included: Boran Gibbs (Human Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Kalil Bakran (Human Sorcerer played by Parker Harmon), Paddy Brandywine (Halfling Bard played by Preston Harmon), and Rumbald Shieldcracker (Dwarf Ranger played by Peyton Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The group came across a gorgon and a ghoul deathspeaker.  The team unleashed a barrage of spells, and badly wounded the gorgon.  The ghoul cast wall of ice to slow the onslaught, which worked to limited extent.  Rumbald chopped through engaged the gorgon.  Paddy moved up on the ghoul to put pressure on him, and he attempted to drive him away with banshee blast without success.  The ghoul protected himself with mirror image and then turned invisible.  Kalil was still able to see and target him, so he dropped an obscuring mist on the area.  The team was slowed just a bit, but they were able to back off and blast away with area of effect spells.  The group then searched the room and moved on further into Undermountain. 

The party came across a shrine being dedicated to Bane.  A pair of baneguard warriors shuffled to block the team’s progress, and a massive banelar slithered up behind them.  The team unleashed a barrage of fireballs and started to approach.  The vicar standing at the altar summoned a fiendish tyrannosaurus and protected himself with shield of faith.  Boran was snatched up into the dinosaur’s jaws after dispatching the baneguards.  The vicar struck Paddy blind, and then he obscured the team with plague storm, which inflicted the shakes upon Kalil. 

The team kept pressure upon the dinosaur and banelar, so the vicar divided the party with a blade barrier while the dinosaur killed and ate Boran.  The vicar used greater forbid action to prevent Rumbald and Paddy from casting spells and then dropped Paddy to the ground with greater command.  Rumbald tried to use arrows through the blade barrier with little success while Kalil was killed and eaten by the tyrannosaurus as well.  The dinosaur died because Kalil was poisoned by the banelar and was poisonous to it!  Paddy was able to get adjacent to the vicar, and he began channeling negative energy while the banelar stung the halfling and weakened him with poison.  Rumbald gave up on the ranged attacks and plunged through the blade barrier to chop down the banelar.  The vicar then used power word blind to blind the two remaining party members.  Rumbald got hold of him and grappled him to the ground where he channeled negative energy again, killing Paddy.  The two wrestled a bit, and finally Rumbald picked up the priest and ran bodily through the blade barrier while crying out for their merchant ally, Ludavic Snerd.  The whirling blades killed both of them!

With the area “safe”, Snerd’s doorway appeared, and the merchant peered out and saw the carnage.  He used magic to raise Paddy, and he was able to acquire the magic required from the merchant to recover his allies. 

Ruins of Undermountain — Game Session — 026

by: Charles Plemons - November 16th, 2019   Filed under: Gaming, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Ruins of Undermountain Add Comment

Game summary for November 16, 2019, Ruins of Undermountain campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Harm Incorporated. Session included: Boran Gibbs (Human Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Kalil Bakran (Human Sorcerer played by Parker Harmon), Paddy Brandywine (Halfling Bard played by Preston Harmon), and Rumbald Shieldcracker (Dwarf Ranger played by Peyton Harmon). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The party entered a room occupied by two brutish giants carrying gnarled clubs being berated by a large blue-scaled dragon!  It seemed one of them dropped a chest filled with part of the dragon’s hoard.  Something seemed off about the dragon.  It seemed to radiate an otherworldly menace, something foul and infernal.  The giants engaged quickly while the dragon breathed lightning across some of the party.  Paddy was able to hasten much of the group.  Boran hit them with flame strike.  Kalil made good use of lightning arc and fireball.  One of the giants drove Kalil back, and the dragon summoned a bearded devil to put more pressure on him as well.  Boran and Rumbald hung back to fight the giant and devil while Paddy rushed in from the side and took down the other giant.  The dragon unleashed a flurry of attacks on the party.  However, it did not take long for the team to take down the minions and then the dragon.  The looted the chests and drank from a fountain that gave them random effects including summoning a dire bear! 

The team came upon a trio of zombie beholders floating around a deadwood tree!  The bear charged in and grappled a zombie beholder.  The deadwood tree slapped Paddy across the room and then slapped Rumbald into him.  The beholders proved little trouble, especially after some fireballs ripped through the room.  After defeating the creatures, they accidentally triggered a trapped barrel, and Boran was burned by a maximized fireball. 

Opening another door revealed a chamber of suffering and horrors.  Inside three sacristan kyton stalked around, and Kalil stepped in to hit them with a fireball.  The kytons ripped into Kalil, and he was forced to assume efreet form to try and survive.  He was beaten unconscious and dragged away from the door.  Another kyton slammed and locked the door, trapping the rest of the team outside!  They picked the lock and Paddy slipped in only to find himself locked in a moment later!  He was pursued by a kyton around the room as he hurled spells that injured several of them.  Kalil died of his wounds while the kytons played cat-and-mouse with Paddy.  The other two members of the party struggled to get back through the door and eventually had to break the stone door apart.  Once the door was down things changed drastically.  Bolstered by righteous might, Boran dealt death right and left.  Rumbald, protected by barkskin, waded in as well.  After a prolonged battle, the team finally took down the bizarre outsiders!

Reign of Winter — Game Session — 111

by: Charles Plemons - August 27th, 2019   Filed under: Gaming, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Reign of Winter Add Comment

Game summary for August 27, 2019, Reign of Winter campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Baknarla (Adlet Shaman Ranger played by Shane Bradley), Deska Starseeker (Half-Elf Druid played by Kaliegh Averdick), Erris (Arctic Elf Bloodrager played by Casey Scruggs), Keravno (Aasimar Fighter played by Peyton Harmon), Magnus Erlingsson (Human Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Svala Alehorn (Orc Unchained Barbarian played by Todd Hughes), Tarik (Human Bard played by Andrew Renfrow), and Tulvur Xandersen (Troglodyte Fighter played by Taylor Averdick). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

In the exciting conclusion to the campaign, the team found themselves bolstered by the arrival of the rest of their companions.  Meanwhile, another demodand arrived through the mirror gate.  The creatures focused most of their attacks on the two animated statues trapped on their side of the blade barrier.  The demodands hampered the party with a number of acid fog spells.  Elvanna continued to swing for the fences by casting mass suffocation that nearly killed Greta and Keravno.  The team launched spell after spell at their foes and began really weakening the elementals and demodands.  Svala hurled shard axes through the barrier with devastating effect.  The fog continued dealing annoying acid damage across the board.

Elvanna blasted Deska with a destruction spell, and it would have succeeded but for her thread of fate from Vigliv!  The curse upon Elvanna prevented her from acting several times, and Deska clipped her with a clashing rocks spell that knocked her to the ground.

A demodand dispelled the blade barrier, and the team advanced, cutting down elementals and outsiders alike.  Surrounded, Elvanna found herself confused once more by the curse and unable to really defend.  Baknarla reared back and hurled her spear, impaling the queen and slaying her!  Deska then took the nesting doll and rolled it in the blood, which freed Baba Yaga!

The Queen of Witches ended the magic imposing winter upon the world of Golarion and then shattered the mirror gate.  Next, she restored Erris to life and began granting boons to her champions.  To Deska, she granted the services of a mighty dragon.  Tulvur was restored from his troglodyte form to dwarven form.  To Baknarla, she was given passage back to her tribe on her native planet.  Svala was cured of the demon of alcoholism and became just a rager, not a drunken rager.  Tarik was granted that his bardic stories would be collected and spread around the universe, effectively making his memory immortal.  Keravno was granted the services of great and powerful serpent.  And finally, to Magnus, Baba Yaga officiated at his marriage to Greta and the Queen of Witches granted a special blessing upon their unborn child. 

Before returning the group to Golarion, she offered each the change to serve as one of her riders for 100 years, and three, Deska, Erris, and Tarik took up her mantle.  They were suffused with fey magic and prepared for a new series of unbelievable adventures in service to the Queen of Witches. 

Reign of Winter — Game Session — 110

by: Charles Plemons - August 20th, 2019   Filed under: Gaming, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Reign of Winter Add Comment

Game summary for August 20, 2019, Reign of Winter campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Baknarla (Adlet Shaman Ranger played by Shane Bradley), Erris (Arctic Elf Bloodrager played by Casey Scruggs), Keravno (Aasimar Fighter played by Peyton Harmon), Magnus Erlingsson (Human Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Svala Alehorn (Orc Unchained Barbarian played by Todd Hughes), and Tarik (Human Bard played by Andrew Renfrow). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team continued down a corridor and found a large set of double stone doors.  Upon investigating them, they triggered a symbol of vulnerability that afflicted the entire party with massive penalties.  Beyond the doors they discovered Queen Elvanna surrounded by a pair of slimy demodands and three elder ice elementals! 

Elvanna cast mass hold person on the party while one of the demodands dropped an acid cloud on them.  Erris emerged from the fog and was surrounded and devastated by the guardians.  Tarik used bardic performance to enhance the team and then dispelled the acid fog.  Keravno and Svala began advancing as Greta cast enhancements upon Svala’s axe. 

Magnus divided the battlefield with a well-placed blade barrier.  Elvanna blasted the party with chain lightning while the demodands and elementals ripped Erris to pieces by dragging him through the barrier and slaughtering him.  The demodands tried and failed to dispel the blade barrier allowing Keravno time to destroy one of the elementals. 

Baba Yaga was able to infuse Erris’ soul into the two stone idols near Elvanna and animate them!  He was able to control them as shield guardians and found they contained powerful curses cast by the Queen of Witches!  Queen Elvanna fell victim to a mighty curse causing her confusion as the team began to advance.  Svala slew a demodand, and the team rallied as Magnus channeled positive energy.

Will they be able to take down the Queen before she recovers her wits or her minions rip more party members to shreds?

Reign of Winter — Game Session — 109

by: Charles Plemons - August 13th, 2019   Filed under: Gaming, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Reign of Winter Add Comment

Game summary for August 13, 2019, Reign of Winter campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Baknarla (Adlet Shaman Ranger played by Shane Bradley), Deska Starseeker (Half-Elf Druid played by Kaliegh Averdick), Erris (Arctic Elf Bloodrager played by Casey Scruggs), Keravno (Aasimar Fighter played by Peyton Harmon), Magnus Erlingsson (Human Cleric played by Chris Harmon), and Tulvur Xandersen (Troglodyte Fighter played by Taylor Averdick). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team rounded a corner and were attacked by four taotieh!  The animated cat statues pounced and slashed the team with deadly claws, but a number of spells and attacks later, and the creatures were defeated.  In the rubble, they discovered an instant fortress! 

The group moved down the hallway and heard a horrific howl.  The wendigo had arrived!  Several of the party cowered in fear, but Baknarla ran up the slope and attacked!  The wendigo ripped into her with fang and claw and began ripping off strips of flesh!  Baknarla was dragged back down the hallway while the team found several of their spells failing against its spell resistance.  The group began to get frustrated until Tulvur and Keravno’s cold iron weapons proved effective.  Magnus healed Baknarla while Deska hit the wendigo with a finger of death!  Erris recovered from his fear and joined the fray, and the team pressed in.  The wendigo would have been far more deadly but for Magnus’ communal resist energy.  It was unable to slay Baknarla, and the team advanced and cut it down!