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Game summary for September 10, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The party came upon an illuminated portion of the mine, likely once some sort of administrative or housing area. The rocks along the walls glowed with magical flames, probably continual light spells, casting flickering, moving shadows throughout the chamber. Bedrolls, cooking utensils, and other signs of a camp were scattered about. Toward the back of the chamber, a large metal-bound chest rested ominously.

A heavily armored man, wielding a greatsword, stood off to one side. They caught a glimpse of a dwarven pistolero—the same one they’d bumped into back in Bonanza! More lurked in the shadows along with a crossbow-wielding gnome.  A tall, scarred, and ugly man with a metallic lower jaw—Jeb—stood before them, gripping a morningstar in one hand and a pistol in the other. His expression was one of irritation. “You’re in my mine,” he said through his creaking jaw. Then, with a sudden shout, “Reapers, reap!” he bellowed.

Claude cast telekinetic charge and hurled Hekera through the air into the fray!  He grievously injured one of the dwarves with his sword.  The gnome unleashed a volley of screaming bolts at Hekera, and Jeb shot the gatorman with his pistol!  The sword-wielding brute priest cast prayer enhancing all his allies and negatively impacting the entire party.  Khesen and Notch brought the fight to the enemy, and Komorebi overshadowed the prayer with his bardic inspiration and warded himself with mirror image.  The dwarves starting shooting Hekera as well.  Snagy, astride his magical wasp, charged the priest and hurt him.  Helg cast a curative spell on Hekera who then stepped back and consumed a potion of enlarge person. 

Claude blasted Jeb with maximized shocking spark, hurting him badly.  The gnome kept firing on Hekera while Jeb tried to fight Khesen but missed him.  Khesen beat Jeb down with his martial arts.  Meanwhile, the brute priest stepped back and cast ring of blades.  Notch started dropping dwarves with his arrows and Komorebi quickly dispelled the priest’s ring of blades.  Snagy was then able to close in and hit the priest with more lance attacks.  Helg cured Hekera more while the gatorman began engaged with his enormous blade. 

Claude cast shrillfire and killed the brute priest.  Notch dropped the last of the dwarves and Komorebi cast ear-piercing shriek which defeated the gnome!

The team then looted the room and used Jeb’s key to unlock the chest.  It contained several magical weapons the team decided they could use!  They then decided to make the battlefield look like a cave-in killed all the outlaws.  They found their way to another exit, made came, and then traveled back to Bonanza. 

Game summary for September 3, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The group realized the chamber was about to collapse, and so they fled down a corridor as debris and dust came crashing down behind them.  They roamed a bit until the came into a natural cavern occupied by three hook horrors!  Notch had initiative and fired three arrows that plinked off chitinous plates to no effect.  Claude cast manyjaws which was moderately effective against one of the brutes.  A raging hook horror grappled Snagy while Hekera consumed a potion of enlarge person.  Another hook horror approached while Helg cast righteous wrath of the faithful and Khesen attacked one of the monstrosities.  The third provoked an attack of opportunity from Hekera and was terribly injured. 

The hook horrors tried to grapple the melee warriors and take them out of the fight while more rocks fell upon the party, but it just wasn’t to be.  Arrows, spells, and melee strikes rained down upon the insectoid hook horrors, and they were unable to withstand against the team.  The group searched the room and found booted footprints leading down another path, and so they followed. 

Game summary for August 27, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons (game session 1,000!).

With Khesen and his illuminated rock leading the way, the team delved deeper into the mines where they came across a massive metal mining hulk golem!  It towered over the team with its stout metallic legs, large gripping arms for moving rock, and an enormous metal drill protruding from its chest.  A dwarven pistolero and orc blunderer stood in the shadows as well.  The team quicky discovered their weapons were very ineffective against the golem and its metal skin.  Several of the team looked over the golem and realized their magic was likewise ineffective. 

The dwarf pistolero tried to fire his pistol, but it misfired.  Notch put an arrow straight through the pistolero causing him to run off down the hallway screaming for help.  Claude electrocuted the orc blunderer with shocking spark, and Snagyndar finished him off with a spike from his spined shield.  Snagy was able to maneuver to see the fleeing dwarf and dropped him with another spike. 

The golem continued hitting any of the team it could reach.  The group decided to try and use weapon blanche to make some arrows adamantine to pierce into the golem.  It took them a bit to light a fire and get into position.  However, eventually, the got them prepared.  Notch effectively use cluster shots to punch through the golem’s defenses, and he and Khesen were able to slow it with acid damage.  Komorebi cleverly cast grease at the golem’s feet causing it to fall down!  The combination of effects hampered the golem’s ability to fight and allowed the team to amass enough damage to destroy the hulk!

Game summary for August 20, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team did not hear anything approaching from within the mine, so they threw in some pebble illuminated by light spells and waited some more.  Still invisible, they crept in and looked around.  The room was filled with old, mostly broken, mining carts, buckets, crates, and so forth.  It was obvious this entrance, at least, is not being used as an active mine.  They picked a route and went forward a while before realizing the tracks showed this is not a heavily used pathway.  They backtracked and followed one showing heavier traffic.

A while later, with some of them now visible because they had to leave the confines of Komorebi’s invisibility sphere, they came upon another chamber.  Khesen carried an illuminated pebble and was able to shine some light on the situation.  Three cavernous bears growled in the dark!  They were lean and mean and approaching hungrily.  Behind them, armed dwarves and orcs (an odd combination) crouched behind barrels and boulders for cover.  The bears attacked while the dwarves fired pistols and orcs fired blunderbusses. 

Claude blasted one of the dwarves into a smoldering heap with a maximized shocking spark spell.  Komorebi inspired his allies and cast mirror image.  Notch unleashed a volley, Snagy advanced like a tank while giving battlefield tactics, and Khesen and Hekera moved up to engage.  One of the bears grabbed and grappled Hekera while Khesen ducked around a barrier to engage an orc blunderer.  Unfortunately, he took the light source with him throwing several of the other foes into shadows and concealment.  Meanwhile, Helg dropped a flame strike right on top of several enemies. 

Arrows flew, spells ripped through the dark, and blunderbuss blasts echoed in the halls.  Komorebi unleashed several ear-piercing screams to great effect.  The enemies landed several blows, but the team was able to keep up the pressure.  Hekera consumed a potion of enlarge person to break the grapple with the bear, and things fell apart for their opponents.  Soon, they were defeated, and the team listened for approaching danger before quickly looting the room.

Game summary for August 13, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The team decided to follow the napkin-drawn map provided by Borik and head out into the wilds in search of the mine allegedly occupied by bandits and outlaws.  Along the way, the came across an area with a couple bubbling geysers.  Two horse-sized scorpions scuttled about the boulders, and much to the party’s horror, they could see each scorpion was swarmed with teeming baby scorpions!  However, even the babies were the size of a dog! 

Claude cast bogg’s cinderball, and the blast ripped into a scorpion.  One of the young leapt off its parent and began scuttling about as well.  The blast shook the geysers, and the team heard ominous sounds coming from them.  The team realized they had some distance between them and the vermin and began casting spells to enhance their capabilities.  The scorpions, surprisingly fast, cut out in wide swaths around the party to close in.  Moments later, the geysers erupted and sprayed the team with scalding water! 

The scorpions closed in and attacked.  Khesen was poisoned by one of the stings.  Every time any of the party damaged a scorpion, another baby scorpion jumped off and joined in the attack!  Soon scorpions were all around!  Snagyndar summoned his giant wasp mount and magical lance and engaged while Hekera consumed a potion of enlarge person and swung about with aplomb.  Komorebi continued to inspire allies while protected with mirror images.  Claude used his recently-purchased spell-lens to augment his wand of magic missiles and launch volleys of utter destruction while Helg called down a roaring pillar of divine flame strike!  Khesen and Hekera were able to engage in melee with the critters alongside Snagy, and the team soon took them all down.

The team stood around afterward a bit too long and were flung into the air from a very violent geyser explosion!  From a bit further off, Helg channeled positive energy and healed them most of their wounds.

The group continued following the map and came across tracks showing booted humanoids regularly travel this area.  They got off the trail and snuck up the side of a valley to look down and saw the entrance to the mine.  After watching for an hour, they could see an armed human walk up to the edge from within and stretch.  He then disappeared within.

The party went back to the trail.  Komorebi cast invisibility sphere, and the group walked up to the mine entrance where they saw a misspelled sign with a skull indicating danger.  They looked in, and Komorebi took Snagy’s signal whistle and blew it as loudly as he could to get a response!

Game summary for August 6, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), and Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The party went to see Sheriff Hayden and found him to be an honorable and brave man.  He was the only deputy who did not immediately quit and flee after the Ironjaw Reapers killed the previous Sheriff, Bosco.  He offered to hire them as deputies for 4 gp per week, but they declined.  He told them a few more rumors and what he could about the Ironjaw Reapers, which was not a great amount. 

The group then went to visit The Planar Emporium, the curio shop run by Jasper Whistlewind, a flamboyant quarterling with an impressive mane of silver hair and a motley outfit of vibrant colors and gaudy jewelry.  He offered to sell them various items, and they let him know they had quite a bit of means, and he eagerly took them to a sealed room where he showed them powerful magical items he claimed were unique to Greela.  Regardless of that claim, the group had never seen items quite like these, magical hats, boots, belts, and shining spurs.  The team decided to liquidate their accumulated magical item surplus and come back to shop later.

The party looked around to see if they could find a tavern or bar a bit rougher than The Dusty Pistol, and it took little searching to find The Tumbling Weed.  In fact, a patron was tossed bodily out the front doors as they watched.  They entered the seedy establishment and realized they were in a much lower-class operation than the Pistol.  They were eyed by the bouncer, a mountain of a half-orc woman.  The team sat down at a couple tables and ordered some of the worst ale they have experienced.  Before long, a dwarven miner came up to bar and ordered some moonshine.  The group bought him another round and one for themselves and struck up conversation.

The miner, Borik Ironbeard, is a working class individual who has mined throughout Greyspace for nearly 70 years.  He seemed to like the new Sheriff and had some gossip on lots of different topics.  They talked for quite a while, and he offered to draw them a map to what he believes to be an abandoned mine occupied by a group of bandits in exchange for one more drink.  The team readily agreed, and he sketched out a map on a napkin using a piece of coal.   

Game summary for July 30, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Komorebi (Kitsune Bard played by Josh Jenkins), Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

Their perilous journey racing against their air supply had come to a joyful end. The Perry had dropped out of spelljamming speed, and before them lay the beautiful cluster-world planet, Greela. Greela was comprised of thousands of planetoids within a larger atmosphere. Some of the planetoids were fairly close together, while others were separated by many miles. Each planetoid had its own gravity and atmosphere, so some spun, others drifted, and some tumbled end-over-end.

The party flew into the planetary atmosphere, and the immediate refresh of their own air supply was nearly overwhelming! Like a great weight lifted, they no longer had the fear of suffocation and being lost adrift in Wildspace. Wizzlecrank directed them to a region of planetoids known as Frontier. Frontier was a loose confederation of towns, primarily occupied by humans, who had settled to mine the vast mineral wealth found within the planet’s swirling earth bodies. The largest town, and capital so to speak of Frontier, was Bonanza. It was known as a freewheeling community, more than a little wild, like many growing mining towns. People came here seeking to strike it rich or to hide from the wider multiverse. Laws were enforced brutally, but who made the laws and what constituted the law was often debatable.

Wizzlecrank’s alien mind-voice slithered into their brains and informed them that the Hive Mind had revealed to him a tavern in Bonanza where they might get some rest and prepare for the next leg of their journey toward Ginsel. The Dusty Pistol was a quality tavern that boasted the fewest number of fights per week in all of Frontier. It was also allegedly near the dock, so it should have been a short jaunt after they made land.

Bonanza was a bustling town but certainly smaller than most of the ports the party had recently visited. It might have been considered backwater in comparison. A small lake was located outside of town, and the planetoid appeared somewhat arid and rocky. The group could see cacti growing around the outskirts of town, and a tumbleweed blew down the dock as they landed. Only a handful of ships could dock there at any given time. Two appeared to be unloading cargo currently. The dockmaster, a green-scaled dracon (a dragon-like centaur) wearing a poncho, was collecting taxes from the ship captains.

The streets were dry and dusty, and the buildings were sturdy and practical wood constructions. Wares from the ships were loaded onto wooden carts drawn by oxen. Most of the people they saw were human, or at least partially human. They also noticed a number of dwarves among the residents.

The party was moving through the crowd when they accidentally bumped hard against a muscular dwarf. He roared in anger, and several other rough-looking dwarves and humans joined him. His fingers danced around a holstered pistol, and the locals scattered. A fight in the busy street could have caused tremendous collateral damage.

“You ain’t from ’round here, so you don’t know. But you know today. You stand clear of the Ironjaw Reapers.” He spat a wad of chew toward their feet and slowly walked away. His companions laughed as they followed. One even pointed finger guns in their direction and chuckled.

Helg stopped the dwarf and apologized profusely, and the dwarf told him to not let it happen again before walking off.

The team found their way to The Dusty Pistol.  The establishment was a lively, single-story tavern in Bonanza, Frontier. A wide wooden porch, complete with creaky rocking chairs, led to the swinging saloon doors. Inside, the main room was filled with long wooden tables and sturdy benches. The bar, made of polished oak, was adorned with hanging lanterns that cast a warm glow. A large stone fireplace dominated one wall, crackling with a cozy fire. The atmosphere was filled with the sounds of a piano, rowdy laughter, and the clink of glasses.

A unique feature of the tavern was its enchanted chandelier made of crystal pistol shapes, each glowing with a different magical hue. Behind the bar, a grizzled half-orc bartender polished glasses and kept a wary eye on the patrons.  A talented gnome pianist, dressed in a fine suit and bowler hat, played while a stunning red-headed half-elven lass sang a line of “Whiskey Goes Good.”  Komorebi struck up a conversation with the gnome, Rufus “Quickdraw” Carter, and joined in with them for a number. 

The party took a seat, and the bartender took their orders.  The singer, Ella, brought the beverages and took their food orders as well.  Quickdraw started playing cards with the group and lost the hand to Komorebi, and the party declined to play further.  Snagy made a few crude passes at Ella who shut him down completely.  Half the team decided it was the night to party and blow off steam, and they spent the entire night drinking and gambling.  All of them ended up earning money in their endeavors. 

The next day they overheard some locals talking about a notorious band of outlaws using an abandoned mine near Bonanza as a secret base.  There was some discussion of going over to check it out before someone reminded them this is a single mining community in a planetary region of mining towns, and they didn’t have any idea which mine this could be.  Snagy remembered he had an old contact in Bonanza, a former adventuring companion.  The man, Verran, was serving as undertaker to the community, which was interesting because Snagy knew him to be a somewhat accomplished necromancer! 

They went to visit Verran, and the two exchanged pleasantries and caught up a bit.  The party showed him the repaired skull of Iskra the watchghost in hopes he could restore her, but it was beyond his capabilities.  He didn’t know anything about any outlaws hiding out of town, but he was able to tell them a bit more about the Ironjaw Reapers.  They send him lots of business!  He did tell them though he’d heard rumors of black market deals and trading with a particular recent interest in weapons, especially magical ones.  They purchased a scroll of speak with dead from him and left.

They drifted through the market looking for magical weapon dealers but found none.  They decided they did not have time for distraction and started heading back to The Perry to resume their trip.  Along the way, they were distracted by observing the Ironjaw Reapers beating up a merchant and leaving him bleeding in the street.  The party made their way over and talked to the man.  They learned the Reapers seem to have run of the town after killing Sheriff Bosco a few weeks ago.  The new sheriff, Hayden, never left the jail and was terrified.  Claude handed the man coins to replace what was stolen by the Reapers.  He told them about the leader of the Reapers, Jeb, who has an actual iron jaw because his was ripped off by an owlbear!

Game summary for July 23, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The ship lurched and spun! The party was still traveling at incredible speeds, but something was wrong! Looking over the railing, they saw they had been swept up along with a rogue comet streaking through Greyspace! It had a powerful gravity field and emanated strange energies affecting your gnome propulsion technology. Their ship, The Perry, was tumbling and twisting and struggling to move under its own power. Even worse, bits of the comet tail came ripping through their atmosphere. It was so cold it caused the oxygen to solidify into light blue crystals that began bobbing along their gravity plane and bouncing out into space! If this continued too long, they might lose significant amounts of their dwindling air supply! If larger parts broke off, they could rip The Perry in half!

Bobbing along behind the comet were shattered chunks of ship hulls, mute testament to the terrible deadly danger the team now found themselves in!

The team came together in a remarkable way.  Hekera’s studies in engineering paid off immediately, and the group began aiding one another on skill checks and racking up successful tasks trying to get the ship back under control.  Helg cast flame strike repeatedly to melt the frozen oxygen back into gas to further reduce the loss of atmosphere.  Eagle-eyed Notch, Snagy, Khesen, and Claude were all quite successful perceiving threats and changes in the movement of the comet.  In about five minutes, they were able to shake free of its gravitational pull and into freedom! 

Free of the comet, The Perry stabilized. However, they were not alone. Bobbing along in their atmosphere was a shattered Viking drakkar. The ship had been broken in half. Maybe last week. Maybe last century. There were no bodies or creatures visible. However, the group could see what appeared to be crates and barrels lashed to the deck. Perhaps there was something salvageable?

Hekera used a grappling hook to snag the wreckage and drag it alongside while Claude cast detect magic and discovered several auras within the containers.  The team cautiously boarded the broken Viking ship and started going through the crates.  They found several coins and gems along with a magical wand, a magical ring, and a lesser battle staff designed by the famous elven wizard, Melf! 

Game summary for July 9, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), and Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

The party was flying through Greyspace on the way to Greela, hoping to find a source of air. They were fearful they would have insufficient oxygen for the journey. Things had been quiet since the Koopa Kingdom warp invasion. Greyspace was cold and enormous.

Objects came bobbing into their gravity plane. Several black spheres bounced up and down. Among them bobbed several bodies. The spheres came crashing into the side of The Perry where they unfurled! Skeletal hands grasped the railing and rigging, hauling aboard walking dead men. These undead skeletons were glistening black, almost as if constructed from blackened steel. Within the hollowed eye sockets burned small red pinpoints of light.

They vaguely recalled hearing old mariners talk about skeleton minefields, dangerous murder zones created by the goblinoid races during the Unhuman Wars. Nearly 400 years later, these were few and far between, but since the mines were undead, they were as dangerous as ever. These deadly monstrosities drew razor-edged short swords and advanced, their horrific grimaces frozen on their skulls.

Several of the other bodies came crashing onto the deck. They looked like they were slain by sharp blades some time ago. Were they dead adventurers killed by the skeletons at some point in the past? Were they carrying anything useful?

The black skeletons wielded twin short swords and attacked with amazing alacrity and skill!  Their hits were shallow and not devastating in raw damage, but each sapped the strength of the target!  The monsters slashed and weakened the team’s best melee fighters while Notch, Claude, and Helg blasted away with volleys of arrows and powerful spells.  Magic arced across the deck of The Perry while the team tried to repel the vicious attack.  Notch was finally able to destroy one of the skeletons weakened by the rest of the team.  Khesen ripped a sword from the hands of another and grappled it.  Positive energy washed across the decks dealing wounds to the dread invaders.  Lightning splayed out from Claude’s fingers in powerful blasts.  Even terribly weakened by the strength-sapping energy, Hekera still flailed about with his greatsword and cleaved his foes.  Finally, he was able to cut down the other two.

The group then searched the remains of the skeletons and the bodies of the dead adventurers.  They discovered a bandolier filled with powerful magical draughts the likes of which they had never heard of before.  They also found a magical lyre and a small fortune in gems and gold!

Game summary for July 2, 2024, Chronoshift: Spelljammer campaign, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, for Phoenix Gaming Club. Session included: Claude Dill Budshire (Sokari Sorcerer played by Peyton Harmon), Hekera Nephera Mawhesk Vyk’sebekenka (Sebek-ka Fighter played by Preston Harmon), Helg Ingvar (Aasimar Cleric played by Chris Harmon), Khesen Pavel (Human Brawler played by Parker Harmon), Notch Bowman (Human Fighter played by Andrew Renfrow), and Snagyndar Blackthorn (Huldran War Master played by Casey Scruggs). Game Master for this session was Charles Plemons.

Three days into the journey in Greyspace, the ship rumbled and a warp sound ripped through the vessel.  Green warp pipes materialized and invaders from the Koopa Kingdom swarmed through!  They came through on all three levels of the ship forcing the party to split!  Before Hekera was able to get down below, a goomba tore into several of the crew.  Notch could see through a port hole as they screamed for help!  Nick (or was it Vick?) came screaming up a ladder as a blue spike top came up behind him. 

A pair of dry bones and a red koopa troopa had emerged on the upper deck and ripped into the team.  The fear aura of the dry bones combined with the ship’s stale air really presented a problem for the team.  Snagy was able to counter the fear, and Helg channeled positive energy to damage the dry bones, but they recovered the damage at prodigious speed.  Claude tried blasting the koopa troopa with electricity, but it was unaffected.  The spell then bounced (due to his magical rod) to a dry bones, but he could not overcome its spell resistance. 

Notch tried to shimmy over the side of the ship to clear some distance and slipped over the rail and down unto the bill of The Perry.  However, from there he was able to consume a fly potion and take to the air to rain down volleys of arrows.  Snagy engaged with his axe-hammer and hit kickers, but fate frowned and kept him from being extremely effective.  Khesen tripped one of the dry bones while the other was inflicting its terrible dry rot disease among the party. 

Helg cast cherub’s burning blade and moved to engage while Khesen grappled and eventually pinned a dry bones!  Hekera was able to defeat the spike top and goomba down on the second floor.  Claude took down the koopa with an acidic energy dart. 

Suddenly, the warp sound filled the ship!  Pipes materialized once again and sucked in the remain dry bones and the slain creatures!  Fortunately, Khesen was able to avoid being sucked into whatever dimension as well.