(Resuming from sessions /journal/session000 and /journal/session001.)
Kiiv, having just pushed open the trapdoor, was the first to poke his head up into the room. He saw a giant plow that had previously blocked the trapdoor, plus Jeno and several farmhands (armed with farming tools and bows), readying themselves to attack. Jeno shouted "Wait! It's them!", and got everyone to lower their weapons.
Kiiv angrily questioned why the trapdoor was blocked, to which Jeno answered that they thought the party had been killed because of all the shouting and fighting they heard. Kiiv asked why there was money at the bottom of the ladder if they thought we were dead, to which Jeno replied that she dropped the money in earlier and only locked the trapdoor after hearing the noise.
Jeno claimed not to have known about any of this underground area previously, and offered food for everyone, plus a healing potion for Enna. The party grudgingly accepted and was served a meal of lamb, turnips, green beans, and pudding. Kestyn was strangely curious about the green beans. The dinner included at least 12 attendants and laborers, plus the party and Jeno.
During dinner, Jeno offered 1 gold each for the spiders that were killed, plus 1 silver each per dangerous creature killed going forward. Whipp and Kiiv chatted about the situation and think something seems suspicious about that fact that no one knew any of the rooms or tunnels were there. Kestyn and Enna participated in the customary post-dinner dance, though Kestyn performed it quite poorly. The party slept the night in Jeno's guest rooms.
The next morning, the party decided to wait until evening to go back into the tunnels in order to allow everyone to rest up fully.
Kestyn helped move rocks from the fields during the day, and Enna fed the animals, while everyone else rested up.
Jeno gave the party a large bell to ring if there is trouble getting up the ladder or opening the trapdoor on their way back, which the party left on the ground next to the ladder.
The group took the left turn at the T junction, heading down long tunnels of obviously worked stone. After several hours of walking without incident, the party saw a small pile of stone and rubble. Kestyn was curious and wanted to pull on a handle that was sticking out, but the rest of the party overruled him (especially Whipp).
Everyone continued on, but several undead creatures soon rose up out of the pile and attacked the group. The party took several hard hits from what turned out to be an undead dwarf and his undead mule, but the creatures were soon vanquished. Kiiv found and took a medallion with an "H" engraved on the dwarf. There was nothing else interesting in the pile, except the remains of a yoke and cart that made it seem like the dwarf and mule may have died in an accident when the roof caved in, though that doesn't explain how they became undead.
The party had to traverse a 10' hole in the floor that had collapsed; they succeeded by using multiple ropes, though barely, before realizing they could have probably just leapt across.
After this, the party decided to sleep in the tunnel, as it was approaching midnight.
In the morning the group continued on their journey for several more miles before seeing some strange-looking plants. Though they weren't immediately hostile, the party was concerned, given the undead that had attacked the previous day. Kiiv went up to them and blew a gout of fire from his mouth, hurting both plant-like creatures. The party was then attacked, but managed to kill the creatures, which turned out to look more like giant humanoid mushrooms up close.
Next session: Keep going down the tunnel for a ways, with the plan to turn back once everyone has half of their rations remaining. Eventually go down the right side of the T junction way back near the spider room. Kiiv has been taking body parts (mostly legs) from the creatures killed, tallying 2 undead and 2 mushroom people so far.
Only four characters were active during this session, with Orla and Morlo fading into the background.
It's about 10:00am when the session ends.
Party Experience Before Session: 600XP
Experience Earned:
Party Experience After Session: 1,237XP
Needed For Level 2: 300 * 6 = 1,800XP