DF Novices, Team-A, Session 45 - Diary of Merrill Tangled Tail

     Here is a write-up of last team A session, from the player of Merrill.

Session Date:    Tuesday 5 September 2023

Party roster:

Ben, half-ogre barbarian, 132 points (PC)
Doran Longbeard, dwarf knight, 159 points (PC)
Eleanor Bayley, human thief, 174 points (PC)
- Dagne, human cleric, 125 points (NPC Hireling)
Erizax Ofaris, human wizard, 178 points (PC)
Merrill Tangled Tail, cat-folk martial artist, 92 points (PC)
Randall, human warrior, 135 points (NPC)

Campaign Date:    6 August, Year 645 of the Vycenaean Empire.

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Diary of Merrill Tangled Tail:

Friends agreed that night in town was better than night in mine. With that, Merrill must agree. But then night turn into day, and there many many things to do in town that mean we spend another night in inn. Another night in comfortable place with warm rooms, good food and soft beds? Perhaps it lazy side of Merrill talking again, but... things could be worse, yes?

When we return to mine, Ben find new axe trap with face. First Merrill thought that axe had been thrown, but Eleanor quick to point out it probably trap. It not even good trap, simply axe held up with rope to swing at first person to trip wire. It miss. Door now no longer secret but still door still hanging from one hinge, still open. That unusual, and not how we expected to find it. On way to mine there was much speculation, and Merrill was happy to let friends discuss things amongst selves. It always education to listen to arguments of friends, and Merrill must admit they all know much much more of these things than Merrill does. That very good! Now Merrill know even more things that Merrill does not know!

Inside of big room, there still bodies of enemies where they fell. That also, it seem, very unusual. All still have weapons with them, so nothing taken or looted. This it seems unusual enough that some friends get worried. And worried for good reason, it seem, because moment we touch door to go through to next place in mine, dead enemies begin standing up.

It appear, so friends say, that they fought undead in mine before, but believed they tied to large rat creature thing that walk on two legs. Since they kill rat creature thing, they hope no more undead. But now there more undead.

Fight always quick and chaotic to Merrill's eyes, so Merrill only clearly remember things Merrill did or saw friends do. One moment Merrill fighting undead orc thing, next moment Merrill stepping back to avoid big sword and stumble over tail. That not happen to Merrill in years! Luckily there chair directly behind Merrill, so Merrill quickly sit to avoid falling over. Merrill believe he made it look good, at least. Then Dagne, new cleric friend, invoked power of goddess and tell Merrill, in these words 'Courage little one'. Little one?! Merrill not so little anymore!

Merrill nearly within whisker of sixteenth year! Merrill no longer milk drinking kitten.

Okay, so Merrill still drink milk time to time. It tasty.

Perhaps Merrill still have kitten fluff on scruff and tail. It possible Merrill still growing into ears.

But Merrill not little!

So Merrill stand and run forward to stand between Dagne and other Orc thing. It good fight! It very good fight until Merrill has staff knocked from fingers. Again.

Forgive Merrill, Master Lashki, Merrill still fumble fingers despite your wise lessons and infinite patience.

As Merrill prepare to fight with claws, Eleanor call Merrill over and we swap weapons. Swift Eleanor has staff that is much much longer than what Merrill is used to fighting with, but it still weapon Merrill knows. It strange thing, it like Coiling Dragon staff, but all solid. It long! It so long Merrill can keep Orc far, far away from others, holding undead thing in place while friends fight around.

Once Merrill see Doran come in from side, and Randall finish off fight on other side, Merrill drops big staff on purpose and begin to hold final undead thing in place. Then throw undead thing into ceiling. Merrill intended to throw thing into chair, but ceiling much lower than training dojo and thing smacked into rock. It fall down like dead undead thing, and Randall make sure it properly redead. Ben and Doran make very short work of final enemies, and chaos return to silence.

Well, it answer question. Clearly undead things not connected to big rat thing.

Three more undead things wake up when Doran go to redead undead things, but we ready for them now and fight very quick. Luckily, during entire time, Erizax keep door behind us locked with magic spell.

Through door, there corridor. In corridor, more door. Ben go through door in corridor but see no more door in room beyond door, so come back to corridor to find other door. Through other door in corridor, there sleeping room but nobody there now. Then come point where corridor collapse, but there secret door again, except secret door wide open. This really unusual.

Through secret door in corridor, there another big room. It not empty, but there no people in it. Now there new door in room behind secret door in corridor. What we find through door?

Merrill eager to find out, yes yes!