To Droki: "While exploring down here, have you come across anything noteworthy? Do you know where the vortex in that pool leads? Do you know what these guantlets from your animated armor do? What about this belt; what does it do? Is there anything in your lab that we missed or that you could use to aid us? Where were you running to when we apprehended you?”
Droki - “Bah. I could care less for the Alchemist. He was a true genius...but a real arsehole if ye ask me. Sounds like he got what he deserved. Hahaha!” He chuckles to mostly himself. “Don’t know much about gardening, Dwarf. You saw the Alchemist’s lab though, eh? Whatta ya think he was doing with them fungi?” He replies almost rhetorically.
Droki listens to Mikey ask a barrage of questions then replies - “Yes. No. What? Umm. That’s not me lab, ya dolt. Who ya be thinking I be anyways?” He replies, somewhat confused and irritated.
Droki - “Well, there’s a crazed Derro towards the entrance. You’ve met the Alchemist and his garden already. And then there’s the Obelisk...but you don’t look smart enough to figure out that thing. No offense.”He says smugly.
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"Ok master Droki. If ye be on the side of saving the town then we be on the same side. We have seen the demons...we have watched a demigorgon destroy a town, we've seen what is happening in the underdark. So speak freely then..for as moradins forges burn so does our desire to rid this place of evil. Why are ye being persecuted and accused of childnapping?"
Rowland, no stranger to intoxicating substances in his many long years out in the Underdark all alone, notes that this Derro seems to have an erratic twitch...
Droki to Gremryl - "How the heck should I know?! What I do know is that I get paid to deliver packages with no questions asked. Client privacy is important, ye know, master Dwarf, is it not?!" He smiles and lightly laughs then says, "You can ask Mistress Ylsa if that be true. She be lying to ye if she'd say her client list was open to the public!"he says. His head shakes wildly for a moment, then he resumes looking normal-ish.
"No offense taken my dude. But I may be brighter than I look! Tell me more of this obelisk and what it does and please mark it on our map. But I don't understand why somebody would set you up. Others have made it seem that you are a killer. Why would they do that? What can they leverage? What would they have to gain? And I definitely think that we can help each other out! Who has asked you to deliver your latest packages and what did they contain?"
Droki - “Other than it’s interesting, I don’t know much about the obelisk. Part of it though was given to the Alchemist. I’m sure fine adventurer was such as yourselves found it in his lab though. As for calling me a murderer...who? Gimme a name and exactly what they said.” The Derro’s eyes shake a bit more than a simple flutter.
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“Droki, explain why ye be sharing a work space with Bupido.” That one had a whole room of murder. Sickening. What do you and the gray ghosts have to do with him? He ranted about madness and murder with a true bastard’s stance. Did ye know what he was up to?”
history check to see if Elmo has ever heard of the Gray ghosts in underground circles: 15
Droki - “Bah. I could care less for the Alchemist. He was a true genius...but a real arsehole if ye ask me. Sounds like he got what he deserved. Hahaha!” He chuckles to mostly himself. “Don’t know much about gardening, Dwarf. You saw the Alchemist’s lab though, eh? Whatta ya think he was doing with them fungi?” He replies almost rhetorically.
Droki listens to Mikey ask a barrage of questions then replies - “Yes. No. What? Umm. That’s not me lab, ya dolt. Who ya be thinking I be anyways?” He replies, somewhat confused and irritated.
“As to that first ‘yes’, what noteworthy things have u come across?”
Rowland attempts to study Droki to tell whether he may be under some influence affecting his status.
Perception check: 15
"Ok master Droki. If ye be on the side of saving the town then we be on the same side. We have seen the demons...we have watched a demigorgon destroy a town, we've seen what is happening in the underdark. So speak freely then..for as moradins forges burn so does our desire to rid this place of evil. Why are ye being persecuted and accused of childnapping?"
Persuasion check 22
Rowland, no stranger to intoxicating substances in his many long years out in the Underdark all alone, notes that this Derro seems to have an erratic twitch...
Rowland will rack his memory for knowledge of any substance that might be causing the derro to act so erratically.
Nature: 22
Nothing comes to Rowland’s mind that accurately explains what he’s seeing being exhibited by the Derro.
To Droki:
"No offense taken my dude. But I may be brighter than I look! Tell me more of this obelisk and what it does and please mark it on our map. But I don't understand why somebody would set you up. Others have made it seem that you are a killer. Why would they do that? What can they leverage? What would they have to gain? And I definitely think that we can help each other out! Who has asked you to deliver your latest packages and what did they contain?"
Droki - “Other than it’s interesting, I don’t know much about the obelisk. Part of it though was given to the Alchemist. I’m sure fine adventurer was such as yourselves found it in his lab though. As for calling me a murderer...who? Gimme a name and exactly what they said.” The Derro’s eyes shake a bit more than a simple flutter.
Rowland relays to the others that he senses the Derro may be under some influence but that he can't determine it's nature.
Droki’s twitching becomes more predominant. It’s eerily unnatural in every way.
Mikey relays all previous information they have obtained regarding Droki to Droki.
Aside to Grem: "Hey bro, do that true sight deal on our captive. Something might be pulling his strings..."
“Droki, explain why ye be sharing a work space with Bupido.” That one had a whole room of murder. Sickening. What do you and the gray ghosts have to do with him? He ranted about madness and murder with a true bastard’s stance. Did ye know what he was up to?”
history check to see if Elmo has ever heard of the Gray ghosts in underground circles: 15
“Droki do you know anything about who is plotting against Themberchaud?”
“Why ye be shaking mate? Is there magic involved with yer current condition?”
elmo adopts a more cautionary stance.
Elmo mimics Droki’s Erratic movements and says to the group,
“ is magic doing this? Is he being controlled? What’s happening with his creepy movements?”