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((Since my familiar is from my Pact Chain Kaylyn can sense what he senses up to a mile.  He'll need to be within 100 feet of Sekkar to communicate simple ideas, emotions, and images telepathically with him))

Oh sorry. I have trouble keeping track of everyone's abilities, especially when they are exceptions to another rule. In that case, rather than rescind the commentary, I'll just ret-con it.

The faerzress continues to swirl. The loss of connection between warlock and familiar passes as suddenly as it came, and Kaylyn finds the connection re-established after only a brief moment of panic, to once again experience everything that Pensive senses. Pensive turns around again and heads back toward the tunnel.

Droki: Acrobatics: 7 (with disadvantage due to surprise - just made that up).

Sekkar is caught slightly off-guard by Droki's sudden impact, but he quickly grabs him with both arms and pins the wriggling derro fast against his scaly body. Lemme go! Lemme go! squeals the creature. 

"Got him!" Sekkar was so excited, he yelled that information. But since no one was around, lizardman just turned back dragging Droki with him to present his trophy to the group. "Stop squirming! Nobody is going to eat you," tried he to calm down wiggly derro, mixing dwarvish and undercommon. "You answer a couple questions and can run anywhere you want."

It doesn't take long for Sekkar to drag the struggling derro back through the tunnels (smaller ones were more difficult as Droki persists in spreading his arms and legs out against the walls). Across the pool he sees normally-sized Rhayna and Zeno on opposite sides of the main passage, but again he takes the smaller side tunnel until he emerges back in the first cave, Stool and Pensive following behind.

Droki wriggles constantly, sometimes attempting to bite Sekkar's arm, sometimes gnashing his teeth and reaching up to slap pathetically at Sekkar's face, sometimes 'commanding' his hat to strike his captor down, but always complaining about being late, and how delaying him will alter fate and cause disaster. It is the first opportunity to see the elusive derro close up, and a few more features become evident. The floppy hat has two stuffed tentacles sewn on to it (of what creature none can tell), which Droki seems to believe will attack his enemies at his command. He also has a satchel that appears to be made of darkmantle hide, which he clutches to most doggedly. Despite the struggling, the under-sized derro and lizardman make a comical sight, almost like two gruesome dolls come to life and wrestling for the right to be placed in the doll-maker's window.

Sekkar whistled to attract attention of "the big" folk and waited until someone would free his hands of the wriggling burden. Only then He took a bite from the purple mushroom to get back to his size (at least he hoped that was the purpose of those shrooms). "Nice gig they have here with shrinking/growing. Someone wants to get a bit taller? I wonder if the shrooms work outside of cave." Sekkar was not sure what they all want from derro, so he let those who do know deal with it and switched his attention to thet curious mushrooms.

As expected, the purple mushroom returns Sekkar to his normal size. The ranger sees no reason why the mushrooms wouldn't work anywhere, although he notices that those he picked earlier already have a slightly shriveled look about them.

Joetaro easily restrains Droki around the shoulders, but it takes Kaylyn, Kastix and Rhayna together to hold his legs. But hold him they do.

After the Derro Droki is subdued, Stool runs to Rhayna. Rhayna pats the Myconid on its top. "Yes, you were very brave. Good job."

Pensive, a bit panicked for a moment and heading back down the tunnel, sees Sekkar with the derro.   He follows them back towards the entry point and stands guard about 50 feet from the entry point

"So what are doing this unfortunate fellow again?" Kastix questions as he holds onto the derro before turning to him and staring at him, "Do we really need him to keep his legs? They're really annoying me if they keep kicking," 

Intimidation : 11 (I can not roll for crap. This with+5)

(Besides Zeno, are we aware that Buppido is also nearby?)

Joetaro adds. "You want to keep your legs don't you? We've got questions" 

Intimidation - 24

Zeno will creep back and let the others know that Buppido is talking crazy talk across the hall.

With Pensive watching the tunnel entrance, Sekkar returns to normal size. Kastix tries to threaten Droki into calming down, but it's Joetaro's growl and tightened grip on the derro's shoulder that makes him finally stop kicking, although he continues to complain about being late, and that someone will be angry. Zeno returns from across the hall, telling the others that Buppido is across the hall.

What next?

Stool hears that Buppido is nearby and runs to meet the Derro. Rhayna sees the Myconid running out of their current location. “What? Where are you going Stool??” She runs after the little guy. Stool uses his spore once more. “Hello Buppido!! It’s me. Stool!!”

(LOL??)

(oh, jeez) “What, oh...someone figure out whats up with this guy and his hat.” Zeno goes running after Rhayna and Stool, 

"What do you mean - what's up?" Sekkar left the mushrooms (he did take one each but it was already clear they did not leave long, otherwise they would be sold at every corner) and joined interrogators. "He is crazy. I bet he thinks he is a mind flayer. If he lives in this place, I am not surprised. Whatever you wanted him for, you better ask fast - terribly wiggly bugger." "But did I hear it right and you found Buppido? I'll go say "hello"." Whistling is not a lizarmen tradition, or Sekkar would whistle all the way to Buppido hideout, feeling satisfaction of a job well done.

Joetaro, Kastix and Kaylyn are left holding the still-reduced-in-size Droki, as Sekkar, Rhayna, Zeno and Sarith follow Stool across the passage into the other tunnel.

The muttering from before has been replaced with an off-key humming, and the smell of rotten meat hits everyone like a slap in the face, although Sekkar probably detects more odours and cares less than the others. Rounding the entrance to the cave, the group see Buppido hunched over and working busily at something on the floor. Stool is trotting toward him across the floor, which is carpeted with humanoid remains in varying stages of decomposition, arranged in a spiral pattern around the cave’s center.

Looking up at Stool's approach, Buppido sees his former cellmates and says: Oh, there you are! He wipes his hands on his vest and smiles viciously. I expected you to find me here, and with my shrine just finished! My faithful are finally honoring me! Will you? Yes. Yes, I sense that you are ready to follow me in death! Faithful, arise! The various limbs and assorted flesh covering the floor appear to be the remains of several derro, deep gnomes, and goblins, as well as a couple of grimlocks. As Buppido spreads his hands wide over his spiral-shaped 'shrine' of flesh, parts of it start to move and form into half a dozen skeletons. Meat still hangs from some of the bones, and strangely each of the skeletons has two skulls. They clatter across the cave on shaky legs and converge on the visitors.

- So much for saying Hello. Roll for initiative!
- There are six skeletons, and none seem to be interested in attacking Stool. Two are converging on Rhayna, two on Zeno, and one each on Sekkar and Sarith, and all are 25' away. Buppido is 50' away in the centre of the room.
- The humanoid remains on the floor make the entire cave difficult terrain.
- Buppido is speaking loudly, and Kastix, Kaylyn and Joetaro can hear clearly from the cave across the passage, so can also roll initiative, but are 100' away from the entrance to Buppido's cave. Droki can hear too, and he starts to wriggle again.

Kastix: 10

Rhayna initiative: 22

Rhyana holds her mouth, so she won't throw up...

(Just want to make sure. All the skeletons are Undead right?)

"Tie the mad derro!" Sekkar went to too much trouble to get the elusive creep to forget about his existence just because of a fer skeletons. Foul odour indeed did not bother him - well, food is not always fresh it does not mean you throw it away - but Buppido commanding undead, that was bad.

Initiative 11

Zeno Initiative: 18