"Bah! Barely more than a scratch! Jest wasn't expecting the little bastard to actually HIT me!" the dwarf grumbled.<br/><br/>As they approach the tunnel leading to the next cavern, the group hears high-pitched cries of torment, coming from it. Descending into the next room, the walls of this egg-shaped cavern are obscured by thick tangles of long, pallid roots. To the east, the chamber opens into a wide, root-filled chasm. Four Sootscale kobolds hang from the root-covered wall, three of them limp, the last one struggling, as a half-dozen mites surround it, poking at it with pointed, wooden sticks, and giggling manically.