Coldwater's Abomination Vaults

Game Master Quentin Coldwater

Kvit nods satisfied as the second shadow is torn to shreds. "Good enough. Though these things seem to have left this thief alone. Either they were working for him or he is powerful enough they've left him alone. Be careful."

Then he raises his voice. "Just in case he tries to escape I'll block the way!" He points to the path leading up to the cave entrance and a sheer vertical slab of stone appears to block the way.

Illusory Object H+1 20ft burst should block the whole way. It should even feel like stone to the touch since it is heightened to level 2. The googly eyes are only visible from the air, so don't worry about that.

Kka lowers her sword. She'd been about to give shadow creature a few more slashes for good measure, but Kvit takes care of the killing blow. "Thaat's two more of the living dead we can add to our taally sheet." She then looks over to where Carman disappeared and wanders in that direction slowly, dragging her shortsword behind her along the ground for good measure. "<Screeeeeeeech>" The sound it produces in the slient cave is like nails on a chalkboard. "Come out, come out wherever you are. We know its you baack there, Caarman Raanjaani. We don't mean you any haarm, yet, but we do need to haave a little talk about a certain missing sword."

Action: Coerce with Demon Mask vs Carman
Intimidation (Coerce): 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 12 + 1 = 32 vs Carman Will DC

I'd watch that show!

Fuin leans in toward Kka and mutters quietly, "Maybe mention how disappointed his ancestor would be in him. A hero's sword being hidden away in a dank cave when it could be used to save the town, or something. I dunno, I just get the feeling he's big on civic pride. Couldn't hurt."

I'd roll to aid but uh. I'd need a natural 19 XD

Is this a meme around your parts? I feel like it's appropriate.

A buff-looking guy appears from around the corner, his longsword in one hand, light hammer in the other. "Whaddaya want? It's my sword. It's got my family name on it and everything. Stupid librarians just don't want to give it back because it's 'historical' or something. I don't care, with that sword I won't be the laughing stock of the town anymore. And now they sent a hit squad after my ass. Should've gone to Absalom when I had the chance."

"You lay claim to a piece of equipment that was bequeathed by your ancestor to the town of Otari. If his intent was to name you the successor, it would have been written in the will. And so, it is your sword only insofar as you have stolen it from the stupid librarian, and perhaps yes, you should have gone to Absalom, because yes, the hit squad is here"

"Easy way or hard way bub - what'll it be?"

Make an Impression (Diplomacy, Trained): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Carman looks you over. "Oh, you're that group. Just because you went ruin-diving for a few days you think you're hot stuff now, right? A madman, a hatchling from the Nook, a rat, a walking berry bush, and a pale shadow. I've had worse fights. Come and get it."

He extends his light hammer in challenge, but doesn't make the opening move.

With a scoundrel's honor, Lough shoots first!

Telekinetic Projectile (3d6+3) @ Blunt, Piercing, or Slashing (1d3): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 263d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 1, 1) + 3 = 101d3 ⇒ 3 @ Slashing

Angry at the insults, he flings a broken piece of glass or jagged rock from the ground towards the thief!

I'm always hesitant about giving free attacks before combat, as that can turn the battle quite quickly, but I'll give you a bonus on initiative for making the first move. You can keep the original attack, if you want.

Cherry Berry: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
Fuìn: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
Kka: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19
Kvit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Lough: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
Carman: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

Cherry Berry
Lough
Carman
Fuìn, 14 damage, Enfeebled 1
Kvit
Kka, 11 damage

Cherry Berry and Lough are up!
I've moved everyone up slightly.

"Come and get me, bub!"

◆◆) Telekinetic Projectile
◆) Raise Shield
+
↺) Attack of Opportunity (Slag Claw +16 @ 2d6+4)
↺) Shield Block (if 39 damage or less w/ hardness 8)
~) First to trigger

Gonna bot Cherry Berry to keep things going.

Lough flings a piece of rock at Carman and it leaves a nasty slash across his face.

Cherry Berry hurls a lance of divine energy at Carman, but it sadly misses.
Divine Lance: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
I don't tend to consume spells for people when I bot them.

They then use their staff to shield Kka.

Carman runs forward, slashes at Kka with his ancestor's sword, then runs back out of melee.
Provoke from Fuìn!

Longsword vs Kka: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26
Damage plus sneak attack: 2d8 + 8 + 2d6 ⇒ (7, 7) + 8 + (6, 1) = 29

Cherry Berry
Lough
Carman, 10 damage
Fuìn, 14 damage, Enfeebled 1
Kvit
Kka, 40 damage

Everyone is up! Fuìn may make an attack of opportunity!

Kvit snorts himself awake, and mutters "It's too early for this nonsense."

He drains a burst of energy from his staff. And summons a metal cage around Carman. "Lough, back off! Enough with this Carman, it's five on one. Just give us back the sword. I can keep you here in this cage as long as it takes to change your mind."

Deception: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 12 + 1 = 24

◇ Drain Bonded Item ◆Guidance on self ◆◆ Rank 2 Illusory Object - Cage around Carman, feels right to the touch.

"Trapped! Surrender to the confines of your Cage!! You stand before not just a madman, but the (former) King of the Mitflits! Ha ha HA!" Playing into the typecast the thief verbally thrust him, Lough distracts him from the next projectile he hurls from the inside of the cage and up at him!

Create a Diversion (Deception, Expert) vs Perception DC: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

◆) Create a Diversion
◆◆) Telekinetic Projectile

Telekinetic Projectile (3d6+3) @ Blunt, Piercing, or Slashing (1d3): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 273d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2, 1) + 3 = 101d3 ⇒ 2 @ Piercing

Any chance for a Heal spell from Cherry? I don't think Kka can take another hit and remain standing.

When Lough's rather ham-fisted attempt to talk Carman down fails, Kka is about to try and patch things up when Carman calls her a hatchling! The nerve! Her head snaps to face the blacksmith and her beady red eyes almost burn in her head as she prepares a retort that would have left a scorched crater of the man's brain. Lough reacts faster for once, and sends a rather more physical missile at Carman.

Noticing that Lough's attack meant business, Kka pauses. "Uh, we may waant to keep him alive guys. It may not look so good if we kill off the town blaacksmith and Roseguaard descendant."

I know that spells can't be made non-lethal, but how about we just knock him unconscious with nonlethal melee attacks, even if it does cost us a -2 to hit. I think it would look better if we dragged him back to town for punishment.

On a totally unrelated note, if we do accidently send him to Dying, any chance that Cherry can Stabilize him before he dies permanently?

Kka's about to launch herself at the man when a cage drops on him out of nowhere. "Whaat the f...? Is this your doing, Kvit?" Seeing that there's space for her to stick her shortsword through the bars, she runs around behind the cage and pokes him twice, lightly with her shortword.

Unfortunately, the cage removes the opportunity to catch Carman flat-footed. Thanks, Kvit! :)

Action 1 (◆): Stride (35 feet)

Action 2 (◆): Strike (+1 Striking Shortsword) with Thief Racket and Nonlethal vs Carman.

Shortsword Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 13 + 1 - 2 = 27
Shortsword Damage: 1d6 + 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + (1) + 4 = 10 Nonlethal slashing damage

Action 3 (◆): Strike (+1 Striking Shortsword) with Thief Racket, Nonlethal and MAP1 vs Carman.

Shortsword Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 13 + 1 - 4 - 2 = 27
Shortsword Damage: 1d6 + 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + (3) + 4 = 11 Nonlethal slashing damage

Kvit conjures a cage that is very definitely real around Carman. Lough flings more debris at him, and Kka stabs him twice.

Gonna bot Fuìn to see what happens.

Fuìn's AoO: 1d20 + 16 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 16 - 1 = 20

Fuìn then moves up to flank with Kka, then attacks twice more.

Fuìn's attack: 1d20 + 15 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 15 - 1 = 32
Crit due to flank!
Damage: 2d8 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (5, 5) + 4 - 1 = 13

Fuìn's attack: 1d20 + 15 - 1 - 5 ⇒ (4) + 15 - 1 - 5 = 13

His second attack misses, but by then Carman spits blood on the ground and drops the sword from his hands. "All right, fine. I don't wanna die in this stinking hole. I got some pride left, at least. Take the blade; you clearly want it enough to kill for it. I won't stand in your way."

He taps against the cage with his hammer. "Not like I can stop you, heh. But what are you gonna do with me? Gonna bring me back to Otari and throw me in jail? Or do you keep me locked in here forever to rot? You good guys won't kill a person who surrendered, right?"

Cherry shrugs and waits. They would be inclined to let the law have its course, but they aren't sure what the rest of the party is thinking.

Awaiting Kvit to lower the cage, Lough approaches Carman, and attempts to strip him of his weapons, never taking his own hand from his own shield, making the disarmament awkward one-handedly!

"All your weapons for the escort back to Otari" he points to the man's left boot "You have my word to extradite you safely back" now right boot "What justice is rendered after our arrival is, of course, out of our hands"

When Carman capitulates and stops fighting, Kka relaxes. She'd had many dealings with the blacksmith in the past, mainly selling him her loot or having him transfer runes for her, and though they'd never been particularly friendly, at least they'd had a good professional relationship. She had not been looking forward to taking the poor guy out, but if saving the town from destruction at the hands of Belcorra required some collateral damage, then so be it.

Kka replies, "<Ark!> I've never really thought of myself as one of the good guys, but after going through the Vaults, I look like a friggin' angel by comparison to what we've run into down there." She thinks things over. What choice did they really have here? Not a whole lot. Keeping him locked up down here wasn't sustainable, and killing him seemed... inefficient. After all, a town without a blacksmith and fence for looted weaponry was going to be inconvenient. So they didn't really have a choice; they'd have to drag him back into town and let the legal system, what there was of it, take care of him. After all, they'd come for the sword, everything else was someone else's problem.

"Naah, we're not going to kill you. I think we'll go with option number one and draag your sorry butt baack to town to face the music. As for the sword, we're only going to borrow it for a while and then bring it right back, so if you do ever figure out how to get your haands on it legally, it'll be waiting for you."

"Ergh, I got all beaten up because you want to borrow it? Just my luck," he says as he pulls off his clothes without any shame. "If I'd waited a week, none of this would have happened."

As for loot, there's four light hammers, a +1 studded leather armour, thieves' tools, and 110 gp. And, of course, Vol Rajani's longsword.

As you comb through the cave, it's clear Carman left with only his essentials. He was carrying a spare set of clothes, (presumably) all his money, and some rations for the way to Absalom. Moreover, you find a secret door into the mountain. The mechanism seems to be blocked from the other side, though.

Fuin scratches his head through his hood as he stares at the secret door. "I bet there's a story behind that," he mutters. The urge to break it down and go traipsing off on a new adventure is strong, but he does manage to remember there's a town to save. "Some other time, maybe." He sighs longingly before taking up a position behind Carman so he doesn't try bolting as they travel.

"And nobody was gonna kill you, mac. Well--Lough might've. Believe it or not, we really do need the sword to save the town. I thought maybe that's something you'd care about. Maybe I overestimated you." He sounds genuinely disappointed, but maybe not so much in Carman as he is in himself.

Sorry it took so long to post. As I predicted, I was not recuperated enough to post before work. Honestly I wasn't even recuperated enough for work, but I didn't really have an alternative there. :P

Sorry @Kka, my intention was to short-circuit the combat and get him to surrender, since it seemed like we might've jumped the gun there.

@GM Kwinten Are there any openings or holes around the door? Like a rat sized one?

"No, I wouldn't bother putting you in a cage if I was just going to let these guys murder you. Like they said, we're only borrowing it. And if you really were interested in your ancestor's legacy, stealing it is likely not the way to go."

Kvit yawns before continuing "Listen, I will let you out right now if you promise to cooperate." If he agrees, Kvit will dismiss the cage illusion. The rock blocking the exit is still there.

Side note/question: I don't think we actually have permission to borrow it yet, do we? I think we were tasked with retrieving it.

...crawling out of Lough's mouth, the tiny familiar examines the secret door...

Bloody, bruised, and practically naked, Carman holds up his hands in surrender. "Look, you overpowered me and stripped me of everything I have. I'd be a madman if I tried anything funny at this point. I accept my fate. Hell, if you'd said earlier it was for Otari, I might've actually let you borrow it."

Sneakers and Shalinnis manage to sneak through a crack in the door. The passageway is made of worked stone and leads in the direction of Gauntlight. The entire passage is blocked by a giant cave-in. It'd take a lot of time to clear the debris.

Kka looks over the blocked passageway. "Probaably a good thing it's all blocked up, especially if it leads to the Gauntlight. We really don't want any of those nasty critters accidently wandering out and causing trouble."

Fuin gives Carman an appraising glance. Maybe he wasn't wrong about the guy after all? "Appreciate your sensibility," he says, patting the man's shoulder good-naturedly, then turns to the others and adds, "I'm pretty sure the mayor would be fine with us taking it to the Gauntlight, poking the barrier, and bringing it right back. We are kind of saving the town, here."

Fuin frowns and gives the door a passing glance as they leave. "If it leads to the Gauntlight. And not... someplace worse."

He's heard enough stories about the Darklands to shudder at the thought. But... maybe not enough stories to kill his curiosity. He'd definitely still want to go through it. Just to peak, mind. Take a gander. Maybe go in a few feet. Yards. Miles. You know, just a little ways to sate the curiosity.

Cherry glances at the blockage and shrugs. "It might be something to investigate; but maybe later, after we have returns all the borrowed items."

Once Sneakers comes back to report, Kvit says, "It might be another way in if these artifacts don't bring down the barrier. In any case, We'd need to prepare quite a bit to mine our way through the cave-in. I could use Pest Form to squeeze in there with the proper spells, but who knows how far it goes. Let's get back to town then."

I think we're done here, correct? Imma wrap things up and fast-forward a bit.

Carman does not struggle as you take him back to Otari. He's thrown in jail where he'll spend a few months for arson and theft. When you check in with the Dawnflower Library, the head priestess Vandy Banderdash is very grateful for returning the relic and lets you borrow it as you see fit. No need to go through that "can we borrow this to save the town" spiel a third time.

You now have time for downtime, if you like. How long do you want to take off before returning to the Vaults?

Fuin also has no need for downtime at the moment, but if anyone else needs it, I'm happy to take a couple days Earning Income at the Crook's Nook with some interpretive dance. XD

Seems like there's no need for some downtime. So let's continue!

You enjoy the rest of your day, then reconvene the next day for the next floor of the lighthouse.

Spells are refreshed!

With all the icons in your possession, you feel power radiating from them. Not power in the sense that they're going to blow up, but the self-assured confidence of a group of friends reunited after a long time apart. Perhaps such a friendship is starting to develop between the five of you as well?

You go down the several stairways and through the old levels you've cleared before. Not much seems to have changed, but then again, it's only been a few days since you cleared some of those levels. The walk through them almost becomes meditative at this point, where you remember what you did in each room and how you've grown since then.

Finally, you stand before the ectoplasmic wall on the fourth level. The hallway to it is festooned with remains of Belcorra's defeated enemies. Their hatred for her is being sapped and turned into fuel for the barrier. But as soon as you place the icons on the shrine to Nhimbaloth, the Roseguard's reassuring presence quiets the remnants of the fallen heroes, reassuring them that this time you will succeed. You feel a spiritual sigh as the tortured souls go to their final resting place and the wall fades out of existence. The way down is clear!

You go down the stairs and you feel a difference in the air. The smell of diseased flesh and stale chemicals burns into your nostrils. Also, as soon as the barrier is gone, you hear the sound of hooting, hollering, and generally incomprehensible screaming coming from down the stairs. Finally, at the end of the stairs, you're greeted by THIS!

A crumbling staircase leads to a cracked and badly stained mosaic tile floor. To the south, a walkway encircles a round, gaping pit, leading to a spiral stairway that clings to the edge of the pit. A twisted iron banister follows the edge of the walkway and stairs. The acrid smell of chemicals and rot,
with just a tinge of sulfur, wafts from the pit’s darkness. Strange moaning echoes up the shaft.

You've seen these creatures before. The slug-things are called grothluts, one of them was the morlock king's pet. You remember that they can spew acid with splash and that they explode upon death, in quite a big area too. They emit moans that can wrench your gut in an unpleasant way and become sickened. The flesh-heap was more recent, in the third level's subterranean pool. It's a gibbering mouther, and it can also spew acid, engulf people, and it makes a horrible gibbering sound with all its mouths that can confuse people. Oh, and if you deal slashing damage, it grows teeth from that wound to bite you as a reaction. Bludgeoning it to death seemed extra effective.

Cherry Berry: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
Fuìn: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
Kka: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
Kvit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Lough: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Blue: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Green: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Red: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25

Lough
Cherry Berry
Fuìn
Red
Kka
Blue
Green
Kvit

Lough, Cherry Berry, and Fuìn may act!

Cherry smiles and waves their new staff. "Let's see how this works."

◆◆Spiritual Link, heightened to level 2, from the staff on Kka. Transfers 4 damage on KKa to me at the start of their turn.
◆Guardian staff, also on Kka. Which gives a +1 circumstance bonus to your AC for 1 turn.

Need to attempt to re-borrow my spells to refresh them! Same list as last time though.

borrow a spell-Haste DC20: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
borrow a spell-Web DC18: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
borrow a spell-Lightning Bolt DC20: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
borrow a spell-Color Spray DC15: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

All successes this time though!

Lough strides over, the engine of his dynamo arm - powered by Borbo! - humming into a sort of overdrive: He punches the thing in 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 of it's mouths with piston action!

◆) Raise Shield (to AC 25)
◆) Stride
◆) Snagging Strike
+
↺) Attack of Opportunity (Power Driver +16 @ 2d6+4)
↺) Shield Block (if 39 damage or less @ hardness 8)
~) First to trigger

Automatic Power Driver (Silver, Blunt) vs Mouther: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 252d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 6) + 4 = 14

Fuin sees the monsters, sees the wide-open, railing-less stairwell, and thinks, Well heck--why not?

He then rushes up to Green and attempts to mule-kick it into the pit.

♦ Stride 10 ft.
♦ Shove vs Green: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
Hero Point: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
♦ Cast shield.

I never get to do anything cool. *sob*

I'm sorry, Fuìn. :(

Cherry Berry creates a mystical link between themselves and Kka, sharing their vitality with each other. Lough moves forward and pummels the Mouther. It hurts a lot. Fuìn tries to put the slug into the stairwell, but fails.

The gibbering mouther opens up several mouths and starts yelling various things in different volumes, tones and intelligibility. You think one is yelling an actually decent cake recipe, for some reason.
Everyone, make a DC 19 Will save or be confused for one round.

It then tries to bite Lough.

Jaws: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26
Piercing damage: 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (6, 5) + 5 = 16
Lough interjects his shield, but the mass of flesh just grows around it and bites Lough on the arm. Lough also starts bleeding from the wound the Mouther leaves behind.
Shield block eats 8 of that damage.

The Mouther then moves forward, trying to Engulf Lough.
Lough, please make me a DC 22 Reflex save or become engulfed and take 3d8 ⇒ (6, 1, 4) = 11 piercing damage.

Lough, 8 damage, 11 more damage depending on save, 1d4 persistent bleed
Cherry Berry
Fuìn
Red (Mouther), 19 damage
Kka
Blue
Green
Kvit

Everyone, make a DC 19 Will save or be confused for one round.
Lough, make me a DC 22 Reflex save or become Engulfed.
Kka is up!

Kka is strangely distracted by the tasty sounding cake recipe that the gibbering mouther is yelling at her...

Will Save vs DC 19: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

...but decides that now isn't a good time to be exchanging recipes with an aberration deep in the Vaults.

When you want something done right...

Seeing Fuìn trying to push one of the grothluts into the pit and failing, she decides that this isn't such a bad idea and runs up to give a hand.

Action 1 (◆): Stride (35 feet)

Action 2 (◆): Shove vs Blue Grothlut.
Athletics (Shove): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21 vs Grothlut Fortitude DC

That's gotta be close given that the last time we came up against one of these it was when we were Level 2 PCs. I'm hoping that the grothluts don't have their reactions yet and we caught them by surprise (so no Grab an Edge).

Kka walks up to the blue grothlut and pushes it into the stairwell. A few seconds pass by and you hear a sickening squelch as it hits the bottom.
Technically it wouldn't be enough to kill it, but only barely, and climbing back up the stairs would take so long, it's effectively removed from combat.

The green grothlut sees this all happening and starts moaning and wailing.
Everyone, make me a Dc 17 Will save or become sickened 1.

It then moves up a little and starts horking up stomach acid and aims it at Kka.

Digestive spew: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
That's a miss, but still 1d6 ⇒ 4 splash damage to Kka and Fuìn.

Lough, 8 damage, 11 more damage depending on save, 1d4 persistent bleed
Cherry Berry, 4 damage
Fuìn, 4 damage
Red (Mouther), 19 damage
Kka
Green
Kvit

Lough, Cherry Berry, and Fuìn are up!
Cherry Berry's Spirit Link goes off, transferring the 4 damage to Kka to Cherry Berry. Already calculated.

Everyone, make a DC 19 Will save or be confused for one round.
Everyone, make me a Dc 17 Will save or become sickened 1.
Lough, make me a DC 22 Reflex save or become Engulfed.

DC 19 Will v confused: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
DC 17 Will v Sickened: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
Noice.

Kvit can't get a good look at the fight with the mouther, but fires off a bolt of fire at the grothlut. green

Produce Flame: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22fire damage: 3d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 3, 1) + 4 = 12 On a crit, double damage and 3d4 persistent fire

Then he raises an arcane shield of force in case of retaliation.

◆◆ Produce Flame ◆ Shield

Will vs Consufed: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
Will vs Sickened: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

Cherry Berry moves up before splashing both creatures with a small bolt of lighting.

◆Stride
◆Electric Arc Damage: 3d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2, 1) + 4 = 9 DC 21 Reflex, Electric Damage

Kvit throws a ball of fire at the grothlut. It strikes him in the head and melts off part of his face. It's equally as horrifying as before, even without a face. Cherry Berry then zaps the two with electricity. The grothlut takes it in full, the mouther dodges the worst of it.

Reflex Grothlut: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Reflex Mouther: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

Lough, 8 damage, 11 more damage depending on save, 1d4 persistent bleed
Cherry Berry, 4 damage
Fuìn, 4 damage
Red (Mouther), 23 damage
Kka
Green, 21 damage
Kvit

Lough and Fuìn are up!
Lough and Fuìn, make a DC 19 Will save or be confused for one round.
Lough, Kka, and Fuìn, make me a DC 17 Will save or become sickened 1.
Lough, make me a DC 22 Reflex save or become Engulfed.

Will w/ Called (+1 vs mental) vs Confused (DC 19): 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 1 = 14

Lough's eyes dart about as his paranoia reaches great new heights!

He zeroes in on Cherry, Fuin, Kka, or Kvit?: 1d4 ⇒ 2 Fuin "You. YOU! YOU ARE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE!! I SHALL END YOU NOW!!!" and proceeds to...

...relegate himself to GM control!

Will vs Sickened (DC 17): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Reflex vs Engulfed (DC 22): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Persistent Bleed (1d4) + Flat Check (DC 15): 1d4 ⇒ 21d20 ⇒ 16

I'll assume that Kka's successful Will save vs DC 19 from her last post takes care of the first of the required saves.

Kka is a little surprised to see the grothlut tumble over the edge so easily. She guesses that Fuìn must have pushed it off-balance enough for her to finish the job. She listens to it fall and is disappointed not to hear a large explosion when it hits the bottom. She shrugs. "Looks like the fall waasn't enough to finish it off."

And that's when the other grothlut starts moaning and wailing. "Not this again." She tries to cover her ears against the sound...

Will Save vs DC 19: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

...and manages to muffle the worst of it, just in time for it to spew some barf at Kka. It mostly misses, but a little comes her way...

Since Blue went over the edge, I assume that Kka's last action was to put up her Shield spell.

Reaction (↺): Shield Block - Shield takes 4 hp of the attack leaving 0 hp for Kka. She remains at 56/56.

...which she lets her magical shield absorb before it disappears in a puff of pink smoke.

So no damage for Cherry from Spirit Link this round.

Kka: Yes, you saved already, that's why I asked only for the save versus sickened in my last post. :)
And you pop the shield. Will erase damage on Cherry Berry.

Lough manages to resist the barrage of effects coming his way, except for the horrible noise coming from the gibbering mouther. The noise overpowers his senses and he temporarily goes mad.

Lough, 10 damage, confused for 1 round
Cherry Berry
Red (Mouther), 23 damage
Kka
Green, 21 damage
Kvit

Lough and Fuìn are up!
Fuìn, make a DC 19 Will save or be confused for one round.
Fuìn, make me a DC 17 Will save or become sickened 1.
Lough, you forgot to take the enemies into the equation. Top to bottom, left to right: 1d6 ⇒ 5 Your target is Green. Feel free to use all your actions on offensive abilities and/or Strides to get closer, but not Raise Shield.

"No. NO. Not you..." his eyes narrow again, turning now from the "suspicious" kayal to the "more suspicious" green slugger "You! YOU ARE THE ONE!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!" and he races over to pound it with his mechanical fist, eschewing his typical self-preservation instinct of protecting himself with his reinforced steel shield, which now hangs limply in his soft, fleshy, witchy hand...

◆) Stride
◆) Snagging Strike
◆) Snagging Strike
+
↺) Attack of Opportunity (Power Driver +16 @ 2d6+4)

Automatic Power Driver (Silver, Blunt) vs Green Slugger: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 302d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1) + 4 = 7
Automatic Power Driver (Silver, Blunt) w/ MAP (-5) vs Green Slugger: 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 16 - 5 = 242d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 = 6

Lough suddenly thinks Green needs to die right now, rushes over to it, and hits it twice. First one is a crit! Green is looking very bad right now. You think one more good blow will cause it to go boom.

Lough, 10 damage
Cherry Berry
Fuìn
Red (Mouther), 23 damage
Kka
Green, 41 damage
Kvit

Fuìn is up!
Fuìn, make a DC 19 Will save or be confused for one round.
Fuìn, make me a DC 17 Will save or become sickened 1.

Sorry I'm lagging behind. Had a rough couple days. I'm okay now.

Will DC 19: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

Will DC 17: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Fuin barely even registers the weird gibbers in the heat of battle, but the moans and wails hit a little too close to home, reminding him of the dark sermons he witnessed during his childhood. His stomach churns as it threatens to disgorge breakfast, but he fights it off and whips his chain in a slow, lazy circle as he tries to decide on a target.

Certainly, the mouthpile is a big threat, but the grothlut is no joke either, and he has a cleaner line of sight on it. He decides "Por que no los dos?" and whips his chain at each one separately before bringing up his protective shadow disc.

♦ M Hammer vs Green (using Lunge if that's too far normally): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36 B Dmg: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (7, 1) + 4 = 12
♦ M Hammer vs Red, MAP: 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 16 - 5 = 25 B Dmg: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 = 9
♦ Cast shield.

Will Shield Block if hit. Will use Protector's Sacrifice if someone takes 9 or more damage. Will use AoO if anything tries to move past me.

Glad you're fine again, Fuìn!

Fuìn resists the cacophony and attacks both creatures, hitting both times. Green starts to bulge as his innards violently cease functioning and blow up, then pops like a very slimy balloon.

Everyone, make me a DC 19 Fort save or take 2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11 acid damage! On a fail, you're Sickened 1, Sickened 2 on a crit fail.

Reflex Mouther: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
The mouther is completely fine. Then it takes a hammer to the face and is decidedly less fine.

The Mouther continues wailing, moves forward (provoking from Fuìn) and tries to eat Kka.
Kka, please make me a DC 22 Reflex save or become Engulfed!

Lough, 10 damage
Cherry Berry
Fuìn
Red (Mouther), 37 damage
Kka
Kvit

Everyone is up!
Everyone, make me a DC 19 Fort save or take 11 acid damage! On a fail, you're Sickened 1, Sickened 2 on a crit fail.
Lough, make me a new DC 19 Will save versus confusion.
Fuìn has an attack of opportunity!
Kka, please make me a DC 22 Reflex save or become Engulfed!

dc19 fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 yeesh, barely

As Kvit is spattered with acidic guts, he gags, but keeps it together.

He follows up with a flame attack on the mouther after moving to get a better angle.

produce flame: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30fire: 3d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4, 2) + 4 = 14 On a crit, double damage and 3d4 persistent fire

◆Stride ◆◆Produce Flame

So much for my plan to push the last grothlut into the pit to join its friend.

Kka sees Fuìn preparing to launch a killing blow against the remaining grothlut and time seems to slow as she opens her beak to screech a silent, "Nooooooooo..." But it's too late. His hammer slams into the creature.

As the light goes out in its eyes and it begins to swell, Kka turns her back and braces for the...

"<BOOM!>"

Basic? Fortitude Save vs DC 19: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

She can feel the creature's organs, blood and bile slam against her back but her backpack takes the brunt of the acid damage leaving her relatively unscathed.

Was that a basic Fort save for the damage? Doesn't look like it. If so, she takes 5 hp of damage but avoids the Sickened condition.

Kka looks up to see everyone coated in grothlut digestive juices and meaty bits and scrunches her face in disgust. She'd really hoped they'd seen the last of these creatures after taking out Screechy a few levels up.

Just as she figuratively pats herself on the back for avoiding the worst of the grothlut explosion, she feels the hot breath of many mouths behind her. She snaps her head around and sees the gibbering mouther open one particularly large orifice and launch itself at her...

Good thing Reflex is her best save.

Reflex Save vs DC 22: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

...almost without thinking, her body throws itself out of the path of the gaping maw and it chomps down on empty air. "Holy sh... aarenrae! Thaat was close."

Is it my imagination or did the mouther take 5 more hp of damage than Fuìn inflicted? I went back to our previous fight with one of these gibbering mouthers and Kvit stated that they were weak (5) to bludgeoning damage and got an AoO against you for inflicting any slashing damage. Oh, and All-around vision means no flanking.

Knowing that flanking these creatures was useless, Kka tries to confuse it by stomping down with her hooves along the edge of its body as she skirts around it, then starts what could well be a long butchering process. As she's about to slash at the creature, she remembers the last time they ran into one of these and changes her attacks to more of a stabbing motion. "Ugh! I don't think I'm going to enjoy this."

Action 1 (◆): Tumble Through with Tumble Behind and Bracelet of Dashing vs Red. (35 feet)

Acrobatics (Tumble Through/Behind): 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 1 = 27 vs Red Reflex DC

Assuming that worked and mouther is now flat-footed to her next attack. I moved Kka to one side in case any of the burly men want to try and push this thing into the pit. I'd have Kka try it but I expect that this thing is going to be harder to push than the grothlut and Kka's +7 is already pretty sad to begin with.

Action 2 (◆): Strike (+1 Striking Shortsword) with Thief Racket and Sneak Attack vs Flat-Footed Red.

Shortsword Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 13 + 1 = 28 vs Flat-Footed
Shortsword Damage: 1d6 + 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + (4) + 4 = 13 piercing damage
Sneak Attack Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7 piercing damage

Assuming that isn't a crit and that the mouther is no longer flat-footed.

Action 3 (◆): Strike (+1 Striking Shortsword) with Thief Racket and MAP1 vs Red.

Shortsword Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 13 + 1 - 4 = 16
Shortsword Damage: 1d6 + 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + (6) + 4 = 11 piercing damage

Will w/ Called (+1 vs mental) vs Confused (DC 19): 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 1 = 29

◆) Step
◆) Snagging Strike
◆) Snagging Strike
+
↺) Attack of Opportunity (Power Driver +16 @ 2d6+4)

Automatic Power Driver (Silver, Blunt) vs Gibby Mouther: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 252d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 4) + 4 = 11
Automatic Power Driver (Silver, Blunt) w/ MAP (-5) vs Gibby Mouther: 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 16 - 5 = 242d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 6) + 4 = 11

Resisting the "call", Lough punches new "mouths" into the aberration!

Yes, they're weak 5 to bludgeoning, so Fuìn did 5 more with his attack (and Lough, for that matter).
Also, yeah, it's not a basic save because there's a rider attached. Basic saves just deal damage.

Lough resists the call of the beast this time, then pounds it twice, bruising its spongy body severely. He holds the mouther in place, which lets Kvit crit with his spell! Then, Kka crits and the beast stops yammering.

That suddenly went fast! Hero Point to everyone at 1 Hero Point or below!

The room is otherwise empty of valuables. The winding staircase goes a long way down, beyond the reach of your darkvision. You do see a landing about 40 feet down. You guess that's the next level of the dungeon.