Our heroes decided to head back to the kobold room and head down the stairs. It was dark, with no light being available. They walked into a room with an overturned table and barrels. Although they didn’t see it, there were a couple of kobolds hiding behind. Our heroes made quick work of them. They now had 2 paths they could go down. One to the north, and one to the west. They went to the west first, seeing a beautiful fountain with a mermaid statue. They saw 4 mechanisms in the fountain, with the one to the southwest being broken.
As they approached the statue, they set off a trap. The statue started off shooting some water at Dave’s bear. Christmas tried disabling the statue by stuffing a bar of soap in it’s mouth. This did prevent one activation as the bar of soap came out instead of a jet of water. Dave snuck in to a door in the north and noticed some kobolds sitting at a table and then went back to the fountain.
Our heroes started to try and smash the mechanisms but were not successful, and as such retreated. They then went to the other hallway, where they could smell something rank. The hallway also was submerged in a bit of water. They came to a crossroads, one leading north and the other leading south east. Our heroes chose the south east room first. They noticed 3 orbs in here. One with fire, one air, and one earth. A fourth seemed to be here but was shattered by shards now. As they entered the room they noticed a burning rat-like creature known as a cinder rat.
They got into a fight with this little thing, and it hit hard, whenever it bit it burned them as well. It also produced ash around itself, making it hard to breath and see the cinder rat. They eventually managed to kill it, and when it did the rat disappeared in a poof of smoke and ash. The fire orb then went out. The heroes discussed some more as to what they would do. Xavier eventually touched the air orb, which then spoke, letting them know they could use its power. Our heroes now could fly for a brief period. They then touched the earth one, which gave them a blessing to hit harder.
They returned to the flooded pathway, and went north. They saw three creatures, which as they got closer our heroes realized these were the creatures that caused the smell. They withdrew back to the entrance of this floor. They talked about the trap by the fountain again, and figured it would only activate if they approached the fountain, so they inched along the sides of the walls and did not activate the trap. They then ambushed the kobolds in the next room.
One of the kobolds threw some food in Xavier’s eyes, forcing him to then wipe them clean. Another kobold ran to a chest, grabbed a bottle of oil, and threw it at Dave, hitting him and filling the spot with oil making it slippery. After taking out the first 3 they realized there was another 3. 2 of which stayed behind beds taking cover to avoid getting hit. Xavier took a torch and threatened to throw it at them and burn them if they didn’t surrender. The two kobolds tried to flank Xavier but were subsequently killed.
While exploring the room they found another kobold asleep in bed. They woke it up and threatened him. He told them about their god that the boss found. Our heroes, despite having promised to allow it to live. Immediately killed him and burned him after. They then retreated to the fountain room to take a rest for the night and recoup.
The next day, they ambushed the smelly creatures. A few of them fell unconscious during the fight but using teamwork and Xavier’s poisons and elixirs’ of life they all got back up and killed the stinky beasts. They took a rest before heading to the boss.