Dalamar, I messed up and missed something. Xak doesn't have the 13 Dex required for Quickdraw.

Fortunately it hasn't come up yet since it wasn't included in initiative.
The Vine target is just marking where the origin square of the Vine Fetter was. There is no lasting zone around that area.
The monster knowledge section in the first post has been updated with the powers of the briar witch dryad and the abilities the eladrin have displayed thus far. Note that I've been applying the buffing aura of the briar witch without drawing it, hence the damage values on the monsters.
The yellow auras around the battlebriars are difficult terrain, and people in them take damage on the BB's turn.
The monsters had some good rolls this round; all the melee attacks were 16+. The players had some bad dice luck last round too, it seemed.
Redclaw, Walking Dad, and industrygothica are up next on the PC side, then the Stormrage Shambler (which actually has a worse initiative bonus than the normal, lower level monster). Then Torment and we're back to the top (Tharos, Glib, Xak, Choker, then Starwinds and the rest of the monsters).