With a lot of effort, the group is able to free up some of the slimy, tangled vines and bundle them close together for John's attack. He takes carefuly aim and then lets loose, slicing them all with a cauterizing blast from his scorching ray. A few moments later the black pool bubbles and frothes angrily as several half-mutated kobolds gurgle and flail out of the water in an agonizing attempt to save themselves. You realize that their lungs were not fully completed and they in effect are sophocated once the vines' nutrients are no longer flowing to them. It is a horrible spectacle; especially as the kobolds take so long to actually die.
With this last nearby threat neutralized, it seems that an attempt to rest will be much more successful and quiet.
OOC: Everyone earns 500 bonus XP for neutralizing these mutant kobolds before they were formed.