# [[Gibbering Mouther]]
![[Gibbering Mouther.svg]]
## Description
A [[Flesh Warp]] creature that serves as an example of the type. The Gibbering Mouther is located in a pit within [[The Gauntlight]].
## Combat Notes
- Located in a pit in [[The Gauntlight]]
- When the [[Death Shepherd]] was pushed into the pit by [[Zuhri]]'s Kinetic Ram, it fell 80 feet onto the Gibbering Mouther
- The Death Shepherd took 40 damage from the fall and died upon impact
## Session Appearances
- [[080_20241215 Death Shepherd Showdown]]: Mentioned as being in the pit where the Death Shepherd fell
- [[109_20260222 Sythra the Seaweed Knight]]: Eight gibbering mouthers blocked a staircase, leading to a chaotic combat encounter
- [[110_20260301 Mouthers and a Voice from the Deep]]: Combat continued; slippery terrain, Grumblebum grabbed, Ash engulfed; Ash heard military-style commands from below
- [[111_20260308 The Army of Grothluts]]: Combat continued (rounds 6–10); Ash engulfed twice and escaped; Grothlut-like voice heard by all; devil and 12 Grothluts appeared to the north
## Session 109 - Staircase Ambush
The party encountered a "litter" of eight gibbering mouthers blocking a staircase leading down (40 feet).
### Combat Abilities Observed
- **Confusion Aura**: 60-foot aura that causes confusion (1 round duration)
- **Swallow Whole**: Can swallow targets
- **Mass Confusion**: The confusion aura affected most of the party including [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]], [[Grumblebum]], [[Vayle]], and [[Zuhri]]
### Combat Effects
- [[Vayle]] wandered into the [[Mutalisks|Mutalisk]] room while confused and nearly died from mutalisk/plant damage
- [[Zuhri]] became confused and had to walk to the previous level, causing small explosions
- [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]] initiated combat by throwing bombs down at them
## Session 110 - Combat Continuation (Rounds 4–6)
Combat with the eight gibbering mouthers on the staircase continued from [[109_20260222 Sythra the Seaweed Knight|Session 109]].
### Environmental Effects
- **Slippery Stone**: The stone where the party fought became slippery from the mouthers' mouths
### Combat Events
- [[Grumblebum]] was grabbed by one mouther (Mouther 5) and took piercing damage and persistent bleed; he was later healed for 52 HP
- [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]] was engulfed by Mouther 1 and took significant damage (17 damage, 2 bleed, engulfed status); [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]] and [[Zuhri]] provided healing
- [[Vayle]] was healed by Bond and Zuhri during the encounter
- **Strange Sounds**: Ash heard what sounded like military commands or drills—a voice shouting in an unknown language from below and to the north
## Session 111 - Combat Continued (Rounds 6–10)
Combat with the gibbering mouthers on the staircase continued from [[110_20260301 Mouthers and a Voice from the Deep|Session 110]].
### Combat Events
- [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]] was engulfed twice and escaped both times
- [[Grumblebum]] took heavy damage and status effects (including Grabbed, Tongue Piercing, persistent bleed)
- [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]] took acid damage and Dazzled; [[Zuhri]] took damage and Sickened
- A guttural [[Grothlut]]-like voice was heard by the entire party
- By round 9, [[Zuhri]] spotted to the north a 6-foot devil with red hellfire and an army of 12 Grothluts; the Grothluts had killed one of the mouthers
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