Chapter 4: Adventures in Blingdenstone

You are escorted out of the building and left outside with no escort. You were given directions to your two tasks:

1. Taking care of the ooze problem: Head out to the northwest and discover what sort of twisted magic is spawning these oozes that are troubling the gnomes so much.

2. Arrange a meeting with the Goldwhiskers: Out to the west there is a clan of svirfneblin wererats. Dorbo and Senni want you to arrange a meeting to determine if they'd be willing to join up and assist in restoring Blingdenstone to glory

On this map, North is to the right-hand side.

A full map of Blingdenstone, as provided by the people who escorted you out of the hall:

You make your way back to the market to look for suitable merchants. You see several merchants who could probably serve your needs. As you go to see one to find out what kind of a deal you can get you hear a shout of alarm. The deep gnomes around you all draw weapons and retreat as you see a guard stumble back, then rise up in the air. A strange shimmer around him reveals the surface of the gelatinous cube that has engulfed him. Two gelatinous cubes are approaching from the west end of the cavern through a collapsed tunnel.

They oozes are approximately 30 feet to your west at the moment, with four deep gnomes standing between you and the monsters.

You have initiative, what do you do?

The cube carrying the gnome wobbles and shakes as stuff flies into it. It makes an oddly solid noise on impact before the items sink in (11 damage).

The gnomes charge the cubes and begin hacking away at the things. Their attacks seem to be having an effect on the creature holding their companion as it wobbles and becomes slightly runny.