Forest of Andor/Footloose

Moving on, Jadrol spots something shiny in amongst all the gravel and he very very very carefully digs it out - its a foot!
But not a normal foot. This one would look at perfectly home on one of the machines that attacked the group on the Oughough.

A careful examination of the area reveals some well eroded scratch marks heading towards a nearby cave. Perhaps the foots owner dragged themselves inside?

The cave curves a few times before opening up into a larger cavern with a few stalagmites and stalactites. Does that one look suspicious? YES!
Calla suspects it is a rare beast that looks like a rock and uses pheromones and hallucinogens to confuse and trap its prey.

Carefully creeping round the edge of its influence, Jadrol kicks a rocks and wakes the beast only to be the first to succumb as he struggles to breathe.
Calla is the next to fall for its smelly wiles, dropping the staff/snake in her hand and running for the cave entrance!

Grel takes a deep breath and runs at Jadrol, trying to push him out of the cloud of confusion.

Cordon charges the rock and with a few swings, dismisses it to rubble.

The cave narrows into another bend before opening again into an even larger cave, with a strange shiny looking mono-footed Gathlin sitting at the far end. Grel edges closer before calling the rest to join him.

A little investigation shows that the silver dudes power source has been damaged, however a new partially charged one is found by preying open a nearby box. With the new 'battery' installed the mechanoid recounts its last minutes where it is attacked by several monsters before lapsing back into silence.

Lo and behold the aforementioned Earth Elementals burst from the walls and attack Calla. Things are looking bad, until Cordon pulls off possibly the most ridiculous curving charge ever imagined and kills one of the muck monsters. Thankfully the remaining one doesn't last much longer!

Some engineering guesswork and communications with Eddie reveal the box to be a portable charging unit for the smaller robot batteries, so the remaining battery is placed back inside and the robot shoved inside the bag of holding for later repair.

Leaving the cave, the journey down the other side of the mountain range is uneventful.