Starling casts a simple cantrip. Ever so slowly, almost at a snails pace, the wad of cloth slowly emerges from the watery pit. She now holds a water-logged bunce of cloth. After she unfurls it, it is a cloak, some wear and tear but otherwise in very good condition.
Landrel determines the cloak is a cloak of resistance +1
Barely, but yes you did. Sorry I missed that somehow.
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"Wow. That definitely sounds like something that will help us, Landrel, thanks for telling us what it is!", Starling exclaims. As Landrel continues, a puzzled look appears on her face. "Thanks for the offer - that's so kind of you! But wouldn't anyone else in our group - maybe Rangor or Phred - be able to make better use of this cloak? Of course you can never know for sure, but I don't expect to be in the center of attention during any action we might be seeing soon - I don't fight very well, you know."
There isn't a good spot to tie it up. If you have a hammer and pitons you could hammer it into the ground to create an anchor point.
The tunnels lead deeper beneath the Kortos Mounts until they eventually open into a large cavern. What must have once been beautifully carved reliefs and inscriptions have since weathered heavily, their features dulled and softened to the point that it is hard to distinguish what each once depicted. A wide tunnel exits the cavern on its far side, and blue-burning torches line the passageway’s walls. The carvings seem to have seen better days, but 4 may be able to be made out.
Yes comp language will give you a +4 bonus
Starling looks over the parables. She is able to see that one as
The Craftsman is depicted creating shoes, pots, jewelry, and other moveable goods, referencing Aroden’s delight at seeing his people express their ingenuity in creating new products from raw materials.
While Starling looks over The Craftsman, Fiddlestick, sees two different images. He sees both The Farmer and The Fisherman.
The Farmer is depicted plowing four lines in a field, retelling Aroden’s prophecy that humankind would prepare the rocky earth for planting and over generations wear the pebbles down into fertile soil.
The Fisherman is depicted hauling in an enormous catch of small fish to take back to Absalom, illustrating Aroden’s declaration that a great host of creatures could accomplish a great task, whether that be taming the wilds or feeding a nation.
While Fiddlesticks finds those two, Landrel, manages to piece together another, The Sheppard
The Shepherd is depicted herding animals out of a crowded city to the pastures beyond, just as Aroden blessed leaders with the foresight to direct people to the tasks and places that best suit them.
Landrel, tries his best to determine the other glyphs on the walls, but they are too eroded and faded to make anything out.
The group, after analyzing the glyphs, realize that they also identify that the sections of the holy text depicted are slightly different than those that appear in the known version of the History and Future of Humanity, suggesting that these might represent an earlier version of the work.
Everyone hears in the back of their mind, the voice of Janira Explore, Cooperate, Report. You remember her giving each of you some paper and a writing utensil to better record what was found to better report what you found while on your Confirmation.
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So to recap:
The Farmer
The Shepherd
The Fisherman
The Craftsman
The soft light of the surrounding fungus mixes with the flickering glow of the nearby torches to reveal a grand chamber. A large pool of water along the chamber’s southern edge reflects the blue and green radiance to illuminate the massive stalactites that cling to the ceiling overhead. Two other tunnels branch off from this area, leading to the east and west.
Rising up from the pool is a column of rock with steeply sloped sides and a flat top, as if someone had sawn off the top of a massive stalagmite. A miniature city carved from this same stone occupies nearly the entire surface. Tiny trinkets such as ancient coins, polished semiprecious stones, and ornately braided loops of string are scattered throughout the diorama, and pale cave frogs clamber atop it. The smooth cavern floor is covered in gravel and pebbles along the edge of the pool, and several foot-long centipedes prowl among the gravel in their search for prey.
Kneeling in the water, is a lone gillman, with his back turned towards your group. He seems unaware of your presence.
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Thank the gods I wore my boots - these centipedes are enormous and disgusting., Starling thinks to herself as the group advances through the corridor. Once the see the chamber and the lone gillman, her eyes are first drawn in admiration to the miniature carved city and its intricate details. She then turns to the gillman, ready to try and assuage it with words or song in order to prevent an unnecessary battle.
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Having brought his own parchment, Landrel takes detailed notes and sketches of each of the remaining reliefs, occasionally punctuating his work with a 'Hmm' or an 'Ah ha.'
In regards to the earlier conversation between Fiddlesticks and Phred, he adds, "If this is a gillman shrine to Aroden, you would think these would be gillmen in the images, not humans."
Upon moving into the next room, Landrel seems to genuinely share Starling's interest in the city diorama and the seemingly random objects found in and around it, but he freezes in his step as he notices the gillman, looking a bit thankful that Ragnor has decided to take lead on making the introductions.
Rangor calls out to the gillman, but he gets no response.
The group of fearless Society hopefuls heads towards the gillman. When within 20' the gillman, notices your approach and calmly turns to meet your attention. He has no weapons drawn, but doesn't speak.
You notice a folded up cloak, like the one you retrieved from the watery pit, next to the man near the water's edge
The gillman, seems to be focusing intently on Rangor as he speaks. The seems a little flustered with Fiddle speaks, and tries to focus intently on his mouth as it moves.
Fiddlestick introduces himself, and the gillman pays close attention to him speak. Afterwards, he speaks, very slowly,
My name...is Uori. This site is sacred to my people, we come to listen to the holy waters here. What brings you here?