In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 906):

"or maybe there have been people here more recently. Perhaps it is food for that fire thrower, given by folk who keep him there as a means of manipulating him..."

"You mean the flame lord?  If it's food for him, why store it ten feet in the air on a black stone pillar, rather than in a bin close to the furnace he lives in?

"No, I think it's here for its own reason, but someone probably comes here from time to time -- or else there's some magic in the pillars or the racks up there that keeps it from rotting."
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In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 908):

"Probably easy reach for the mages who feed it to him, but out of his reach...or something else, as you say."

In reply to Clarence Montague (msg # 909):

Jocelyn make a hidden lore, magic items roll at -2

She sees something which jogs her memory... what was it now?


[Private to GM:  18:59, Today: Jocelyn Lemru rolled 7 using 3d6.  Hidden Lore. given the -2, she made it by four!]

In reply to Jocelyn Lemru (msg # 911):

Jocelyn has heard ofvthis kind of set up- the obelisks and the fountain are connected as some type of locking mechanism.

It seems to be some sort of lock, magical of course. How the obelisks and fountain interact I do not know exactly.

In reply to Jocelyn Lemru (msg # 913):

"Right. How might we work it out?"

"Reading those inscriptions seems like the first thing to try.  Anyone here a sage?"  He looks at Jareth.  "Or have translation magic?"

OOC: have we determined we'll be able to open the door from inside, and closed it?

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 915):

the door is openable from within, same setup as outside, just flood protection.

Jareth peers at the obelisk.

Finna see a rune for fire, tae be summat about lion roaring an a warning I cannae interpret."

Well with a Lion's mouth with the water running out, may be not letting it roar, assuming that means spewing a LOT of water.

In reply to Jocelyn Lemru (msg # 917):

Clarence just shakes his head and keeps his eyes open for danger...

"I agree, Jocelyn.  If that lion started letting out a lot of water, it'd make sense why they have a watertight door to this room."  He looks up, estimating the height of the ceiling vaults.  "It would also be pretty bad for us unless we open the door pretty quick, and then there'd be a lot of water running out into the room below the tepidarium."

"You said a rune for fire, Jareth?  Fire and water are opposites, right?"

In reply to Mario Crowfoot (msg # 919):

It sounded like folk were making good progress. Clarence went to open the watertight door and jam something in it...

In reply to Clarence Montague (msg # 920):
npc'd
Jareth walks over to shine light from his staff at the wall opposite the fountain.
"If tae lion were tae spit water wi any force, Ai would reckon on ta be watermark or flood sign on ta opposite wall... No splashmark, an ta waterline looks ae be a foot or so high, bout same as next door were."
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"Maybe the door was open last time the lion roared.  That much water kept in this room would be bad news for anyone stuck in here, though."

Does the door open into the room -- where the weight of water would hold it closed -- or out into the larger space?

She again looks for wher the silver is


[Private to GM: 16:10, Today: Jocelyn Lemru rolled 8 using 3d6.  Seek Earth. made by six  ]

In reply to Jocelyn Lemru (msg # 923):

the door opens outward...


the silver appears to be in the pool and behind the wall with the lion's head.

In the pool behind the lions head or in the pool and behind the lions head?

In reply to Jocelyn Lemru (msg # 925):

some is in the pool, and more is behind the lion's head

In reply to Narrator (msg # 926):

What can be seen in the pool, with the light being brought over, but not too near...

In reply to Clarence Montague (msg # 927):

the water in the pool is rather murky, but you can see some coins in the depths (the fountain is a yard high the water looks like it is 2 feet deep.

"Almost as if the water had carried the coins through the lion's mouth from the other side of the wall.  Perhaps when the lion roars.

"One of the Brothers used to talk about using a stick with a wad of chewing gum on the end to get stuff out of a hole.  I never could get him to tell me what chewing gum was, though."

In reply to Narrator (msg # 928):

Torches have tar on them, which is very sticky. Clarence will try to use one to get coins out of the water.

In reply to Clarence Montague (msg # 930):

the torch doesn't  stick well, and in your poking about you reveal more coins, but noe dhere to the torch.

there is a faint smell of oil coming from the wood attop the obelisks
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:57, Sat 08 July 2023.