Listen to the island

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From: Grunting Fen 1


Evidently, the Sea of Voices is named for its sounds. If you stand still and quiet, voices seem to surround you. The zailors, always superstitious, are chattering like geese.


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 120

  • 82 - very chancy (41%)
  • 102 - chancy (51%)
  • 122 - modest (61%)
  • 142 - very modest (71%)
  • 162 - low-risk (81%)
  • 182 - straightforward (91%)
  • 200 - straightforward (100%)

Success

Unknown tongues

Waves break on the shore, and pebbles rustle […]. The boulders on the beach creak and groan in the wind like giants in pain. If you were to give into fancy and imagine these were human voices, they'd be talking in languages you don't know. […]

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Failure

Meaningless sounds?

The zailors claim to hear the voices of spirits whispering, but you can't hear it. All you can hear is the sloshing of waves and something that might be the growling of a giant sea-monster. Which is alarming.