Read the Ripples quest

• • • • Do NOT fill any prediction pools before starting the quest.
      • Don't stay in the obelisk room. Get in. Do your thing. Get out. You will lose spirit and die.
      • Have 2 spell slots open and available
      • You must know the Seer's Sense spell
      • Piercing gaze might make things easier.

Step 1. Ask Morton about rtr spell (Don't worry about asking the others. But here is what they all say.

Lomtaun smiles softly and says, "Chasing rumors of forgotten knowledge is a trial we all go through. Some of us even find something at the end of our search, though many come to regret it. You should speak with Mortom or Tiv, they may be able to set you on a fruitful path."

Mortom adjusts his monocle and says, "You seek forgotten lore, do you? Or is it forgotten?" He smiles softly, "And if not, why do we not teach it openly?" He draws you close and continues in a barely audible whisper, "I would start your search in the Dragonspine Mountains, but do not trust what you find there." He releases you and starts to turn to his mirrors before hesitating, "Do take care, I would not lose a promising student such as yourself."

Cherulisa says, "Chasing rumors of forgotten knowledge is a trial we all go through. Some of us even find something at the end of our search, though many come to regret it. You should speak with Mortom or Tiv, they may be able to set you on a fruitful path."

Gylwyn runs her fingers through her hair and says, "Chasing rumors of forgotten knowledge is a trial we all go through. Some of us even find something at the end of our search, though many come to regret it. You should speak with Mortom or Tiv, they may be able to set you on a fruitful path."

Kssarh says, "Yet again you've failed to meet my expectations for you, meager though they are. Get back in the library and learn the proper names for our spells before I'm forced to invent a truly creative punishment like freezing you in a godsforsaken cave with a hostile extraplanar entity."

Optional Step (cast tenebrous sense. if you have it or you might want a light source)

Step 2. Go to the [The Frozen Heavens, Unfathomable Grotto]. This is where the obelisk is on Genie Map 62, Roomid 171 or Rank Map 62.

Step 3. study obelisk An oily voice oozes from the obelisk, slowly filling your mind, "Freely listen to me... free, help me, free me. I need you. Betrayed. Betray you. You trapped me, me, me, ME. Listen. LISTEN. Save me. Must save me. Save rewards, yes. Quickly... Listen..." the voice trails off to a malicious whisper, until that too fades from your hearing.

Step 4. listen obelisk The voice oozes into your mind, "Wait. I know you, I know your lineage. Use you. Yes." Static violates your mind, rasping over your thoughts. "You seek power. You always do, heedless. Another set of footsteps in a groove so deep it threatens the foundations of creation. This suits. Prepare your mind, infuse it with perspicacity." A nigh-infinite skein of unfamiliar stars floods your visions before fading into a crepuscule sky. "A splinter of your freedom. That is my price." As the voice withdraws, you find yourself kneeling before the obelisk, your forehead pressed to the chill surface.

Step 5. listen obelisk Terrible psychic pain burns through you as unseen hands recklessly rummage through your mind, seeking, always seeking. Your psyche is torn asunder as a fragment of you, your destiny, is ripped away. The now familiar voice seeps into the gaping hole in your memories, "What is this morsel? Even a meager vessel such as you can hold more! Fill yourself before you return! A temptation. A mockery. Freedom denied. Trapped. You trapped me. All of you, the same." The voice trails off in a sob as the psychic pain ebbs away.

Step 6. The do not do step. Do NOT listen to the obelisk a third time. (You will die).

Step 7. Go somewhere safe and fill all of your prediction pools.

Step 8. Go to the [The Frozen Heavens, Unfathomable Grotto]. This is where the obelisk is on Genie Map 62, Roomid 171 or Rank Map 62.

Step 9. study obelisk The oily voice slides into your mind, an uncomfortable friend, "You return... your freedom. IT IS MINE! Quickly! LISTEN! You must. Must..."

Step 10. listen obelisk (only listen a total of one time) Terrible psychic pain burns through you as unseen hands recklessly rummage through your mind, seeking, always seeking. Your psyche is torn asunder as a fragment of you, your destiny, is ripped away. The oily, insouciant voice seeps into the gaping hole in your memories, "A sliver of what I seek, meaningless. Insolent. Shackled. Yet promising." The voice trails off as the psychic pain ebbs away. A milky white fragment coalesces in your right hand. [You now have the fragment]

Step 11. Go to a safe room

Step 12. Sit

Step 13. Wait for your concentration to come back

Step 14. Cast piercing gaze

Step 14. invoke fragment You gaze towards the heavens, seeking their silent guidance while firmly gripping your white fragment At the ritual's peak, your prophetic connection blooms a thousand-fold. You are alone. An infinitesimal speck in space and time adrift in an infinite sea of possibility. The course of your past, present and future are dictated by ceaseless currents beyond any mortal control. But infinitesimal is not insignificant, and control is not understanding. These are indisputable facts etched into the essence of every prophet. As your consciousness drifts amongst the currents of Fate, you find yourself drawn towards the planet Ismenia.

Step 15. Wait for something like this message. This is not the exact message. As your consciousness drifts amongst the currents of Fate, you find yourself drawn towards [constellation]

Step 16. observe {constellation}

Step 17. Repeat steps 15 and 16. Until you get the following message. As your ritual ebbs away, you find yourself returned to a world of immutable, indisputable facts. Things that are, are, and things that are not, are not. A faint dissatisfaction lingers with you, for you are still alone, infinitesimal.

Step 18. You should see the following. A faint, sterile light begins to emanate from a milky white fragment.

Optional Step. Cast tenebrous sense or get a light source out.

Step 19. Go to the [The Frozen Heavens, Unfathomable Grotto]. This is where the obelisk is on Genie Map 62, Roomid 171 or Rank Map 62.

Step 20. Wait for the following message. The oily voice, flush with chthonic tones, intrudes upon your mind, "Destiny! Absolution... reward. Give it to me!"

Step 21. give obelisk The oily voice, flush with chthonic tones, intrudes upon your mind, "Destiny! Absolution... reward. Give it to me!" The fragment dims as a cascade of colors pulses within the obelisk.

Step 22. focus my fragment A sense of understanding and wonder fills and you feel on the brink of a deeper understanding of the heavens. You're certain you could unlock this secret with further study of the fragment. [Learning the Read the Ripples spell will require two spell slots.]

Step 23. study my fragment You gaze at the fragment, seeking beyond the physical, and discover layers upon layers of detailed formulae describing the relationship of a complex lunar ritual, the heavens and fate. You set yourself to memorizing these revelations until you are certain you could invoke them at will. [You have learned the Read the Ripples spell.] The fragment bursts into a cloud of frozen starlight which quickly dissipates. Roundtime: 30 sec.

Step 24. You have gotten the spell, Read The Ripples. Get to safety.