shilsen
Adventurer
Philip scratches his head for a moment, casting his mind back over previous riddles and scraps of lore he has encountered which may help with this one*.
"I think you are probably right about the first line, Aleria," he comments slowly, sounding more serious than usual. "Perhaps the second line refers to a secret or hidden doorway of some kind. I wonder if the word "cauldron" refers to the city itself and the area below it, or if it is something more mundane, like a kitchen or something like that."
Concentrating as he works down the lines of the divination, Philip's voice drops to a musing tone. "Doors with teeth may refer to some strange monster - or perhaps a portcullis? And malachite is simply a green metal ore, so that doesn't help much. Precious life bought with gold? Perhaps there will be someone to bribe, or gold is used more metaphorically, such as the gold of the sun. And half a dwarf? Maybe a creature descended formed from a dwarf and a member of another race? Or a monster which is half-dwarf, like a centaur is half-horse and half-human?"
Pausing, he looks at the others, and his familiar roguish smile returns to his face as his brow unfurrows. "There - have I confused everyone yet?"
*OOC: Using Bardic knowledge (+3)
"I think you are probably right about the first line, Aleria," he comments slowly, sounding more serious than usual. "Perhaps the second line refers to a secret or hidden doorway of some kind. I wonder if the word "cauldron" refers to the city itself and the area below it, or if it is something more mundane, like a kitchen or something like that."
Concentrating as he works down the lines of the divination, Philip's voice drops to a musing tone. "Doors with teeth may refer to some strange monster - or perhaps a portcullis? And malachite is simply a green metal ore, so that doesn't help much. Precious life bought with gold? Perhaps there will be someone to bribe, or gold is used more metaphorically, such as the gold of the sun. And half a dwarf? Maybe a creature descended formed from a dwarf and a member of another race? Or a monster which is half-dwarf, like a centaur is half-horse and half-human?"
Pausing, he looks at the others, and his familiar roguish smile returns to his face as his brow unfurrows. "There - have I confused everyone yet?"
*OOC: Using Bardic knowledge (+3)
