12 The Fountain

Knee-high water pours out of the room, starts draining down the stairs, but loops around and pours back down from upstairs. Soon lowers down to ankle-height water.

• The stairs are now slippery. Leaving the room doesn’t cut the flow of water immediately (recedes after 30 minutes if left behind).

• Statue of a maiden. Drinkable water pours from her cupped hands into a basin below.

• Handful of coins float in the drain. They’re inside a small slime that clogs it. Harming it will make it retreat deeper, but can be lured out with more coin.

• If unclogged, the water level will slowly drop, but the staircase remains wet for 1 hour.

• After cleaning it, a prayer or small ceremony turns the water holy.