Description
This ancient Polynesian speaking stone stands at the settlement's shoreline, carved with intricate wave patterns and blessed by ocean spirits. The smooth basalt surface gleams with salt spray and moonlight, its surface worn smooth by countless tides and touched by the mana of the sea itself.
Messages spoken to the stone travel through the ocean's currents, carried by waves that whisper across vast distances to reach their intended recipients. The words flow like water through the interconnected seas, following ancient pathways known only to the ocean spirits and guided by the speaker's intent.
The settlement's wave speaker, trained in the old ways, serves as both sender and receiver of these oceanic communications. They must touch the stone while speaking and know the true name of their intended recipient, allowing the waves to find their target among all the world's coastal dwellers.
The magic reaches any person near ocean waters regardless of distance, though messages sent during storms may arrive garbled or delayed. The reliability increases during calm seas and under moonlight, when the ocean spirits are most active and willing to carry mortal words across their domain.
Benefits
Send messages to any known person near ocean waters with unlimited range. Messages arrive in 1d4 hours regardless of distance. Can send up to 10 messages per day. Recipients hear waves whisper the message in their native tongue. Two-way communication possible if recipient responds to the waves. Grants +4 Prestige to the settlement.