They slowly move the sphere away from the stone mount nearby. Increasing its size as they do so.
Small sparkly lights shine down in the depths. Some disappear as the fish they are on are eaten.
Small ‘breather’ sections of the sphere take oxygen from the water and place it into the sphere. The travellers notice the deeper they go the smaller the ‘breather’ sections get. They add more of them, after discovering they cannot make them larger.
More spell research must be needed to enable such a sphere to provide air in the ocean depths.
They halt the sphere. It has become hard to breathe. The cleric notices that mucus surrounds the sphere. That must be blocking the air flow.
The magic-user mumbles and points. The mucus falls away.
That which created the mucus is unharmed, it was ordered to move away to give a false impression.
[ 28 March, 2024 ]
Well, I don’t quite know how to end this, so they explored, found no treasures, went back to the surface and decided to adventure inland only.