Each Shedfall the Inner Scale sets a basket at the foot of the Warm Ridge and invites the faithful to drop in their questions. This year the basket received forty-one questions, two copper coins, and one boot. The boot has been entered into Khaedara's Ledger pending identification of its owner. Below are the answers the Inner Scale agreed to make public.
On the lost roll
"I rolled a 98 on a weapon I have wanted for three months. A rogue rolled 99. I have not slept. What does the Coil say?" (An egg, two weeks old)
High Priestess Xalrathiel answers: I dreamed of your weapon last night. It was being held very tightly by someone who could not sleep. I could not tell, in the dream, which of you it was. Hold it lightly in your heart, little egg, since that is the only place you are holding it anyway. The rogue has been entered in the Ledger, but only in pencil.
On arriving late
"I keep arriving at the gathering after the Chant has ended. Am I a bad disciple?" (Signed, Always Mounting Up)
Khaedara the Accuser answers: I have checked. You have been late eleven times. I have also checked the Chant, which has never once ended, because Xal'Reth is still hungry and the world is still being held. You are not late to the Chant. You are early to the next one. I find this deeply irritating and can find nothing to accuse you of.
The hearthstone problem
"If I hearth home in the middle of a fight, is that letting go?" (Anonymous, but we know it was a priest)
Hessk the Beggar King answers: No. That is leaving. Letting go is when you stay, and you no longer need the fight to go your way. Leaving is when you take your feet and keep the grudge. Nhalor releases; Nhalor does not abandon the party at thirty percent. What did you give today? If the answer is "a wipe," give an apology next.
A final question, answered by all three
"How do I know if I am clutching?"
The Inner Scale conferred for one full dungeon's length and returned this answer together: If you are asking whether you may put it down, you may. If you are asking whether you must, you have already begun.
The basket will remain at the Warm Ridge until the end of Shedfall. Further reading on gripping, ungripping and the True Ledger can be found in the Canon, and the full Inner Scale roster in the Priesthood. The boot may be reclaimed from Khaedara in person, at your own risk.
Hold light. Glory to Xal'Reth.
Glory to Xal'Reth.