tile A&: The Unseen Shore

03 Nov, 2025

🜁 TILE A& — The Unseen Shore Ulutak proverb:
“When a beach has been alone too long, bow twice: once to the water, once to the land. Ask to arrive.”

B. Biome see [Arid] Cold wind, some scrubby pine trees

C. Climate and Weather : see [coastal table]

D. Descriptions Dangers

• Pebbles betray every footstep (no stealth)
• Speaking aloud = Mirrorling-Echo encounter 25%
• Fires sputter; pebbles cold.
• Very cold wind = exhaustion risk
• Mist low visibility on the beach *No driftwood Rite advantage: 
First action on land whispered prayer → Insight into Horizons.
  Forbidden: shouting, naming dead, drawing steel triggers Mirrorling-Echos.

E. Encounters (1d6)

1. Bassinet with Memory Jar humming gently
2. Waves whisper — Voice Table (as prior) [Voice Table] 1. Mother 2. Crone 3. Girl 4. Boy 5. Crank 6. Father
3. Emus flee Brine Eagles circling but never striking
4. Fog twin of your party walking ahead, always walking faster than you can catch it.
5. Brine Bear [dire bear] approaches from the low pine fringe to warn of a hail storm
6. New survey flag — fresh footprints vanish into water next to a warm fire pit with a stack of firewood. Circle of instruments sized for your party.
 Playing one summons a gentle heat from the sands for the night (invites a listener next dusk wherever the instrument travels).

Factions:

• Ulutak [druid 5] watching from canoe, fishing. May call sun crow.
• Geometers [cleric 5] Surveying, placing brass spikes at fixed intervals.

Horizon → South: moss hanging on scrub-pine, odd shapes from fungal forms. → North: stone paved path uphill → Inland: rope clings on cliffs, abandoned nets
 → Sea: no return without Memory Mother's rite

I: Interest Points:

1. The Tidal Arch
Purple-green basalt. Pearl strands sway.
Pass beneath:

• Cursed → remove one affliction
• Not cursed → 1 reroll, but cannot attack until harmed

2. Inland Arch
Sister gate, bead curtain of black glass.
Pass beneath:

• Cursed → remove one affliction
• Not cursed → invisible to birds 1 day, ends if a bird harmed.

3. Grove of Stone Canoes
n+1 canoes, each etched with PC names in different scripts.
Sitting in your canoe = vision of your arrival from outside yourself
(Ask GM one question about your fate here.)

J:
Memory Jar Mud-sealed, bone-stopper, trembles faintly.

• Open = remember someone else’s first landing
• Drink = gain Ulutak language whisper-fluency for a dawn
• Break = Echo attack that night

[Instruments] 1. Hand Drum 2. Bone Flute 3. Wooden Pipes 4. Bronze Chimes 5. Goat-Horn Trumpet 6. Cracked Guitar

###Knowns: Things people say about A& (1d6) 1. The beach remembers. 2. Locals cursed it when they left. 3. That thing died in your place. 4. Spirits are guilt / heat illusions. 5. “This is where you go to die.” 6. Nothing grows. Nothing should.

###Legacy:

1. Going through both gates in one day, without triggering a mirrorling-echo opens a portal to the South Pole.
2. Future Mirrorlings have a release word that can be answered by a type of question or answer from a previous encounter.

###Monsters & Co. :

Mirrorling-Echo (Created by Speech) HD 1 / AC as glass / Move as creator / No damage; control threat

• • Tool: One beat late
, mirrors PC motion and voice perfectly.
• Spirit Theft: adjacent PCs roll at disadvantage
• Goal: Block and herd PCs into surf, grapple, drown
• Release: If spared, the Mirrorling walks toward the closest river (released if it is asked question it can answer with “You!!”)

Next Tile: [Fungal Forms] Look like sculpted topiary. Size range from hat-sized to houses. Can walk if encouraged.