Found this statue for the first time. Stepping on it, kicking, handling, and praying didn't work. I wasn't offered anything (nor did I decline it, naturally)—neither the first time nor the subsequent attempts. Am I doing something wrong, or does it actually not work as intended?

From the wiki: "Step on: Player is prompted to read a set of runes on the foot of the statue (y/n); various effects are available depending on PC's Learning score (temporary confusion, receiving intrinsic random elemental resistance, resistance to all elements, or failing to read the runes to no effect at all)."

For the record, my Le is 27 and I only have intrinsic fire resistance. It's a little disappointing considering that would've been enough to receive a nice bonus.

Playing on Steam v2.3.6.