Ale, Fortune and Math

[AlphaLuke]

Mat scans the terrain, hoping to find something helpful in the coming weather.

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Perception: (1d20+2)[13] (Sign of Discovery)
Mat will also use Double Take if needed.

[Leomor]

Mathwin is able to locate some options for the incoming rain. Ahead, he see's a few trees that could provide basic cover for the rain, although this won't provide much safety from lighting.

Mat takes off his new glasses and gets the water drops off. Looking with his new glasses, Mat is able to spot a section of rock ahead, that might serve as an alcove. There seems to be enough space for both Mathwin and Bill, and is on high enough ground to not have flooding issues, unless the storm become substantially worse.

[AlphaLuke]

Mat heads towards the rocky alcove, trying his best to protect Bill from the brunt of the storm and also keep him calm during the lightning strikes.

[Leomor]

Running towards the cavern, Mathwin hears the wind and rain picking up heavier with every passing gust. So close to the shore, he sees waves crashing against the rocks. The sailors in Absolom are probably quite busy with secure the ships, and Mathwin hopes that Mistress Oppara is safe.

He leads Bill to the alcove, which luckily is located far enough above the mainland, so that there should no worries about flooding or lightning strikes. Bill seems overall un-phased by the rain and lighting, and Mat finds a stalagmite to tie bill reins to. Taking a second to breath and dry off, Mathwin observes his area, to make sure that he is safe for now. In securing the area, Bill has already gone to sleep, tired from the day’s journey. Mat takes a second to eat some rations and gather his strength.

The rain seems to carry on for awhile, which bores Mathwin. He plays with the idea of juggling his Magic Missiles around, much like a Fool would. Surely this could be a good tactic to surprise an unknowing foe, but Mat can’t quite figure out how to maintain the missiles without casting it multiple times. Defeated and still bored, Mathwin begins to walk around the cave. The smell of rain covers the cavern, and as he gets a little deeper towards the back, he is unable to see extremely well. But something does raise his attention; as he gets closer to the back of cavern, the sound of rain should lessen, but he can clearly hear rainfall coming from within the back of the cavern. Mathwin concludes there must be an open section of rock somewhere, but as he goes deeper, he finds a wall but no open rocks.

The sound of heavy rain continues to be heard from the back of the cave.

[AlphaLuke]

Mat draws his wand. Using a combination of Mage Hand and Light, Mathwin illuminates and levitates a stone from the ground. Now that he has a better source of hands-free light, he searches, slowly and carefully, for the source of the rain sound. Using his other two cantrips in conjunction, he is methodical in his search while maintaining his awareness.

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Using Mage Hand to levitate rock, Light to illuminate it, Sign of Discovery to aid perception, and Double Take to re-roll crappy ones. Also still wearing my nifty new glasses.
Perception:(1d20+2)[7]

[Leomor]

The area being well-lighted, Mathwin sees the wall he stands in front of. There is normal condensation on the wall, but as Mat looks around, he catches a glimpse of something shiny in the reflection of his glasses. Standing completely still, he is able to determine where in the wall the shine is coming from. As he turns, he is clearly able to see a hole in the wall.

Carefully looking through the hole in the wall, Mathwin sees a small gem laying on the floor of a cavern behind the wall of this cave. Through further inspection, Mathwin sees that this wall actually has a door built into the stone. At first glance, it seems like it could be pushed open with a good nudge.

[Leomor]

As the rain rages relentlessly, Mathwin debates with himself. The gem shimmers in his eye as he weighs his options.

[AlphaLuke]

Mat bites his lip, as he sometimes does when he's nervous. Checking to make certain Bill is a safe distance away from the door, he pulls a waxed leather tube from his satchel. Unstoppering the tube, Mat pulls out a parchment scroll. Eyes briefly flashing amber, he intones the final few syllables of the spell and summons an Unseen Servant. Mat stands back and addresses the Servant in a clear, loud voice. "Please open that door, pick up the gemstone inside and place it within my kerchief, here." Mat lays a well-used white cloth on the ground.

[Leomor]

Mathwin carefully molds his magic from his scroll, to a somewhat corporeal form. Mat is able to see a shift in his vision as his unseen servant bows towards him. Mathwin quietly commands the unseen servant.

Standing back, Mathwin suddenly seems dust start to fall from where to door stood. In a fluid, but slow motion, the door opens. Constantly checking for traps and other events that made occur, Mathwin actually sees a basic spring trap; a knife attached to a stick, tied back. Luckily, it seems to have been already sprung. Taking the time to thoroughly investigate the area, Mathwin orders the servant to pick up the gem and put it into the handkerchief.

The rain pouring outside is a sound that Mathwin cannot quite get out of his head. Staying alert, he waits patiently as the servant moves towards the gem. Suddenly, he sees the gem being lifted. Mathwins’ muscles tense and eyes squint as the gem is lifted. Bracing for impact, he holds holds his breath, hoping he didn’t just make a mistake.

The servant places the gem in the handkerchief, and bows.

[AlphaLuke]

Mat quickly wraps the gem in his handkerchief and looks into the chamber. Dark and dreary, let's shed some light on the situation. Mat uses his levitated stone, already shedding light, and sends it into the chamber to illuminate more and scope out the area.

[Leomor]

Wrapping the gem in a piece of cloth, Mathwin carefully places the black and red gem and places it in safe keeping on his person. With his rock of light floating into the room, Mathwin is bale to gaze into the room a little bit more. He can barely make out a wall in the distance, but only see's the sandy floor and activated trap.

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Cavern Map: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1...6bFEc1fkONZ6g/

[AlphaLuke]

Thinking briefly, Mat snaps to a realization! My tattoos! I never get to use these! Rolling up his sleeves, he reveals his Varisian Tattoos that he received upon graduation from the academy. Holding his arms out, his tattoos glow amber before manifesting four glowing torches of magical light hanging in the air before him. Dancing Lights, I always forget that spell. He directs the lights into the room, trying to illuminate the walls and get a better picture of the area.

[Leomor]

Mathwin conjures 4 dancing lanterns from his tattoo, which seamlessly jump around the room, give light to each wall, as Mathwin inspects.

Illuminating the room, he can see the rock walls 40ft high covering the sands beneath him. The room is wet and each footstep echos. Looking around, the walls seems to have been mined and broken at points. On the walls, he sees rope, moldy wood, some tools, brooms, an anchor, and broken barrels, with some cups and a broken table laying on the ground. Trying to think logically, nothing appears to be specifically out of place here, but Mat keeps looking around. Looking carefully around the room, he see’s another door wide open.

[AlphaLuke]

Now looking at a fully illuminated room, Mat's a little more at ease. Turning back down the way to Bill, Mat begins to stow the non-essentials and grab what he needs for a proper delve. He stows the gemstone in his saddlebags, along with his pipe, dice, pipeweed and most of his camping supplies. He grabs his crossbow and quarrel of bolts, throws his rope over his shoulder and makes sure his scroll cases, wands, and spell components are all secure on him. Heading back to the "door", Mat cautiously walks into the room and looks about.

[Leomor]

As Mathwin walks towards the door, his light shimmers on the wall behind the door. It looks like humans took this cavern and excavated it. For what purpose, Mathwin is unsure. As he enters the room, it looks like the sandy hallways lead down left and right, but Mathwin doesn’t see anything to help him determine what each path holds.

[AlphaLuke]

Mat's careful to watch where he steps, look through his new glasses, and use Double Take and Sign of Discovery to maintain a watchful eye. There was already one trap in this place, who's to say how many more there might be. In his left hand, he holds his Birch wand of Sleep, in his right, he levitates the stone enchanted with Light. Mat slowly moves up the North path.

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Perception check (with all the bells and whistles):(1d20+2)[10]

[Leomor]

Carefully moving down the north hallway, Mathwin is able to see that the hallway is blocked by a cave in. Looking around, Mathwin sees that the ceiling of the cavern looks to have broken rock, which must have fallen down at some point. Trying to find a way around, Mathwin can see that there is a room behind all these rocks. Many of the rocks on the top seem smaller and movable, but the larger rocks on the bottom are much to large to consider moving. Mathwin might be able to squeeze through if he took the time to move the rocks.

[AlphaLuke]

Mat decides he'd like to see what's on the other side of this cave-in. He takes his time and uses a mix of Mage Hand and good old fashioned elbow grease to clear a hole in the cave-in.

[Leomor]

Literally getting his hands dirty, Mathwin begins to pulls some of the rocks out from the cave in. He figures that the rain doesn't sound like it is letting up anytime soon so he might as well see if there is anything of worth in this cavern. Making sure to avoid any damage to the caverns stability, he carefully moves rock after rock.

After a few minutes of digging and moving, Mathwin is able to comfortably squeeze past the rocks and carefully step into the room the rocks were blocking. Inside the room, he sees a table, with candle and a chair in the middle of the room. On the wall he sees sea maps and charts with detailed marks that point to an "X".

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(Knowledge Georgraphy to try and ascertain where the maps is located)

Mat gazes around the room, seeing some books regarding nautical paths, what seem to be peanut shells and a piece of black fabric bundles up in the corner. By the fabric, a couple of filled bottles lay in the corner of the room, up against a rather large chest, with a lock on it.

[AlphaLuke]

Mat is intrigued. He looks at the documents.

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Knw Geo:(1d20+8)[9]

Mat also looks to see how recently the room seems to have been used. If used recently, then there must be another mode of ingress. He's careful not to step on the peanut shells and wary around the pile of cloth, as it could contain a trap.

[Leomor]

As Mathwin begins to examine the map on the wall, he suddenly grabs the paper a little too roughly, and the map begins to crumble, probably due to the wet environment it's been living in. Frustrated about a potential treasure map being gone to waste, he examines the room for any signs that life has been here recently.

Mat wipes a large layer of dust off of the table, which seems to be broken, and then examines the legs. He can see that a bit of wood has been broken off, but mold has begun to grow on the broken parts. The pieces of broken wood are still laying on the ground, so it would appear that no one has been in here for a least a few weeks, if not months.

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From what Mathwin can tell, the room seems un-disturbed since the cave in.

[AlphaLuke]

Mat kicks around the pile of cloth, looking for anything salvageable, and examines the chest without touching it, looking for any rigged trap or alarm.

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Perception:(1d20+2)[13]+Double Take+Glasses

[AlphaLuke]

Kicking the pile of clothes, Mathwin is able to successfully tell that they were not hiding any traps. Feeling accomplished, Mathwin takes a good look at the chest.

The chest seems fairly normal, if not rusted from the damp sea air. The lock seems intact though, but Mathwin will probably be unable to break without a strong force.

Mathwin thinks about opening the lock on the chest with a concentrated bolt of force energy. It looks far too strong to pry open and Mat isn't a locksmith. The sound though, that would present a problem. . . Mat layers cloth from the pile in the corner over the lock, then tears a tiny hole in the fabric to expose the lock. The hole should provide a target for the spell, and the cloth should deaden the sound of the blast and catch any shrapnel. Mat pulls on his training and instinctively fires a single bolt of amber energy at the lock.

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Mat uses Force Missile on the lock after dampening it with the cloth.

[AlphaLuke]

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Force Damage:(1d4+1)[3]

[AlphaLuke]

Mathwin overcomes the hardness of the lock (via Magic). The lock has a large chip of metal out of it, but is not fully broken. The clothes remain unbroken, and seem to do a good job of muffling the sound.

Mat sneers. Damn lock. He fires off a second blast at the lock.

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Force Missile #2. Force Damage:(1d4+1)[3]

[Adovan]

Mathwin whips his hand towards the lock with precision aim, and the missile break another chunk of the lock off. Able to strike the cloth, covering up a portion of the noise, and the lock falls to the ground.

Ever careful, Mathwin raises his hand again and raises the chest open with mage hand, standing far enough back to hopefully avoid any traps. The chest lies open in front of Mathwin, and when he is sure no trap has been sprung, he moves in to investigate. Eyes opening while he looks upon the chest, Mathwin is quite happy he made the effort to open the chest.

In the chest is 5 bottles of liquid with no labels, a handful of gold, a few gems, 2 candles and a spyglass. Places on top of everything is a curved sword. The hilt has a green wrapping and a leaf emblem on the edge.

[AlphaLuke]

"Wish I had prepared Detect Magic today," Mat says wistfully to himself. He pockets the other items and picks up the sword, swinging it in the air a few times to try to determine if it's magical or not.

[AlphaLuke]

Mathwin, not trained in sword fighting, attempts to wield the curved blade. Swinging it in the air a flew times clumsily, Mat attempts to determine if there are any magical qualities, but can't tell just by holding it.

Mat sheathes the sword and double checks to room for anything he might have missed before heading back into the hallway

The room appears to be fully plundered.

Mat checks the hallway for interlopers before squeezing back out of this room

The hallway appears to be empty. Mathwin successfully squeezes back into the hallway.

Gear in tow, lighted rock still aloft, and wand of Airblast out, Mat heads South

Mathwin slowly walks down the hallway, and as the hallway turns, his light turns to show a door on his right. The hallway continues.

Is the door open or closed?

Closed

Mat sends his lighted rock down as far as he can down the hallway to see if there are any turns/twists/dead ends.

Mat sees two other door on the right

Ok, unless I see anything else, I'm going to check the first door on my right for traps

No visible traps

Do I need to make a Perception?

yup

Mat examines the door, looking for anything amiss.

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Perception (w/SoD):(1d20+2)[15]+Double Take + Glasses

[Leomor]

Mathwin believes he hears a small shuffle of steps. He is unable to determine exactly where the sound comes from. It could be the sound of rain playing tricks on him, of thunder he misheard.

[AlphaLuke]

Mat spins from the awful privy room and listens.

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Perception (w/SoD):(1d20+2)[11]+Double Take+Glasses