>>180112"We're looking for ponies, so let's check the cottage first. They could have hidden there."
>>180113Idk why I put that in quotes, but I guess that's not unreasonable to say in character...
>>180112Posey walks to the door of the cabin, but as she's about to open it...
She compulsively knocks.
>>180115No response.
This door is indeed closed.
>>180117Posey freezes there, struggling against herself.
....
Wait, is there a welcome mat?
>>180117>>180118Silver looks oddly at Posey, before opening the door for her.
>>180119But does he invite her in?
>>180119The door is unlocked, and opens simply
>>180118No.
>>180119>>180118Mala stands at the ready with his shotgun, and seemed as if he intended to kick down the door if Silver had not simply opened it.
>>180120Kek
>>180120>>180121>>180122>>180123Silver steps inside, and having not immediately died (as far as I know) turns to Posey and says, "Seems safe enough. Come on inside."
>>180124Posey enters the building, and looks around.
>>180124>>180125You wanna get a surprise round against you? Because this is how you get a surprise round against youSilver opens it...
To find that the cottage contains a desk with many papers, some papers strewn on the ground, a collection of giant... teeth? On a windowsil. Many, many, many empty bottles. A couple glasses, one turned over. Writing in.. chalk? Multiple... spearheads? On the walls. A single bed that is made but slightly disturbed.
>>180126Fair.Silver: "This seems to belong to hunter."
Kira enters, and wonders at the interior. She takes special interest in the spearheads, comparing it to the leaf-shaped steel spearhead of her spear.
>>180126>You wanna get a surprise round against you?People told me not to powergame. Posey phobia is one of her weaknesses.
>a collection of giant... teeth?Ooh, that's fun.
>Writing in.. chalk?A magic circle? Summoning?
Arcana
[1d20+11 = (5+11) = 16]>Multiple... spearheads?Any of those look masterwork?
Let's check the floor boards under the bed, to see if there's a hidden compartment that the crown could have been hidden in.
>>180127It sholuld be clarified that there are two distinct and radically different types of "spearheads" here. One is absolutely massive, six or so inches long and made of steel, presumably chrome plated.
But another class is several different kinds of mostly smaller spearheads. Some are made of... metal? Some odd looking black colored substance. Two are carved bone. One of the metal ones looks broken, probably from something larger
>>180128These are definitely of some kind of magical attempt or occult tradition, very possibly for the purpose of summoning. However, Posey does not recognize any of the attempts at symbols. Well, that isn't true. She recognizes a symbol belonging to Erebus, of primordial chaos, and another to the fish god. However, if Posey really had to guess, this looks more like an imitation of magic rituals rather than anything real.
>>180128There is a box, yes.
>masterworkMaybe the large steel one?
>>180130Hmmm...this may be a long shot, but...can Silver use his mastery of Weaponsmithing to learn the quality of the spearheads?
>>180131Are you asking if it's masterwork?
>>180131If you have tanks in weapons nothing, you get a bonus to appraisal checks.
>>180130>imitation of magic rituals rather than anything real"It looks like the fishermen were getting desperate. They even resorted to esoterics." Posey declares
"It's all wrong though. For all we know they angered the sea spirits and had a horde of sea fiends ascend in this settlement." She ponders
>>180133>tanks in weapons nothing*ranks in weapon smithing
>>180132Yeah, and maybe recognizing what the metal and black colored substance is.
>>180133Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Kira: "They didn't ask the spirits correctly, I suppose, and didn't receive their blessings. We're not really a sea people, so I don't know if we had any ways to ask for blessings to increase fish yields. We just fished in the rivers if we needed any."
>>180135"Esoterics are no laughing matter. Some creatures think of them as harmless futility at worst, but in dire circumstances it can do more harm than good. I know of a village not unlike this one that was depopulated by drowners after the locals got chancey with chalk like this..." Posey says, shaking her head slowly
>>180136Rolling
[1d20+3 = (4+3) = 7]
>>180136Can I roll? Not for anything in particular, just in general
>>180136Weaponsmithing: Silver inspects the spearheads with the keen eye of a master smith.
[1d20+12 = (14+12) = 26]>>180137Kira: "I imagine they got desperate, ran out of whale meat and resorted to hunting sea birds for food. This might have been their last gambit to survive..."
>>180141"It may have also been their undoing. Sea spirits are not to be trifled with." Posey says
"I know that first hoof...." she adds
>>180142"I wondered the same. Perhaps there were more of them at some point."
>>180139Are there any hidden chambers under the floorboard, behind the bed, or under the mattress?
>>180140Defiant's mix tape does
not get picked up by a record label.
>>180137Posey does not recognize the spears
>>180141Silver can tell that the large spearhead is a fresh, modern spear with a chrome plated head. Presumably, it's for a harpoon.
The other objects are... less clear. One is the tip of a larger spear, and a few are full spearheads. One of the spearheads is corroded in an unsual way. However, all of them seem to be made from some kind of alloy. Iron, Nickel, and Manganese. The thing is, it looks as if it
hasn't been properly smelted at all, and is a naturally occurring semi-metalic substance. This means that the iron includes ferric oxides that you'd really rather not use. However, it
is near purely metalic.
>>180144No search roll?
>>180145I keep forgetting my bonus
[1d20+5 = (5+5) = 10]
I really should take 10 on these kinds of rolls...
>>180145Silver: "These are odd. I have never seen anyone attempt to fashion spearheads like these before. It almost seems as if they were using whatever metals they had on hoof...talon?...to make these."
>>180147Search: Kira also searches the house for any hidden compartments.
>>180149"Seems like it. They probably melted down old scrap metal to make these."
>>180150There
is a hidden compartment in the floorboard.
It contains a couple boxes, and has clearly been moved recently.
>>180152Voila!
Posey levitates the boxes out.
>>180153Kira taps her hooves together as she watches Posey lift the boxes out. "Um...can I help open them?"
>>180154"Sure. You can be the trap-checker." Posey replies
>>180155Kira: "Okay!" She smiles, and claps her hooves together excitedly...before stopping and looking at Posey a couple seconds later. "...how does one do that, exactly?"
>>180154Opening the boxes:
There is
not a waiting hoof grenade
It's pretty clear that the physically largest items under the floorboards have been removed.
Inside are a couple smaller boxes of ammunition, two sets of papers, a necklace with a symbol of a lion holding an axe, some paper money, and a number of coins in foreign currency.
>>180157Kira: "Oh, money!" Kira takes the money, seeing what kind of money it is.
Silver: "Money?" Silver looks, and takes the ammunition, seeing what caliber they are.
>>180157Posey examines the amulet.
Does it look like it could be magic?
Arcana
[1d20+11 = (18+11) = 29]Let's pool all the money we find into a loot pile, to divide at the end of the mission.
>>180159It does not.
It's insignia to be sure, and precious metals, but not magical
Symbol is a lion holding an axe overtop two shorts words. Silver with gold plating.
>>180158Two distinct calibers.
.45 ACP
6.5 MM rifle
The money is... well, there's a griffin on it. It's silver and gold, though.
The paper is colored green and red.
>>180159A fair idea, but does that mean we would also pool all of the money we get from pawning items?
>>180160Damn, no one has firearms in those calibers. Though the existence of this ammunition implies the existence of their matching firearms somewhere.
>>180160"Well, that's treasure." Posey says, eyeing the necklace
>>180161Depends, items that clearly are better off for certain characters should go to those characters. Items that are not useful to any characters should be sold off and proceeds divided.
>>180145I hope you know that I am scrunching at you. Hard
>>180161"We can decide how to divide the treasure after we get paid." Posey says, stowing the necklace
"Let's check the other building before we head to the pier."