To the north is relatively normal looking room. An unadorned wooden armor stand rests in the middle of the room, with a faintly glowing longsword stabbed into it. At the base of the stand lie the skeletal remains of a hand, amid stains of dried blood. Morphcan tell it is magical, containing evocationa and necromancy magic on it. Echoes of distant voices occasionally fill the room, emanating from 10-inch-long, 5-inch wide vents in the ceiling.
Morph looks between the embedded sword and the skeletal hand below it.
"Careful with the sword, it have a mixed evocation and necromancy magic on it."
Morph points at the hand on the ground.
"The hand has me concerned about the sword."
Morph looks at his friends,
"I don't suppose any of you know the Identify spell?"
"With my new ritual casting knowledge, I may be able to acquire it in the future, but I've not looked into finding the spell, or getting the necessary spell scribing inks."
"The new section of my manual only opened a short time ago, and I've been busy working in the clinic, sorry."
Rethan shakes his head. "Find Familiar is the only ritual I've learned so far. And other than that and Light, the rest of my spells are all combat focused right now."
The unseen servant steps into the room and clumsily pulls the sword from the armor stand. Nothing happens and the unseen servant returns to Morph and presents the glowing sword as if it were a kill; dangling by the hilt in a single-dusted grip.
Standing behind Titus, Morph says to Rethan,
"After we check this passage, we should think about doing as you suggested, changing Midnight."
"I know it takes an hour to cast the spell, but I think Midnight will save us a lot of time, going forward."
Morph looks at the others,
"What do you think? Want to take a break now, or wait until later?"
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
"Maybe press on until the unseen servant's hour is up?" Laniel says.
“Yes“ says Titus, nodding at Laniel. “Let’s press on, and we can always recast the spell when we’ve mapped out a bit more of the cave.”
Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
To the north is relatively normal looking room. An unadorned wooden armor stand rests in the middle of the room, with a faintly glowing longsword stabbed into it. At the base of the stand lie the skeletal remains of a hand, amid stains of dried blood. Morph can tell it is magical, containing evocationa and necromancy magic on it. Echoes of distant voices occasionally fill the room, emanating from 10-inch-long, 5-inch wide vents in the ceiling.
Morph looks between the embedded sword and the skeletal hand below it.
"Careful with the sword, it have a mixed evocation and necromancy magic on it."
Morph points at the hand on the ground.
"The hand has me concerned about the sword."
Morph looks at his friends,
"I don't suppose any of you know the Identify spell?"
"With my new ritual casting knowledge, I may be able to acquire it in the future, but I've not looked into finding the spell, or getting the necessary spell scribing inks."
"The new section of my manual only opened a short time ago, and I've been busy working in the clinic, sorry."
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
Rethan shakes his head. "Find Familiar is the only ritual I've learned so far. And other than that and Light, the rest of my spells are all combat focused right now."
"We could try knocking it out of the armour stand, maybe using your weapon Rethan?"
"With your reach, if something happens, you might not be in the line of fire."
"And if nothing happens, we could try flicking the weapon into one of our bags of holding."
"Than we can get it identified later, without risking anything going funny by directly interacting with it."
"What do you think?"
Morph looks at his friends, waiting to see what they have to say on the matter.
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
Rethan glances at his quarterstaff thoughtfully. "That might work," he says musingly. "Or what about having your new invisible friend grab it?"
Morph slaps his open hand on his forehead, letting out a sigh.
"Of course, why didn't I think of that."
Morph silently commands his unseen servant to bring the paint can and brush to him.
He collects them and then indicates to his friends to step back outside the room.
"I think it may be worth being outside the room, in case the whole room is a trap."
Once everyone is outside the room, but watching from the door, Morph commands the unseen servant, to try pulling the sword free.
"Let's see if she's strong enough to pull it out."
(Unseen Servant for reference)
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
Titus takes a few steps back so he is outside of the room, and encourages the others to do the same.
“Probably nothing to worry about in there... but no need to take the risk it if the unseen servant is willing and able.”
Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
The unseen servant steps into the room and clumsily pulls the sword from the armor stand. Nothing happens and the unseen servant returns to Morph and presents the glowing sword as if it were a kill; dangling by the hilt in a single-dusted grip.
(The rest of us just watch the sword float across the room :P)
"Thank you Joy, please place the sword in here."
Morph opens his Bag of Holding to let his unseen servant place the sword inside.
"Ok, well it wasn't a straightforward trap, that's nice."
"Unless anyone wants to gamble with the sword, I'll hold on to it until we can confirm if it's dangerous or valuable, or both, I suppose."
"Do we search the room some more or do we move on?"
Morph hand the paint can and brush back to Joy, his unseen servant.
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
(The sword was actually enchanted with it's own pocket dimension and the bag of holding explodes!!! :D)
Rethan throws his javelin at the weapon stand to see if anything happens when something besides the sword touches it.
The javelin thuds into the wood but nothing else happens. The room is otherwise empty with only a door to the west offering another exit.
Rethan shrugs and summons his javelin back to his hand, then walks into the room and over to get a closer look at the grates in the ceiling.
Morph follows his Rethan back into the room, giving the armour stand a quick once over, before checking out the other door.
Investigation check on the armour stand: 12
Investigation check on the other door: 14
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
Titus also proceeds across the room and opens the door to the west.
Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
Atuan stands next to Titus, craning his neck to see over the tall dragonborn's armored pauldron.