FR PbP

(( You push open the large door scooting the corner of a footlocker aside in the layer of dust. The room appears to be a large barrakas. The twenty foot high ceiling is mostly obscured by webbing that ensnares the upper half of the room. There are cocoon pods hanging throughout the room. The walls and center are segmented with bunked beds, lattered or stepped storage, shelving, footlockers, everything to suggest this was long ago a well used and stocked community living space. The webbing trails down to a large fireplace in the east wall. At the foot of bunk on the north end sits an armor suited corps with a heavy crossbow across its lap, another lays on the lowest bunk behind it. That's what you catch Perception of as you first enter, Eline and TT entering behind you as soon as you give them space. ))

Robwin heads in, beckoning the others forward. He goes in slowly and carefully, using mage hand to clear away any webbing he comes across, clearing it from the beds, and the ceiling, and footlockers, as he goes…

”Watch out… Be ready for anything… Could be more spiders in here…”.

Rinn creeps in alongside Robwin. "Why not just set all these webs alight like you did the last lot?" he whispers.

((This room is a dead end? With and door that closes? What are the floor and ceiling made of? Stone? If all the answers are yes, Robwin is looking like they might take Rinn up on his suggestion)).

Robwin looks about the room, his hands raise as if ready to cast, his fingers twitching “Should I burn it all away, and we back out?”, he asks the rest of the party in a whisper.

((The room appears to be a dead end. The other door exists to the same hall you came in from some fifteen feet south of you. The ceiling is obscured. The walls and floor are the same carved stone as the previous rooms and halls in the keep. Their are some furniture and furnishings not made of stone and there are books and other items as described. ))

Robwin, takes a good look around from where he is, and steps a further 10ft into the room, looking…

Perception if needed: 8 (passive 14)

He also immediately casts detect magic. His eyes take on the familiar rainbow sheen, like oil on water, as he checks 30ft in all directions for anything magical.

Robwin, You do notice a magical transmutation aura in one of the shelves near the fireplace and in one of the cocoons in the webs and from a footlocker. 

Robwin will use mage hand from where he is if he can to grab the thing with the aura on the shelf. If he can he’ll bring it to within about 10ft to see what it is. “Some magic around…. Rinn, do you want to check out that footlocker there for traps and see what’s inside?”.

“Some magic emanating from that cocoon too”, Robwin says to Wolfsong and the others, indicating the one he’s identified. 

The magic item on the shelf is a very dusty book.

Robwin’s mage hand drifts the book over to him. He takes it and looks it over, checking the cover and any writing on the outside before flicking through if nothing rings and alarm bells with him.

"On Dragons A comprehensive encyclopedic approach to all things draconic" This is a massive and richly illustrated compendium of dragon lore. It is written in high elven. A distinct step away from all the Dwarven writing you have found. You think you will need a good twelve hours of study to get a good grip on any one of the draconic sections within it. 

Robwin snaps the book closed with a nod and puts it in his pack for later.

Eline splits open the cocoon Robwin points out. 

The desiccated humanoid is wearing a cloak giving off the transmutation aura. It is covered in patches of various tools. 

The corpse also has some very nice boots, a short sword and a pouch of mixed coin.

"Robwin, It’s a long dead person. What am I looking for?" 

“Just the cloak”, calls Robwin to Eline. “It has magical properties… I can identify it properly later, but it could prove useful to one of our party… Thank you…”.

Rinn whispers, "Might as well grab the coin too, Eline." As he carefully creeps over to the footlocker to check it for traps (Investigation: 24).

Rinn doesn't notice any traps. 

You're pretty smart though.

What has you so distracted, Rinn?

Eline looks at Rinn with a grimace, "You want the boots too?", she asks sarcastically. 

Robwin wanders over to Rinn with detect magic still up. There’s a nagging feeling in his mind that the magic might be a trap. “Hold on a second Rinn… I just want to…”…

Robwin hunkers down a little and looks more closely…

((Does the detect magic look like it’s inside the box? Can he see shape and form through the box? Does it look like a magical payload in the corner or the lid, or is it obviously an object like a dagger? Maybe you can’t see this level of detail with detect magic, but he has a good look)).

(( The aura is from inside the footlocker not the box or lock. It's about the shape and size of a mature melon 🍈 [a standard rugby ball]. That's the best you can get without opening it. ))