LOST TRAILS OOC

[alhoon]

"Inside, she finds a flat ivory plaque resting in a dark velvet case-interior. Rattling the box gently to shift its contents, and peering close, she sees that the flat yellow-white rectangle is only one of a number of stacked objects, all thin and about the size of playing cards."

Arcana to recognize that?
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That's a natural 1.


It really gets annoying some times. I haven't rolled a good roll in a check that mattered to me as a player in forever. Why do the dice hate me?

Deck of many things, deck of illusion etc are supposed to be some of the best known magic items along with bags of holding and staff of power\magi etc. But nooope. Not this time.

Perhaps as well... with dice like that if this is indeed a deck of many things and not of illusions, Raen would draw the reaper.

[ewancummins]

He's got no clue, not from just glancing at it across the table.

[ewancummins]

minor detail from way back in threads...

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[ewancummins]

Raen may not have the foggiest notion what this item is, but he does recall looking over the ledger from the treasure chest where it was found. That ledger listed all the contents of the chest...all except this little wooden box with ivory rectangles inside.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

Anybody who does want to know what she is thinking is looking for:

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29.

I'll give that a shot, but I will need to roll a 20.
Sense Motive (+8):
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Wow, okay!

"Inside, she finds a flat ivory plaque resting in a dark velvet case-interior. Rattling the box gently to shift its contents, and peering close, she sees that the flat yellow-white rectangle is only one of a number of stacked objects, all thin and about the size of playing cards."

Arcana to recognize that?

I'll give that a shot too, if I may.
Knowledge (Arcana) (+5):
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That makes 18.

[ewancummins]

Anybody who does want to know what she is thinking is looking for:

240315:0

29.

I'll give that a shot, but I will need to roll a 20.
Sense Motive (+8):
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Wow, okay!

"Inside, she finds a flat ivory plaque resting in a dark velvet case-interior. Rattling the box gently to shift its contents, and peering close, she sees that the flat yellow-white rectangle is only one of a number of stacked objects, all thin and about the size of playing cards."

Arcana to recognize that?

I'll give that a shot too, if I may.
Knowledge (Arcana) (+5):
240325:1
That makes 18.

Klokulf gets the hunch that Kat is peeved because she's learning of the item from a stranger when she's been travelling in the company of spell-casters who could have detected the item before now.
Kat's good at not showing her hand, but this turn of events may have put a wee crack in her poker face.

[ewancummins]

That arcana roll is pretty good.

Klokulf doesn't know the particulars of this item, but he has heard stories of magical cards, some of them variations on the Vistani Tarokka, which create images, reveal hidden things, conjure objects, etc.
Drawing a card may initiate some change, if his guess is correct.

[alhoon]

minor detail from way back in threads...

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19? You rolled a 19 for Raen? A magical and rumored-to-exist above-10 number that I have not rolled in forever? Did you tell the dice gods that it was for an NPC before rolling?

You should be rolling my rolls.

[ewancummins]

minor detail from way back in threads...

240321:0

19? You rolled a 19 for Raen? A magical and rumored-to-exist above-10 number that I have not rolled in forever? Did you tell the dice gods that it was for an NPC before rolling?

You should be rolling my rolls.

[alhoon]

Raen offers to draw a card.

[ewancummins]

Raen offers to draw a card.

Okay. I quoted this message in IC.

I assume he's waiting on Kat's permission to take one.

[ewancummins]

Sense motive to see if these sneaky guys will be sincere with us.

I rolled for you, upthread.

A 17.

You know how it is when I roll for Raen. LOL

Adding spellcraft

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He gets the sense that Master Cadorna knows something about magic. It may be only a practical familiarity with certain common spells and with items of use to merchants but it's still more than most laymen know.

There's no sign of treachery or bad faith from the merchant. Either he's being honest and upfront or Raen's just not sharp enough to pick up subtle hints of something wrong.

The man hasn't attempted to disguise the economic incentives for him in what he proposes.

[alhoon]

And after 2 posts in a row I just realized that... nobody said out loud "These cards can read the future like Tarokka ones or summon illusions or conjure things". I am not sure Bennedict informed us of what he knows about such things.

Hence the "I offer to draw a card, I am sure it's illusions!" is completely out of place since Raen, unless I missed it somewhere, doesn't know that these cards can bring illusions.

What I am playing him here is more or less "I don't believe this is magical deck, I believe someone used an illusionary mark to change their aura to seem like a powerful magic item and then snuck them in that box of curiosities."


Still, I didn't change my posts in case Benn or Klokulf have informed us - I just added that the whole misunderstanding is redundant if we get a pearl to use identify.

[ewancummins]

Makes sense.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

Still, I didn't change my posts in case Benn or Klokulf have informed us - I just added that the whole misunderstanding is redundant if we get a pearl to use identify.

I edited my post to provide more information and clear up the non sequitur.