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Break of Dawn [Manzanita judging] COMPLETED
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Rae ArdGaoth
Explorer
OOC: Eh... Might one of those pieces of jewelry be an amulet?
"Vines... Hmm... Perhaps this... coffin? ...is binding something within it. If the amulet is inside, though, it must be opened. Perhaps we should prepare ourselves for a battle in case we unleash something." Quarion stands by the 'table', quarterstaff in hand.
"Vines... Hmm... Perhaps this... coffin? ...is binding something within it. If the amulet is inside, though, it must be opened. Perhaps we should prepare ourselves for a battle in case we unleash something." Quarion stands by the 'table', quarterstaff in hand.
Rae ArdGaoth
Explorer
Quarion pauses a moment, tense, just waiting for the body to rise and attack. When it doesn't, the elf relaxes some. "There, around its neck. The golden necklace with the gem. Were I to wear an amulet, 'twould be around my neck. Could our prize be so easily obtained as this? I feel we should not remove it immediately, this tomb is surely trapped."
Rystil Arden
First Post
*Ally raises an eyebrow.*
(OOC: Does the necklace look like it is half of something? Or is it complete? She tries Knowledge Arcana and Spellcraft on the items, Lore on the items, the burial practises, the body, etc, Knowledge Religion on the burial practises and the ecclesiastical leanings of the Druids here (they seem a bit inconsistent after all), Knowledge Nature on the vines. If all of those fail, she will use one of her two Detect Magic cantrips to search for magic)
"We're looking for half an amulet, so it should be obvious based on how the necklace i crafted whether or not it is a half or a whole, right?"
(OOC: Does the necklace look like it is half of something? Or is it complete? She tries Knowledge Arcana and Spellcraft on the items, Lore on the items, the burial practises, the body, etc, Knowledge Religion on the burial practises and the ecclesiastical leanings of the Druids here (they seem a bit inconsistent after all), Knowledge Nature on the vines. If all of those fail, she will use one of her two Detect Magic cantrips to search for magic)
"We're looking for half an amulet, so it should be obvious based on how the necklace i crafted whether or not it is a half or a whole, right?"
The necklace is morst pobably not the Half of the amulet that you are looknig for.
This necklace consists of a slim golden chain with a small jewel.
Based on the knowledge that you have on the amulet of dawn (with previous Lore checks and that gained form Lord Graven) the amulet of dawn is clearly the half of a single amulet that once was in one piece.
This kind of burial practice is does not comply with any known burial rites that druids employ (as known with Ally and Quarion). You do that practices exist that include embalming the bodies of the dead, wrapping them in cloth and laying them inside stone sacrphagii. This kind of ritual usually also includes removing vital organs from the body and storing them nearby (ooc: like egyptians do).
The jewelry on the body do however carry some signs that Ally recocnizes with her planar knowledge. The symbols she finds are connected to the plane of Elysium.
Combining bits of knowledge, Ally can only conclude that a: this is pobably not the amulet of dawn, b: this body is not ' buried' in any known druidic tradition, c: the burial rite used is very foreign and could even be not of this world since d: the body carries jewelry with symbols that are connected to Elysium.
The only hint you can get from the vine engavings is some connection with nature.
This necklace consists of a slim golden chain with a small jewel.
Based on the knowledge that you have on the amulet of dawn (with previous Lore checks and that gained form Lord Graven) the amulet of dawn is clearly the half of a single amulet that once was in one piece.
This kind of burial practice is does not comply with any known burial rites that druids employ (as known with Ally and Quarion). You do that practices exist that include embalming the bodies of the dead, wrapping them in cloth and laying them inside stone sacrphagii. This kind of ritual usually also includes removing vital organs from the body and storing them nearby (ooc: like egyptians do).
The jewelry on the body do however carry some signs that Ally recocnizes with her planar knowledge. The symbols she finds are connected to the plane of Elysium.
Combining bits of knowledge, Ally can only conclude that a: this is pobably not the amulet of dawn, b: this body is not ' buried' in any known druidic tradition, c: the burial rite used is very foreign and could even be not of this world since d: the body carries jewelry with symbols that are connected to Elysium.
The only hint you can get from the vine engavings is some connection with nature.
Eanos, human monk
Eanos, having borne silent witness to each room, and now viewing the wrapped body, raises an eyebrow.
I'm inclined to let the dead lie; at least for as long as we might have other options. If we fear a sleep enchantment in the pillow room, only some of us should enter when we re-examine it. And given the trouble we've had with birds of late, we should similarly be prepared in that room.
"If I have to choose, the bright, cheery bird room seems the nicest place to look for more secret doors or a clue to whatever puzzle this might or might not be."
Eanos, having borne silent witness to each room, and now viewing the wrapped body, raises an eyebrow.
I'm inclined to let the dead lie; at least for as long as we might have other options. If we fear a sleep enchantment in the pillow room, only some of us should enter when we re-examine it. And given the trouble we've had with birds of late, we should similarly be prepared in that room.
"If I have to choose, the bright, cheery bird room seems the nicest place to look for more secret doors or a clue to whatever puzzle this might or might not be."
Rystil Arden
First Post
"It's not our target, either. Except for a possible trap, I tend to think that we should just take the jewelry--after all, it is doing no good to him dead. Imagine what good we could do with them. Just one of those pieces of jewelry sitting here on a corpse could even feed several starving children for a year!"
"However, I admit that there may be a trap, so perhaps we should come back later. If I haven't used up my spells to detect magic by then in the other rooms, I could even check for magic on the jewelry, which could also find a magical trap as well."
"However, I admit that there may be a trap, so perhaps we should come back later. If I haven't used up my spells to detect magic by then in the other rooms, I could even check for magic on the jewelry, which could also find a magical trap as well."
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