Constables of the 14th Ward

[pathfinderq1]

Thea glanced at the cabinet again- from the looks of things, perhaps Rahvin had spotted something she had not. She nodded at him, impressed- though she expected nothing less than the best from her teammates. Even she had to admit that while her magic gave her many advantages as an investigator sometimes sheer experience and physical skill were more successful. "If you want to take a crack at that, I' ll lend a hand..."

OOC: [sblock]Bowing to Rahvin's superior skills here, Thea will try to Aid Another if he wants to try the Disable role. Her skill is only +3 (or +5 if she gets the bonus from her MW tools on an Aid Another roll), but the DC for helping out is only 10; roll is 11 (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1197494)[/sblock]

 

[Maeglin]

“Thanks, Thea,” Rahvin says. “Any assistance is welcome.”

“Here,” he says, handing Amalthea a couple of finely crafted thin metallic hooks.

“Hold this one like that, and pull the other one to the side... like so. Now, hold it steady while I...”

Rahvin deft fingers twist and turn the lockpicks, trying to disable the trap...

[sblock=actions] With Thea's assistance,Rahvin tries to disable the trap (1d20+13=33)
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[Scotley]

Demonstrating great skill Rahvin finds and presses the hidden catch on the side of the cabinet that allows him to disable the trap. He finds the lock to be no obstacle either and soon the contents of the cabinet are revealed. The contents of the cabinet include the more expensive tools of the cartographer's trade--silver nibs, gold foil, special inks, a spyglass in a leather case, a sextant in a velvet lined walnut box. Of more interest are a metal cash box, a little green glass bottle with a paper label bearing the picture of a spider on a wall and a small jewelry case such as one might present an engagement ring to one's beloved in. The trap proves to have been a tanglefoot bag that would have been activated had Rahvin and Thea not taken care to find and press the hidden catch.

OOC: Rather than stretch this out any longer I figured you'd just take 20 on the lock.

 

[Scotley]

Taking a good whiff of Lyman's boots, Darius sneezes. [highlight] "Oh yeah, these should do the trick"[/highlight] Darius takes Lyman's boots outside, offers them to Jonas, and asks [highlight]"Do you think Bruno can track Lyman's trail? There's supposedly a trail of blood leading towards the 3rd from Lyman's house."[/highlight]

OOC: In case it wasn't made clear earlier the trail went by the shop which is on a line from the Lyman residence to the 3rd. The possible spatters of blood outside suggest that they could have continued on from here.

 

[Scotley]

"Yes please do" Andrew says as he settles in to observe and eavesdrop on the crowd.

There is much speculation on the part of the crowd. They wonder if Krado's wife killed him or if his shop was a front for some darker business while a couple of old gnomes are making increasingly exaggerated jokes about food related accidents involving the racial stereotype of the overfed halfling. Universally, the crowd agrees that the constables will never figure it out.

 

[jkason]

Moru Sen, human conjurer

Of more interest are a metal cash box, a little green glass bottle with a paper label bearing the picture of a spider on a wall and a small jewelry case such as one might present an engagement ring to one's beloved in.

Moru squints at the bottle. "Potion, you think?" he asks absently, his attention already turning to the jewelry case. "Now, why would a long-married fellow need an engagement ring case?"

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

SoulFetter

"To hold a magic ring, maybe? And the spider on the bottle makes me think of the way Thea scampered up that wall from the swarm."

 

[pathfinderq1]

"A solid guess, on that potion, at least," Thea says, after they've looked over the trove of items. "But none of this seems likely to provide a lead towards finding our missing mapmaker. I'd guess we might lock it back up- for either Mr. Lyman or his relatives... I don't think we can justify confiscating any of it."

 

[Maeglin]

“I agree with Thea. We have no justification to confiscate any of these things,” Rahvin says. “Unless any of these CAN help us to find him.”

“As I have mentioned, I have but a passing familiarity with magic, but,” he adds. “Isn't there a Law of Magic that states that one needs an object belonging to a person in order to forge a mystical link to that person? Perhaps one of these items may be used to craft a spell to seek Mr. Lyman?”

[sblock=ooc] Thinking of Locate Creature, or Scrying or something like that... Thea? Moru? Soulfetter? [/sblock]

 

[Helfdan]

Alarion

"Aye... but there is another task we should be performing, master Stormcrow." Alarion turns to speak through the doorway. "We need to speak to our master Blacklung."