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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 9666262" data-attributes="member: 20323">GM POST[ATTACH=full]406213[/ATTACH]Pausing to breath from his inhalation of the food and drink, Zeth wipes his mouth on his sleeve. "Magic tends to reveal itself, I've found... No, no I don't know that spell... Though if we manage to find a pearl - alas, I lack one at the moment - I would be able identify suspected magical items by handling them for a minute. The spell isn't subtle, but I could pass myself as a fixer or smuggler..."[ATTACH=full]406214[/ATTACH]Russet gnaws his lower lip and twitches his whiskers, glancing about the group anxiously before looking back to Lumrolur. "Will Greenhand and I... it's a long story... we didn't part on the best of terms. He became disillusioned with our... group ...in  Hundelstone. It's hard to say. I might be able to reach him if we can get him apart from the others. But I doubt he'd want to do me any favo--"[GM]<a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=297409" target="_blank">chardalyn bolt trap vs Logrim AC 17: 1D20+5 = [9]+5 = 14</a> miss![/GM] As the chest clicks open to Logrim's deft lock-picking, suddenly it jerks back several inches and a crossbow bolt tipped in deep black stone launches forth, just missing the gnome's ear to lodge in the wall of your room. Russet, Zeth, and Alma tense for a moment, then breathe a sigh of relief once it's clear the trap has done its worst.The lid of the chest is a complex crossbow bolt launching mechanism, with another black stone-tipped bolt in an auto-loading device designed to reset once the chest is closed and locked again. Inside the chest, you find...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://bg3.wiki/w/images/b/bb/Frayed_Drow_Hood_Icon.png" target="_blank">dark cowl with connected veil</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A map marked in Undercommon pointing out two locations south and southeast of the town Easthaven (see Icewind Dale map on <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/ic-quickleafs-rime-of-the-frostmaiden.697783/" target="_blank">Page 1</a>).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 2 black-stone tipped crossbow bolts.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chrysoberyl gem (worth 100 gp) marked with a duergar sigil engraved on it.</li> </ul>[SPOILER="Lumrolur"][USER=24380]@Neurotic[/USER] Many of the items have special significance to Lumrolur...Undercommon Map: The map leads to duergar "guidon" south of Easthaven and “cousin’s burial spot” southeast of Easthaven, with notes marking: "...plan to return with an ice-cutter to retrieve the “Black Axe” that my cousin stole and then the coup can be enacted." Reminder: Your guide in the Dwarven Valley was named Brydum Black Axe. Alma & Zeth also read Undercommon, so if you have enough to respond to in your post, I can have one of them relay this info to party.Chardalyn Bolts: The 2 black stone tipped crossbow bolts are chardalyn. It calls to Lumrolur. This magical ammunition has the following property: "When you fire this magic bolt made of chardalyn, you score a critical hit on a natural 19 or 20. On a critical hit, deal an extra die of cold damage equal to the crossbow’s damage. The bolt loses its magic when it successfully hits."Chrysoberyl Gem: The sigil in unmistakable – it belongs to the Muzgardt duergar clan who waged war against Lumrolur's people in the past. The collapse of the mines during that conflict is what lead to a detente between the svirfneblin and the Muzgardt duergar.[/SPOILER][ATTACH=full]406221[/ATTACH]"Well, now that we're not dead," says Alma with a dry tone and an arched brow, "I suppose I should mention that I can cast detect magic - it would be my last spell before I must rest. I would only need to pass within 30 feet of the caravan and could do so discretely."</blockquote>

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