The Search Begins
In the living quarters, Cruendithas begins to focus his sensitivity to magic in an attempt to find sources other than the background of the place. He immediately identifies a pack hanging over the end of the bed as magical, as well as a cloak on the coat-rack. With Dunkel's help (back from checking out the kitchen, there wasn't much to see there), he discovers the bag itself also contains a small bead with a flame symbol upon it and a length of rope, both magical.
After assisting Crundithas with the bag, Dunkel looks for mundane treasures, and eventually finds a cache of Venzan gold crowns and semi-precious stones in a coffer on a table near the bed. And, a piece of black cloth on the nightstand looks odd--picking it up he finds a magical light source underneath affixed to a small grey stone.
Meanwhile, in the study, Jonas begins a search of the area. His nose confirms the lingering scent of death almost certainly related to the death of the man in the chair. A quick survey of the area reveals it to be ransacked. Books have been strewn about, and some sort of concealed cubbie behind one of the bookshelves has obviously been previously emptied. Although many of the books look to be valuable, it would take a little effort and care to sort the wheat from the chaff. Additionally, two books on the desk catch Jonas' discerning eye, both obviously titled. One is 'Spell Log' and the other is 'Journal'.
The nearly fully decomposed corpse in the chair is dressed in black, wears a macabre mask and has a dagger scabbard (but with no dagger), and is slumped over some book that he appears to have been reading at the time of his death. However, the book has since been ruined as his body decomposed over the top of it. (The other books on the desk, as noted above, are undamaged.) There are no apparent causes of death.
Wahyu casts Detect Magic and discovers the difficulty of finding magic sources in such an environment with higher background magic. However, upon extensive focus, he determines there are no magics outside of the light and ambiance magics that continue to permeate the place to the day.
[sblock=Loot]From the bedroom:
Cloak of Resistance +1
Handy Haversack
Campfire Bead
Rope of Climbing
Ioun Torch
Over 1000 gp worth of coin and low value gems
From the library:
Valuable books worth 300gp[/sblock]
[sblock=Levelups]Everyone leveled up! Jonas during the battle, and Wahyu, Dunkel and Cruendithas from the battle awared itself. You can check the first page for dates and current totals. There will be a minor TBX/TBG trim before we're done, but you assuredly won't level again.
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