Steve Gorak
Hero
Nice! So for some reasons my spider senses are telling me that maybe its an alarm spell or magic mouth. Regardless, we don't want to trigger it. So Max indeed will attempt IC an arcana check.You did misunderstand:
Detect Magic just lets you know the type of magic but not the spell. It doesn't even tell you the source fo the magic is a trap. With a difficult arcana check, I let you know two things:
1. It's a Ward/Trap (Abjuration)
2. It's a Ward with communication - this is the gravy. Communication isn't a type of magic but instead it's the flavour of the Abjuration. It's a hint of what might happen when you trigger the trap. IE: It won't explode but it will do something else instead.
Magic traps are disabled with Arcana. Max(or someone else) still has to do a proper investigation to find the source of the trap. You are assuming it's a magical trap because of your detect magic.
Yeah, you can grab a 2 foci but those are locked up behind the glass. There are no valuable (GP) spell components in this room. So nothing for Find Familiar is in here.
To make sure I understand: the foci are also inside the cabinet warded by the communication abjuration magic and the scrolls are easily accessible in the drawer, right? I'll wait for your confirmation and will post IC.
Cheers,
SG