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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7017140" data-attributes="member: 20323">[GM]Let's use Investigation for searching for traps. I think Old Zef has +5 Investigation, so same same. Just wanted to be clear.[/GM]Beyond the anchor bolt worked into the cave floor itself, there are no signs of any mechanical springs, tripwires, switches, or other mechanisms that might be used to trigger a physical trap. The walls of the cave are worn smooth by a thin sheen of water dripping along the northern wall. It looks like at one point, likely during a storm, the tide line may have come up to present-day knee level in the room judging from a thin line of white calcite residue which may once have had barnacles attached to it. The chain about the chest seems well-crafted, probably of gnomish Prussian origin, with a tight seam of metal where the thick metal chain links were finished. It would take a giant or something equally strong to tear apart the chain. However, while it once may have been wound tightly about the chest, it has since become immovable due to the swelling of the wooden chest over time in the damp conditions of the cave. The chest itself appears of sturdy construction with reinforced hinges - a sign the chest's owner was savvy to thieves circumventing the lock to strike a chest's typically weaker points of construction - and a rusted steel padlock with swirling silver filigree in the French style. From the corner of Old Zef's eye the chest's surface seems to swirl, but it must be the sea caves playing a trick on him. Only Katerina's confirmation that she noticed it too brings it fully to his intention. Indeed, faint amoebic magical glyphs are overlaid on top of the chest, like a barely perceptible double image; they are akin to the unintelligible tentacular inscriptions seen by Nia Steeleyes while descending the cliff face down to the sea caves.The demi-culverins are upright, but their wooden bases are badly eroded and any gunner would be ashamed at the rust they have accumulated. Likewise, the swivel gun is in disrepair, with several pins and bolts corroded to the point of needing replacement; fortunately, the vice (which would be used to attach the swivel gun to the railing on a ship) is intact. All the cannons are free of both shot and powder, and there are no visible fuses running from them along the ground anywhere.</blockquote>

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