Fine, I roll a spot check. I get a whopping 0 for that.

Adin stares at the corpse for a moment in silence. Finally he gives an answer. “Have you ever heard of the Vasharan?”

genericangstyposter Posted:

Fine, I roll a spot check. I get a whopping 0 for that.

The first most obvious thing you notice is that the corpse is wearing chainmail. That is obvious enough even to the other dim-witted fools in the cell, but you notice something else interesting about the chainmail: it is completely new. Well, was completely new at least, until time and rust happened to it. But it has not seen any combat whatsoever. No scratches, no marks, nada.

Other than that, all you see that might be of interest is a blood-soaked pouch on the girdle the dwarf is wearing.

Night Gaunt Posted:

Adin stares at the corpse for a moment in silence. Finally he gives an answer. “Have you ever heard of the Vasharan?”

“Um,” he stutters a bit. “They are, um, well they’ve been known to use maggots in rituals for some rather unsavory deeds. Anyway,” he says in an attempt to switch focus, “don’t touch the maggots.”

“It is strange.” says Zak. “That armour is old too. I can only presume he never got the chance… are you sure you don’t know how long this body has been here?”

eponymous_ennui Posted:

genericangstyposter Posted:

Before he goes to grab the pouch, he makes sure that none of those evil little maggots are around. If they are, he’s going to mention it to someone else.

If nobody’s going to stop Timothy from grabbing the pouch, I’m going to roll yet another Spot check for him to see if he notices those annoying little maggots before he grabs the pouch. Regardless, imagine a blood-encrusted leather pouch if you will. That surely can’t be safe, even without the maggots; all the more so if the guy was diseased or poison.

Good point, that.

“Hmm… there seems to be a pouch on his belt. Interesting. Perhaps that is the key to getting us out of here. Of course, I wouldn’t want to damage the corpse, so I humbly defer to our expert.” He makes a flourish towards the necromancer.

genericangstyposter Posted:

Good point, that.

“Hmm… there seems to be a pouch on his belt. Interesting. Perhaps that is the key to getting us out of here. Of course, I wouldn’t want to damage the corpse, so I humbly defer to our expert.” He makes a flourish towards the necromancer.

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eponymous_ennui Posted:

Sabre_Justice Posted:

”It is strange.” says Zak. “That armour is old too. I can only presume he never got the chance… are you sure you don’t know how long this body has been here?”

With nobody with any ranks in Heal, weeeeeelp. Sorry, all out of luck in that field.

Isn’t heal a skill that one can use without any ranks?

genericangstyposter Posted:

eponymous_ennui Posted:

Sabre_Justice Posted:

”It is strange.” says Zak. “That armour is old too. I can only presume he never got the chance… are you sure you don’t know how long this body has been here?”

With nobody with any ranks in Heal, weeeeeelp. Sorry, all out of luck in that field.

Isn’t heal a skill that one can use without any ranks?

Mm-hmm, if you’re trying to bandage a wound or remove caltrops or somesuch. But with some ranks, it reflects formal/professional training in first-aid and, possibly, simple post-mortem anatomy.