In reply to Dareos Madrigar (msg # 232):

"Indeed. Lets head there next. We have everything from here safely stowed away?"

"Think so."

In reply to Azrael (msg # 234):

"Among the items were silver altar bells. If they weren't  by the
altar, they shoulda been here in the sacristy."

In reply to Haskell the crafty (msg # 235):

"Well, lets check both locations then. Then find this book."

In reply to Christine Bjorn (msg # 236):

"Malga'Mar, can you seek out silver, discounting the plates and whatnot. Should be a way to find that holy symbol or the bells, plus any cups that go with the plates."

"I can try," says Malga'mar as he closes his eyes and concentrates on the silver bells.  He had some passing familiarity with them from the mission brief and from conversations with Father Eli.  Too, he had some knowledge of magical items from his study.  He repeats the same arcane gestures from before.


OOC: success, but not critical this time

In reply to Malga'Mar (msg # 238):


This time there is a sensation of darkness and damp, and a vague indication of direction, toward the courtyard and downward.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 239):

"If you got a lead, that's great, but I still want to know idf you can find, um, non-specific treasure that we don't  have to turn in."

"Literally everything else we see is treasure we can keep. Tapestries, furnishings, old books, silverware... you see something you want, throw it on the cart."

In reply to Azrael (msg # 241):

"I am on what I can see, it's what is hidden, buried. I just want to know if he can do that kind of seeking."

"Oh, that'd be great."

In reply to Azrael (msg # 243):

"I agree with your concept, Haskell, but I do no want to get distracted with small loot while there is danger around. We need to keep focussed on our mission, and anything else is a bonus. Remember, demons are experts at taking advantage of human greed."

"Not just greed.  Demons work at one through all seven of the sins."

"Well, fortuntely the ones we've seen so far seem to largely take advantage of whatever sin explosions fall under."

"Yes.  So far we've seen only the weakest and lowest of the common demons.  I expect something either bigger or far more cunning to be hidden someplace in these temple buildings.  Depends on what caused the downfall of this holy place."

In reply to Stenet Fjall (msg # 247):

"True. Which is why I would feel more comfortable with pillaging after we have dealt with the bigger troubles here."

In reply to Christine Bjorn (msg # 248):

"Alright then to the cloister or to that damp low place, whatever that is."

In reply to Haskell the crafty (msg # 249):

"Indeed. Please direct us to those locations you have detected..."

"The spell works on other things, but seeking the unknown is more difficult."

In reply to Malga'Mar (msg # 251):

OOC: you have Seek Earth, which can be refined to exclude gear you have, and say look for coin grade silver, for example. There are just penalties for distance and or cost for same. You could do a hex by hex search for 0 points of FP, or invest heavily for a broad scan of the area.

Narrator:

You could do a hex by hex search for 0 points of FP, or invest heavily for a broad scan of the area.

OOC:  Unless you've changed it, Seek Earth is a an Information spell and those use Long-Distance Modifiers and is at -1 per object excluded.  The GM usually rolls so the PC doesn't know how far out they are "good" to.



For instance Mal'gamar, say your skill is a 20 and the GM rolls a 15.  You were at -4 due to ignoring 4 items of silver (the bells, a pile of silver cups, and two money pouches (for example)).  Your MoS (Margin of Success) is a 1.

That would mean you can sense the closet silver object (or clustered group†) up to 1/2 mile away.  And you get this for only 3 FP (before skill reductions).

Of course you can only do this‡ once per day...


Unless the Narrator has house ruled this spell.  Information spells in GURPS can very very abusive in this way.



† Some GMs allow this sort of chicanery, the "Okay everyone pile all your silver into this bag so I can ignore for only -1, instead of having to individually ignoring each silver coin or separate money pouch".  And some GMs just laugh maniacally and assign a -1 for every single coin.  The alter ruling is nebulously RAW...

‡ Specifically Seeking Silver.  You can try the other metals and stones and dirts as well, individually once per day.
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Malga'mar hums loudly in contemplation.

"Hmmmm."

"You want me to search for silver?" he asks as he turns toward Haskell.

"We be takin' votes?"

"Gold. . . Gold, I say.  Heh heh, I can imagine the sourpuss on Jack's face when I captain me own boat."

In reply to Walter Goldman (msg # 255):

"Lets focus on the mission first, then we can get the goodies for ourselves."

In reply to Jednesa (msg # 253):

I accept the "except for all of this pike here." Version, but I woulx hate to see that pile go missing...