It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Nott the Brave, a goblin rogue . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, Matthew will be at Otafest in Calgary, up in Canada, May 18th to the 20th, and A-Kon in Texas June 7th through 10th.
DM: It's too hard to see from the outside. You can barely tell there are books there. The very low light there is inside, you can't make out any details.
Player: Okay. It's a single level house? Nothing fancy about it?
DM: Single level house, it might be two rooms. No, it's not quite like impoverished, but it's not--
Player: Any papers? Any weapons visible?
DM: You do see a heavy crook of some kind, like a staff with a big heavy wooden knot at the end. It can be used to defend oneself and also as a walking stick. A shillelagh if you will. You can see a general shortsword that is put on a belt that is hung on a wall, but nothing in there that is militarized.
Player: Okay. All right. I guess that's all I can glean from this. I'll knock on the door, and then run away before they can see.
DM: Immediately inside you hear some rustling and all the lights inside go out and it goes dark. You run away.
