It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Fjord, a half-orc warlock . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, Frumpkin saw warped metal, burned boxes, and other evidence of an explosion. you asked Jester to explore the captain's quarters with him.
DM: You step through and look inside. You see the familiar quarters of Vandren, though they look tossed.
Player: Really?
DM: As you look inside, there's the table where he normally sat and read his books. That table is set over; the shelf is pushed over. Looks like most everything in here has been, in some way, shape, or form, tossed. You remember there being all sorts of decorations that he kept in here, metal candle holders. It's all missing.
Player: It's all missing. Is there anything that I--
DM: At first glance.
Player: Is there anything that I see that is definitely out of place or changed that I remember?
DM: Make a perception check.
Player: Third one of the day. Let's go with this dice. Natural one.
DM: Oh, buddy.
