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CHEST TEXTS

CHESTS

INSPECTION

OrdinaryLocked/TrappedMoredhel"Looks like someone lost a box," Owyn said. "Might be worth investigating.""Looks like someone lost a chest," James said. "Might be worth investigating.""It's a chest," Gorath said. "It appears to have a special lock on it."

INVALID?

Locklear lifted the box lid a fraction of an inch. "It appears to be unlocked," he said. "Think we should open it?"

ORDINARY CHEST

James gritted his teeth.

While they had agreed the box should be opened, he was privately concerned the previous user might have left behind an unpleasant surprise.

LOCKED CHEST

SEE: LOCKS

TRAPPED CHEST

IGNORANCESCENT OF SARIGThe box's lid refused to budge.

"It appears to be locked," James said. "Shall we try to open it?"

YES:

Something clicked and suddenly the box detonated into flame and hurtling splinters...

Owyn grabbed Gorath's shoulder. Startled by the sudden movement, Gorath halted and gazed up at his companion.

"What's wrong?"

"The chest," Owyn replied. "Give me a moment." Concentrating his thoughts, another scene overlaid the one already before him, different only in the fact that it included a man kneeling before the box, a skin of naphtha in his hand.

"It's trapped," Owyn replied, dazed by the effects of the spell. "Someone's rigged it to explode the moment the lid is lifted. Shall we try to deactivate it?"

TRAP DEACTIVATED

The trap was deactivated.

James breathed a sigh of relief and gently lifted the lid of the box.

EXPLODED CHEST

The box was charred.

Wary that the trap which had incinerated the box the first time might not be completely deactivated, Owyn looked to his companions. "Want to risk trying to open it up now?"

MOREDHEL CHEST

Rough in its construction and banded with iron, the moredhel box would be impossible to open without solving its wordlock, and judging by the marks on the face of the chest, others had learned that lesson after much difficulty.

Gorath scanned the runes embossed on the moredhel clue plate, its text their only hope of opening the difficult wordlock.

OPENEXITThe chest thumped.

Satisfied the magical locks had released, Gorath tipped open the large wooden lid.

Gorath rubbed his temples.

The moredhel words might as well have been unscalable walls. Whatever was within the box would have to remain untouched while he pondered the puzzle.