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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8071634" data-attributes="member: 7015827">The wizard, after some prompting from Rahnee, eventually tore himself away from examining the still-inert iron golem and joined the others in the secondary treasure room. Several chests, which Darrow had identified as being of Underdark construction, were lined up in a row against the far wall. Rahnee and Shanni both checked for traps, but found nothing – other than the obvious killer golem one, as Dermot pointed out. Shanni started babbling about opening just one chest to have a look, but was sharply rebuked by Rahnee, who said she would get them killed before they were ready. (I am uncertain whether this was a grammatical slip of the tongue by the Waterdhavian noble, or perhaps an inadvertent reflection of a hidden death wish. --R) Helrud declared that the gold would be good enough for him, although he - along with the others - was forced to wonder what was in the chests.The party fell to discussing how the iron golem could be defeated. Darrow pointed out that the iron hide would be difficult to pierce, but Dermot was willing to try; the ranger said that it was metal, but they were stone, thanks to Aerikoth’s defensive spells. The wizard indicated that he could summon a beast to help fight, but also warned that he understood from his studies that the golem would have a poison attack and significant reduction to damage inflicted on it. Furthermore, it would be immune to any magical attack, which disappointed Shanni, as she had hoped that the wizard could melt it with acid or zap it. Rahnee, after multiple tries to catch “Aeri’s” attention, finally got the wizard – bemused by her unexpected use of a nickname - to cast his remaining defensive spell on her.Dermot, who was looking back down the corridor at the stationary iron golem, gave Shanni the go-ahead to open a box, if she was ready. He leveled his crossbow at it as the diminutive rogue bent over the left-most chest and moved to unlock it, her stoneskin protection vanishing as she did so. Rahnee interjected, wondering if they could rest there prior to opening anything, but Shanni had already lifted the lid in front of her. (The lure of treasure evidently proved too much for Shanni, although it seems Dermot's curiosity had been fired as well. The normally cautious ranger became ready to take a deadly risk, even more so than others in the company. It seems the sheer scale of the dragon hoard affected all of their minds in various ways. Something I must ponder further, should I find myself with companions in a similar situation. --C)She expressed disappointment at only finding some potions, as Helrud eagerly queried what was in there. The rogue continued opening chests, finding a fine suit of magical armor in the next one, then nothing but rotted clothes in the one after that. The fourth proved to have several potent-looking magical weapons, including a dagger and magic swords, which Helrud eagerly craned his neck around Shanni’s shoulder to see.Dermot called over to Shanni to ask if there was anything in there that could kill a metal golem. Still inventorying items, she told him there probably was, without raising her head from the chest. Darrow, who had been watching the corridor opening with Dermot, then cried out that the iron golem was coming. Dermot just had time to say “ah dang” before it was upon them.</blockquote>

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