What's the worst that could happen? Now let's see - how long have you got? The worst that happened when the worst of the three boxes was opened last time someone got stuck in this room...well, not necesarily representative of the typical fate of heoic-style delvers but...Weebo, who does have an unfortunate tendency to open that which should remain firmly shut, raised the lid on a nice little mahogany chest, which bothshook and had holes with sharp pieces of metal clearly visible down little tubes, and threafter, for a whole month of Sundays, suffered froma plague of boils on all skin not exposed to the air at the time of lifting the lid.
So, that being said, which will it be: open the shaking trunk or the one that looks horribly vicious in an 'it's going to maim me' sort of way?
Well, it seems most logical to open the viscous chest.
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The other chest however will likely only lop off a bit at worst and, we are easily swift enough (and small enough) to dodge out of the way of any mantraps. Not to mention that you don't generally ward a chest so heavily unless there is something worth protecting inside.
Agreed...unless there is a secret door around here somewhere...
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