F. Fake dwarven treasure room
RoomDI MB1 · p.23
Open source p.23A large room lined with derelict shelves once covered with riches, but now partially collapsed. The floor is covered with precious things: vases, weapons, ingots, coins, headgear, etc. A large chest against the northern wall. If the PCs have opened the secret passage while in E, a pane in the northern wall is partially askew and a voice can be heard mumbling on the other side.
- → Precious things. Once again, Refurbishment did a good job: this is the fake treasury, so none of this is actually precious. Objects made of gold turn out to be wood painted with gold paint, or another cheaper metal given a golden glint. Weapons are useless, and items of clothing eaten away by parasites.
- → Large chest. Locked but not booby trapped. It's full of what looks like gold coins, but turns out to be tin coins with a gold tint. Worthless. However, on the wall behind the chest, there is a secret panel that, when pushed, opens the secret passage to the real treasure room in G.
- → Voice. Mandrake, excitedly muttering to himself in the common tongue. He only explores when the tribe is resting, and has not yet discovered the treasure room. He knows (from the Marketing material that attracted him and his crew here in the first place) that there is a fake and a real treasure room, but has located neither. When the wall panel clicks open as the hosts activate the lever in E, he is both worried and hopeful, so he is on his guard but eager to see what's on the other side.