D. The Gilded Crypt

Secret room that is part of the loop, but won’t spawn unless a code is followed. PCs need to follow the clue of the stars on the family crest: Travel 3 floors one way, 6 the opposite way, then 3 in the first direction, and finally 4 in the opposite one. A faint rumble can be heard after each step of the code is completed. 40’ by 60’. Gilded columns, family crests, statues and sarcophagi with effigies.

• Vindicatus Sylcorn’s sarcophagus in the middle.

• 4 gilded unicorn-headed statues of knights, one in each corner of the room.

Disturbing Vindicatus’ sarcophagus: Statues awaken (1 per Party level) and soon after Vindicatus’ armored corpse and longsword rise to fight (Gilded Ancestor and Flying Sword). He’s still dead inside the armor. If close to the sarcophagi along the walls, the tomb effigies animate and try to grab and Restrain PCs. Once per round, the floor opens up under a PC’s feet (pass a Reflex Save or fall 20 feet from the ceiling onto a random quadrant of the room).

• Vindicatus’ signet ring is in his right hand.

• Under Vindicatus’ sarcophagus: Scroll tube with Vindicatus’ copy of the contract and a pile of gold.