"hmmm, fake gold?  Makes one wonder if this is a ruse to fool would be thieves? Seems like a lot of trouble otherwise." Sherborne keeps an eye on the remains just in case they do animate.

Plathstream finds another mummified human in the second sarcophagus, similarly adorned, cheaply, and unmoving.  Silverglade finds that all of the supposedly expensive or precious objects in the crates and chests are fakes or cheap knock-offs.

Albricht stomped and fumed. "Fakes. Fakes! FAKES?" To a dwarf, metals were nigh sacred, like the heart of a ripened fruit the stones bore up their precious ore. The old water-finder kicked at the sarcophagus lid.

"Well that was a disappointment!" He snarled. "HRRRUMPH!"

Then he suddenly paused. Bending over at the waist, he peered to see if there might be a crack or crevice beneath.

"Stand back lads!" he puffed. And then he started to heave at the box. "Lets. Have a... Look. Beneath...!"

The weight of the old, dry wood and the desiccated body inside prove no match for the dwarf's ire as he grabs the sarcophagus and flips it like an angry gamer at a dinner table.

Sadly, there is nothing of apparent value below it.
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Plathstream gently moves the other sarcophagus out of the way as well and otherwise thoroughly searches the area.

If he finds nothing, he turns to the others. "Thoroughly search the perimeter for other exits or secrets."

Plathstream also finds nothing under the other sarcophagus.  A search of the perimeter of the room turns up the two secret doors noted on the map that the party already has, one to the north, and one to the south.

Silverglade will listen at the southern secret door.

Silverglade listens carefully, but hears nothing.

Silverglade walks across the room and listens at the north door.

Plathstream waits to hear what Silverglade can sense at the northern door.

Much like the southern door, Silverglade hears nothing from beyond the northern door.

"North it is then," says Silverglade, opening that door.

Plathstream nods, drawing his blade and moving up to see what is beyond the door with Silverglade.

Silverglade opens the secret door to reveal a passage that goes 20 feet to the north, then turns to the left.  After taking appropriate precautions and moving up, it can be seen that the passage travels another 40 feet, then ends.  At the end of the passage, there is a door on the left.

Sherborne follows along weapon at the ready.

Albricht made his way forward, doing his best to note anything that would indicate a collapsing floor or a rockfall in the ceiling. He didn't expect that there wouldn't be more traps, since someone went to a lot of trouble to create them in the hall leading to this hidden location.

"Careful lads..." he uttered quietly. He glanced back the way they'd come to make sure their escape wasn't being closed. With a chill running down his spine, he decided to wedge the door to the room with the sarcophagi, just to make sure it couldn't slam shut behind them.

Plathstream walks down the hall, tapping the floor carefully with his greatsword as he walks, until the party reaches the far door, where he listens at it.

Were it not so deadly serious, some of the party members might find Plathstreams's tapping everywhere as he walked somewhat amusingly similar to the movements of a hunched-over, old, blind human.  The hush of the sepulcher is only broken by the faintly metallic tapping, leather on stone scuffing, and the quiet rasp of Albricht's voice.  No further traps are found as the party approaches the door after the turn.

Plathstream listens at the door...

...but hears nothing.

Plathstream then opens the door!

The door opens to reveal a room that is 30 feet by 30 feet, with a 10 foot by 10 foot protrusion in the southeast corner.  The walls of this room are plain stone.  An oblong box mad from stone slabs lies in the center of the room.  Written in several languages on the side of the box are the words "May the curse of darkness destroy all who dare desecrate my resting place."  The box is 3 feet high, 7 feet long, and 3 feet wide.

"Uh, I wouldn't be too confident in my skills to push whatever this is away.  On the one hand, facing dangers has it's rewards.  But that reward might be a lovely trip up the rainbow bridge to Valhalla."  Sherborne muses about it while subconsciously thumbing his holy symbol.

Silverglade fishes around in his backpack for a while, before dragging out a vial of water. "Couldn't we just peek in there?" he asks.

While the others considered the stone box, Albricht carefully examined the protrusion into the room. Fearing there may be some sort of trigger between the opening of the lid and whatever the anomalous architecture concealed, he gave it a thorough going-over.

OOC: Checking for a sliding wall or unexplained cracks, crevices, etc.