Flik moves along with the others, hopefulyl soon they'd get to the loot and then they could grab it and get the hell out of here. Evil temples to crazy gods filled with dangerous zenophobic snake men give him the willies.

Zorlax, as usual takes up the rear. He keeps his crossbow ready.

You travel down the corridor. Aurlin seems to be searching for traps but only points out the one that Paul has already set off.

Eventually, you find your way to a locked stone door. You assume your target is behind it.

Aurlin - you got this one? If not, I guess we have to get through it some other way.
[Private to GM: Can I see/reach the hinges on the door? I have disable device...]

Aurlin seems quietly confident.
"I've got it." he says, taking out a set of lockpicks. He takes a whole minute, during which the sounds of combat from elsewhere in the temple begin to die down but he smiles and pushes open the doors.
He reveals a beautiful sight. Gold & gems, perhaps too many to fit in your sacks.

Zorlax quickly casts a spell to detect magic as the doors open. He scans the area before anyone enters.

-PL-

[Private to Zorlax Marn: You detect an aura coming from a small wooden chest in the corner of the vault. Spellcraft check if you want to for details.]

PM
[Private to DM N1NJ4C0W: Spellcraft 23]

Aurlin pushes past Zorlax and moves straight over to the pile of gold and gems, quickly filling up his bag. He gestures everyone else in to do the same.

[Private to Zorlax Marn: The aura of the artifact is incredibly strong. The item in that chest must be some kind of artifact.]
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I load up on treasure - how much weight does it look like? I can't carry all that much...

Zorlax motions to the thief. Take a quick look and see if this is locked.

If it's locked Zorlax will ask Flic to try to unlock it. If it isn't Zorlax will open it himself.

Flik starts dumping gems and the more valubale coins into his sack. He also takes a quick look around to see if there is any other interesting thing about like a book, a painting, a small statue or something shiny that attracts his attention or anyhting that seems lucky.

OOC: Spot check 17

12 for search. If I don't find anything especially worthwhile, I just take a bunch of coins and gems.

It seems as if the hoard is made up solely of gold & gems, except for the chest that Zorlax has pointed out.

Aurlin grudgingly drops his part-filled bag and picks the lock before going back to his looting.

There must be around 4000 lbs worth of loot in the pile. This means that all-together you can push or drag your bags back to the ship.

Zorlax opens the chest to see what's inside.

Inside the chest, you find a black gauntlet. It radiates an eerie green light.

"Zorlax do you happen to have a spell to help us transport the Loot prepared?" Flik asks as he finishes filling up his sack to the point where he can brely drag it along behind him.

Distracted for a minute, the mage answers Nay, I have not prepared such a spell. His eyes never leave the gauntlet. He quickly loads up with as much of the most valueable gems as he can before reaching in and taking the glove.

"Let's be gone from here afore the snakes get a whiff of what's been done." says Paul, dragging as much loot as he can across the floor.

With the loot loaded up you excitedly drag it all out of the temple & back to the ship. No Yuan-Ti seem to be following you but about half-way to the ship a battered & bloody captain Blackmane comes running up behind you.

"Good job lads, ye did me proud. We lost a couple o' boys in a fight with the cheif priest but their patron is sure to get the message. I 'ope you looted everything. No stone unturned an' all?"

She gestures for some pirates to help you with your heavy loads.

"Who needs healing? Are all the wounded able to walk or will we need to carry some of the back to the ship?" Flik asks.

"All those who cannot walk are dead back in the temple. Save the healing for when we're back on the ship."

I drag all I can back to the ship.

With help from the other mates, you get all of the loot back to the Desert Rose.

>>Back to the ship. We need to find a place to spend this stuff. Plus, the cap'n might have another job to do.>>