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The ceiling here is 30 feet high and flat. The statue in   Pile 4
   the northern alcove is an amber golem (use the stat   A pile of iron ingots (worth 250 gp total and weighing
   block for the stone golem in the Monster Manual). It at­  2,500 pounds)
   tacks any creature that disturbs the treasure. The golem   Thirty holy symbols (worth 5 gp each) of gods from
   can leave the room but can't leave the Amber Temple.   various worlds
     See area X41 for a description of the cracks in the   A set of twelve copper chalices with silver filigree
   south wall.                                         (worth 25 gp each)
                                                      A gilded skull with red garnets in its eye sockets
   TREASURE                                            (worth 250 gp)
   Six piles of treasure are numbered on the map.      Eight warhammers and six war picks
   Pile 1                                            Pile 5
     17,500 cp (loose)                                 9,000 sp (loose)
     Thirty 50 gp gemstones                            Six nonmagical crystal balls (worth 20 gp each)
     Three rusted suits of plate armor (worthless)     A bronze crown with tiny gem-eyed dragons for spires
     Nine rusted shields (worthless)                   (worth 750 gp)
     A child-sized sarcophagus made of black wood inlaid   A life-sized wooden pony (worth 25 gp)
     with gold (worth 250 gp)                          Six marble vases (worth 100 gp each and weighing
                                                       100 pounds apiece)
   Pile 2
     12,000 sp (loose)                               Pile 6
     Five rusted suits of ring mail and six rusted breast­  7,000 wooden coins painted gold (worthless)
     plates (worthless)                                15,000 cp in fifteen iron pots
     A silvered rapier with a pink glass hilt          An obsidian scepter with gold filigree (worth 2,500 gp)
     Four rusted greatswords (worthless)               Eleven rusted helms (worthless)
     A gilded chariot (worth 750 gp)                   Fifteen thin, leather-bound tomes, all of them signed
   Pile 3                                              copies of a storybook called Snow Dwarf and the
     6,600 ep (loose), each coin stamped with the profiled   Seven  Wights, by Nitch Rackmay.
     visage of Strahd
     Seventy-five empty bottles                      FORTUNES  OF RAVEN LOFT
     A trunk filled with six fine dresses and gowns (worth   If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it's
     25 gp each)                                     buried in a random pile of treasure (roll a d6).
     Ten pieces of jewelry (worth 250 gp each) and 500 gp   X41.  FISSURE
     in a rotted wooden chest
     Eight painted ceramic statues of saints (worth 250 gp   An earth tremor split the rock between areas X40 and
     each and weighing 50 pounds each)               X42, creating two natural openings that are virtually
                                                     side by side. The openings are 3 feet wide, 8 feet high,
                                                     and 10 feet deep.

                                                     X42. AMBER VAULT


                                                       A golden marble staircase with a black marble railing
                                                       hugs the north wall as it spirals gently up a thirty-foot­
                                   /.\MBER  GOLEM      wide shaft.  Lying in the middle of the room are six rotting
                                                       wooden crates.
                                                        The amber-covered walls are sculpted to look like
                                                       tentacles that entwine around marble bas-reliefs of
                                                       kings, queens, pharaohs, and sultans attended by myr­
                                                       iad slaves.
                                                        The west, south, and east walls contain alcoves, and
                                                       standing in each alcove is a tall, rough block of amber.
                                                       Two wide cracks have opened up in the south wall, spill­
                                                       ing rubble and shattered pieces of amber onto the floor
                                                       in the southeast corner of the room.

                                                     The spiral staircase climbs 30 feet to area X30.
                                                     See area X41 for a description of the cracks in the
                                                     south wall.




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