Chapter Three: The Last Dream of Mirza Horgul

The goblin dives under Shamush's first swing, scrabbling on the ground to turn himself around and get away from the barbarian, but the second swing lands against the back of his head and he collapses, dead.

All is quiet in the chamber. Felor still floats up against the ceiling. All the goblins have been killed.

The dead goblins aren't carrying anything valuable. Their boss had an iron dagger in his belt, and a hide pouch containing 8 copper and 3 silver pieces.

However, as Vad searches the goblin boss's body, he glances down the west end of the intersection and sees what the goblins were dragging: a 6' long iron-bound wooden trunk and a large cloth sack inside a rope net.

Vad starts to remove the netting. He can see wooden handles sticking out of the end of the sack resting on top of the trunk.

There are four small picks and four small shovels in the sack, still caked with fresh earth.

The trunk is secured with two heavy iron padlocks.

It looks like a trunk for storage, not a coffin, although you could fit a body in there. There's no dirt on its top or sides, so it likely wasn't buried when the goblins found it.

What's the check for lockpicking?

Dexterity, and if you have Thieves Tools & proficiency with them you can add proficiency bonus.

Do we want to take a short rest for Zangua to heal up a bit?

Probably a good idea.

Mordred manages to disengage the locks without much difficulty.

How long do you want to rest?