So, leave the sewers and return to The Dancing Dolphin? Hoid is carrying the strongbox from the room with the sacks and kegs. Trolkarl has the belt of Lonis Taggerty. Miscellaneous coins and treasures held by others?
You make your way out of the sewers the same way you came in. They are eerily quiet now. Only a faint dripping noise can be heard, echoing through the tunnels. After helping Chadwick climb the ladder you find yourselves on the street again. Dawn is breaking. You are a real sight to see, and smell. Cats have brought in better looking quarry than what you look like now. You do not attract much attention as you make your way through town to the Dancing Dolphin. As you enter, Jadeth spies you almost immediately. She hurries over and shoos you upstairs away from the common room. There are a few patrons there already but few heads turn at your entrance. She gets you off to your rooms saying, "I will have baths brought up for the lot of you. Dwarves included!" She gives a stern look to Kragen and Hoid. "Off with your gear and leave it by the door. You can't go around town smelling like you walked through the muck at low tide. Come down when you are clean. I will have plates for you." As she turns to leave, "Of course, there is a small fee for baths and laundry."
Hoid continues digging. At about 1 foot depth he encounters the lid of a wooden box.
Chadwick once again dreams of large women.
He has come to by now
Continue excavating until a determination can be made whether to extract the box from the sand or open the box in place.
A bit more digging and the box comes loose. It is 12”x8”x6” in size with a simple latch.
Open the box, completely obvious to the fact it is probably trapped with an auto crit ultra lethal poison.
(( Whatever. That never happens. ))
Hoid opens the box to find a bunch of coins. He sees mostly copper with a few gold ones. There is a garnet gem and a gold chain.
Count the coins and distribute the loot equitably
You find 86cp, 13gp, garnet 50g, gold chain 50g
(( You can add the treasure to your character sheets based on how you divide it up. ))
“Nice find Hoid!”
Let’s return to the inn for a long rest and discussion of what is next. Maybe we can also get the strong box open.
Hoid: “I'm not concerned about the buried loot. Claim whatever you like.”
Agree, let's return and rest. Reprovision and determine next steps. Things to decide would be:
Other discussion items?
So, leave the sewers and return to The Dancing Dolphin? Hoid is carrying the strongbox from the room with the sacks and kegs. Trolkarl has the belt of Lonis Taggerty. Miscellaneous coins and treasures held by others?
That sounds correct.
So carrying the loot from the box under the blankets as well, correct?
Yes. It should be allocated to at least one party member not named Hoid.
You make your way out of the sewers the same way you came in. They are eerily quiet now. Only a faint dripping noise can be heard, echoing through the tunnels. After helping Chadwick climb the ladder you find yourselves on the street again. Dawn is breaking. You are a real sight to see, and smell. Cats have brought in better looking quarry than what you look like now. You do not attract much attention as you make your way through town to the Dancing Dolphin. As you enter, Jadeth spies you almost immediately. She hurries over and shoos you upstairs away from the common room. There are a few patrons there already but few heads turn at your entrance. She gets you off to your rooms saying, "I will have baths brought up for the lot of you. Dwarves included!" She gives a stern look to Kragen and Hoid. "Off with your gear and leave it by the door. You can't go around town smelling like you walked through the muck at low tide. Come down when you are clean. I will have plates for you." As she turns to leave, "Of course, there is a small fee for baths and laundry."
Can the strongbox be opened with a hammer and/or crowbar without smashing it to bits?
You can try, it will take force.
Having heard no dissent, Hoid will attempt to force open the strongbox. If a roll is needed, the unmodified result was 13.