Dragon quickstep

[Anastasia]

Sure, but it'll take way more than one bag. This is a warehouse full of 'heaps and dunes' of coins and described in the millions. That's past one bag's capacity, even the biggest standard bag of holding.

[Corwin]

This actually lead to a fun thought experiment.

SRD: The standard coin weighs about a third of an ounce (fifty to the pound).
Also SRD:
Bag : Type IV, Contents Weight Limit: 1,500 lb.

To simplify the math, we'll ignore size limits since the bottleneck will likely be weight, anyway. Let's also assume all metal coins weigh the same since it's all about approximations.

So 1500 pounds * 50 coins = 75,000 coins per bag of holding. This comes up to 13.3 bags of holding per million coins.

I suppose we could do it, but it'd take roughly 1.4 minutes per million (since only I can make the bags of holding) and sounds super boring. What if I create a portable hole instead, we use divine will to loot stuff via Moore's spell, and then we close it? Should be simpler and faster.

[Anastasia]

Sure, I'll go along with that since you put in the effort. I respect that.

A portable hole is made, and soon enough coins rocket in. More and more as the dunes are worn down. As you reveal floor, you also reveal several things hidden by all the coins.

- A skeleton of what looks to be a humanoid.
- A sheathed short sword.
- A large jewelry box.
- A set of 24 crystal vials, likely meant for potions.
- A box of bright red powder, about 50 pounds of it.
- An old, rusty ring of keys.
- A trap door in the floor, with hinges that are pure rust.

[Corwin]

Seira makes sure to check the newly-revealed items for traps or magic!

[Anastasia]

The vials are enchanted. If properly filled with water and a tiny bit of diamond dust, they'll produce a special potion that  heals 4d8+25 hit points. This takes 20 gold worth of diamond dust and 5 gold of specially purified water to produce. Each vial produces 1 dose and all 24 vials have to be filled at once for any to be properly enchanted.

Once enchanted these potions last indefinitely, but more cannot be made until all the doses are used and the vials reunited.

The trap door has a mechanical trap, some sort of needle, but it's long since rusted into uselessness.

[Corwin]

Seira gathers the nicknacks separately into a bag of holding, which leaves the skeleton and the trap door. The latter she examines herself, after ensuring that the area and the door both are silenced and then pulling on it with telekinetic magic. As for the skeleton, she asks Ranbar to take a look at it and figure out who he was.

[Anastasia]

Loot updated.

The trap door opens without a sound. Within, filled to the brim and blocking any further progress, are more brass, copper and other small value coins.

[Corwin]

Might be another passage, Seira muses. Donald, what do you think?

Naturally, she drains those coins as well into the portable hole with the same precautions as previously.

[Anastasia]

Anything's possible, I don't think anyone's been down there in eons.

[Corwin]

Time to see what's been forgotten down there! Via portable hole excavation.

[Anastasia]

The way is cleared. In here is another massive chamber, a few crumbling pillars about here. On the floor are nearly faded runes and patterns, occupying most of the space here.

[Corwin]

Seira studies the revealed runes!

[Anastasia]

Spellcraft. +5 circumstance since dragon.

[Corwin]

22:07 <Corwin> roll 1d20+115
22:07 <Kobot> Corwin rolled 1d20+115 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{132}

[Anastasia]

They're runes in draconic. They're highly faded so you can only puzzle out some of the meaning, but based on patterns?  This was once a specially warded hatchery for dragon eggs. Well, part of it, the walls start far too prematurely for the size of it.