This chamber is fitted with two oil lamps,
but they are rarely lit.
The door
opens into a darkened room. 3 great casks lie
atop trestles arranged along the east wall. Barrels and casks fill most of the chamber’s floor. A rack full of bottles and jugs stands along the east wall. Standing among the
casks and barrels at the back of the room
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The chamber holds a wide array of beverages
intended for the
quarry workers and guests. Most of the
casks and barrels contain
beer, mead, or hard cider; all of these
are drinkable, but none is
valuable. The rack of bottles contains
wines and distilled spirits; 15
of them are rare or fine enough to bring
a good market price.
Collectively, the 15 bottles are worth
1,500 gp. It takes at least
2 turns of searching to separate the valuable
bottles from the
rest of the collection.
Lifting the trapdoor beneath the windlass
reveals a shaft leading
down to area 26
on the lower level, with a ladder for climbing.
The windlass has enough rope and chain
to lower the bucket into
the pool in
area 26. The apparatus is strong enough to hold
a
300-pound load.
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