Editing Beneath Castle Everglory: LEVEL 4: The Garden (section)

==Monster==
===The Chest Monster===
On an otherwise empty landing sits the silent Chest Monster.  The Chest Monster would look like an ordinary large wooden chest with an iron lock, were it not for the three large round eyes and the grinning gash of a mouth, full of sharp teeth.  The Chest Monster’s large eyes will make it clear that it is watching everything the PC’s are doing and the closer they get to touching it, even if with an attack, the wider it will grin.

An unusually stupid member of its species, the creature is physically capable of perfectly impersonating a chest, but doesn’t have the sense to do it properly.  It is waiting patiently for the PCs to come over and touch it, at which point, it will attack.  It has no idea that it is telegraphing its intentions with its highly expressive face.  If the monster starts to feel ignored, it may make a sound in its belly like muffled change ringing, not realizing that chests don’t do that.  

If spoken to by someone making eye-contact, the creature will assume perfect chest form for three seconds or until touched, during which time it is blind and deaf.  After that, one eye will re-appear, then the other two, then the mouth with return.  The creature will not otherwise acknowledge having been spoken to.

The creature has a very simple inner life but the GM should feel free to express it all on the face in a very human manner.  The monster may emote that it is angry to be ignored, or sad to suffer damage, or surprised by a feat of magic, or whatever else the GM feels is warranted.

If bypassed, the chest will look miserable and jingle as it watches the characters go.  As soon as they are out of eyeshot, it will then stalk them with intent to ambush whoever looks smallest.

In its natural form, which it assumes once it is dead, the Chest Monster looks like a cube of pinkish meat, with three large round eyes and a huge mouth.

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===Treasure===
In the depths of the Chest Monsters gut are two empty bottles, a ceramic cat, and a fuzzy toy bear that squeaks if pressed.  They are in poor condition and none of them are worth anything.


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