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The danger? It's a trap. You look closer and find nearly invisible tripwires around the base of the pillars on all sides of the chest.
<span class="mu-b">"I found the way around this devilment. Hark! Look skyward."</span>
Above the chest and the pillars is a collection of stones held up by loose netting. It appears as though triggering the tripwire would cause the tightness of this netting to loose, thus dropping the stones on any unfortunate's head. Beyond being stoned from above, anyone who triggered the trip would cause a great deal of noise- drawing monsters or the trap-maker towards it.
<span class="mu-b">"Move with care. As long as we don't step on the tripwires, we will be safe."</span>
<span class="mu-r">"But who would do such a thing? It seems very cruel."</span>
<span class="mu-b">"Perhaps a human jealously guarding the dungeon for themselves. You mentioned other treasure hunters have been there, it's not unthinkable they may have set a trap. But then again, the orcs may have set it as a way to alert themselves to activity in this level of the dungeon. Or maybe it could be a creature- a goblin could inhabit this level. They do like setting traps. This is much too complicated for a knocker, and too deadly for a gremlin..."</span>
Jonathon checks the chest after making sure to keep his friends safe from the tripwires. Thankfully, it doesn't appear as though anything is hooked up to the chest itself. He shakes it and pushes it, checking its weight.
<span class="mu-b">"Blast, it feels empty. And it's locked."</span>
"But how will we know what is inside?"
<span class="mu-b">"It's likely the chest was just here as bait..."</span>
<span class="mu-r">"Can you open the lock?"</span>
Jonathon could pick the lock, but it would take some time. This would give a chance for anything wandering this floor of the dungeon to sneak up and attack the adventurers. Or he could just leave the chest here- after all, he doesn't feel like anything is inside.
>Open the chest (chance of wandering encounter)
>Leave it for now
