>If you sit at the pit, everyone knows you are waiting for gear.
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>If you just pass by periodically, they don't, so you probably won't check it.

Excellent point and good strategy. At the time I hadn't had to wait for my equipment in so long that I didn't remember how long it takes, so I waited to make sure I at least got some of it. A risk, but at the time necessary.

I still want to know why there seems to be a chest somewhere that's sure to kill anyone instantly. I didn't see the chest in the room as I died, so if there is one it's not an obvious item. Maybe I should've risked the con and went back for my things and a look around, but there's always the point that some things kill ghosts too.

Which brings up the question: Do any/all deathtraps also kill ghosts? Are all the actual deathtraps non-lethal to ghosts? I seem to recall getting killed by falling onto sharp rocks as a ghost once.