1 Dustin: One guess what we should do with this magnificent orange gemstone?
2 Eleven: Look at those charred, blackened skeletons. I mean... this isn’t even subtle.
3 Dustin: Hahahahaha!
4 Dustin: D&D players wouldn’t know subtlety if it radiated evil magic so strongly you could feel it without detecting! Like this gem!

It ain't subtle, is it? This scene waits to be stumbled across in one corner of the pillared throne room.

You'd think sensible players would avoid this like the plague.

But how many countless hundreds of PCs died because they didn't?

To be fair, though, this is exactly the sort of reverse psychology double bluff that Gary Gygax loved putting in his dungeons. It's so ridiculously obvious that it's a trap, that you get the nagging feeling that that gem will be vital for a later part of the adventure.

Will it be?

Only one way to find out...