Hi,
I have something to add. I was in the Vampires lair, (the one that you save the boy from) after defeating him, i opened the chest and took the boots.
I saved the game and reloaded the next day. Upon reloading the game I looked at the empty chest and saw that the cover was up (opened). I closed the chest and to my surprise it read contains 1 item in yellow writting.
I opened it up and inside was a very nice dagger with green writting. I saved and reloaded the old save and tried the trick again and found that there was usually an item in it. Sometimes there was nothing but most of the time there was an item in it. You might want to try doing this a few times until you find something good. I just kept the dagger because it was the first and best thing after 6- 8 tries. One try it was empty and another try there was only gold.
If this doesnt work for you, you may want to leave the boots in the chest and then save and reload and close the chest for it to read 2 items. I don't know how that works but I know that I have been closing every chest since then.
Good luck and if you have any questions I will be glad to help.
Pystal
