I've got a 5th level bard, but she took Tomi around for part of the way and switched to Linu in the Beggar's nest, but went back for Tomi to open some of the chests. Not much of any interest was in the ones Linu didn't bash open. However, in the Blacklake district a few houses had good loot in the unbashable chests.
OH! LOLOLOL...something I tried for the heck of it- a tip for you all: Some of the trapped chests, that have scorch marks on the floor in front of them can be 'untrapped' and even disintigrated by using a crossbow on them! LOLOL My bard did it while still a level 4 then 5. It kept her from being hit by the trap.