A Grave Situation
Aha, found it: a big gray tombstone reading "Here lies Fernswarthy -- let's hope he stays there." Now to just dig up the body and get out of here. You glance around to make sure nobody's watching, then get out your grave robbing shovel and start digging.
After a while, there's a "thunk" as your shovel hits wood. You clear away the last of the dirt, and open the coffin lid (naturally, it makes a creepy "squeeeeeeeek" noise). Inside you find pretty much what you'd expect -- a grinning, rotting skeleton in old-fashioned wizard's robes, with a large iron key on a silver chain around its neck. Holding your breath, you carefully pick up the key, wincing when the skeleton's head falls off. Then you notice a piece of paper clutched in the skeleton's hand, and hork that as well. Then your adventurer's instincts kick in, and you start poking around the body for hidden pockets and gold fillings. You find nothing else of interest, so you close the coffin and fill in the hole.
As you're leaving, you notice the smell of smoke wafting toward you from the west.
 | You acquire an item: Fernswarthy's key |
 | You acquire an item: Fernswarthy's letter |
Occurs at The Misspelled Cemetary (Pre-Cyrpt and Post-Cyrpt) with a rusty grave robbing shovel or grave robbing shovel equipped or in your inventory (one time adventure).
Notes
- Without a shovel equipped or in your inventory you'll get the A Grave Mistake adventure instead.
- Part of The Wizard of Ego quest.
- After receiving this adventure, either A Small, Bright Light or A Temporal Rift to The Nearby Plains in the Distant Past appears south of The Misspelled Cemetary if the player is below level 6, depending on whether or not the player has ascended. If the player is level 6 or higher, a Scorch appears instead.
- It is possible (though very unlikely) to get this adventure without a shovel through teleportitis.
References
- "Holding your breath, you carefully pick up the key, wincing when the skeleton's head falls off" is derived from The Goonies, where Mickey takes One Eyed Willie's key off of the skeleton of Chester Copperpot.
