The Mummy's Finger

Questor Offer

I need someone to deliver something for me, and I'm willing to pay very generously. [gold1] gold up front, [gold2] more when the job is done. Will you help me out?

Refuse Quest

[an oath], I'll never be rid of this thing! Why will no one help me?

Accept Quest

Thank [a god]! You don't know how much this means to me. Here's your gold. Now, take this to [dummy] in [dummy's place]. [He/she]'ll pay you the rest. I really must be going now. Thank you so much!

Quest Complete

[giver] hands you a letter wrapped around a small object and hurries away.

Rumors During Quest

The pirates have been particularly active this year.

Rumors Postfailure

Have you heard the story of the curse of the mummy's finger? Oh. Sorry. I didn't realize...

Rumors Postsuccess

Some brave [your race] went into [the dungeon]. Poor fool.

Questor Postsuccess

The loons will be back early this year.

Questor Postfailure

Do you think I'm fat? Everyone says I am, but I don't think so.

Quest Log Entry

[the quest date]: I have been hired to make a delivery to a [dummy] of [dummy's place]. My mysterious employer paid me [gold1] gold and promised [gold2] more when I complete my assignment. No time frame was specified, but my employer seemed very anxious for me to be on my way.

Message 1011

[the quest date]: I have been tricked. The supposed delivery to [dummy] was actually a cursed mummy finger.

Message 1012

[the quest date]: I have learned that the mummy whose curse I suffer is buried in [the dungeon]. I must destroy his true form or his spirit will continue to haunt me for 1001 nights.

Message 1013

Package? From [giver]? No, [he/she] would've told me beforehand. You must be mistaken. Why don't you read the contents to see who it's for?

Message 1015

I wouldn't know anything about that. Try asking at a temple.

[sage] knows about such things. Go ask [him/her].

Have you tried asking around at [sage's town] in [sage's place]?

I hear that someone in [sage's place] might know about such things.

They say that [sage] is the foremost expert in such things.

Maybe that sage at [sage's town] knows.

Message 1016

He who stole my [finger] must die!

I come for my [finger].

Accept your doom. Lay down your weapon.

My [finger], my [finger].

You have my [finger]. Without it, I cannot rest.

You may destroy me this night, but I shall return.

I will rise again to come for my [finger].

Message 1020

All who violate my tomb must be destroyed!

Message 1025

Let me see the [finger]. Ah... Yes, it bears the curse of [realmummy]. Each night, for 1001 nights, at the stroke of midnight the spirit of [realmummy] will visit the owner of this [finger]. The only way to break the curse is to destroy the real [realmummy] in his tomb at [the dungeon].

Message 1026

What you describe sounds like a classic mummy's curse, but without the [finger] itself, I cannot tell you more than that. Bring it to me, and I may be able to determine from whence it came.

Message 1030

With [realmummy] dead, you know you have rid yourself of [his/her] curse forever.

Message 1040

Dear Stranger, I hope you will forgive me for what I have done, but I had no choice. The mummy has haunted me every night since I found this cursed finger. I've tried throwing it away, but it did no good. A learned sage advised me that only by finding the mummy's tomb or by giving the finger away could I be rid of its hateful curse. I am no warrior, and who would knowingly take up this burden for me? You looked brave enough to endure the curse and perhaps solve it. Please understand, I meant you no harm, but I would have been killed or driven mad otherwise!

Message 1050

[sage] is a noted sage from [sage's place].

You'll find [sage] in [sage's town] in [sage's place]. -- Symbols used in the QRC file: -- -- [he/she] occurs 1 time. -- [him/her] occurs 6 times. -- [a god] occurs 1 time. -- [an oath] occurs 1 time. -- [the quest date] occurs 3 times. -- [your race] occurs 1 time. -- [realmummy] occurs 4 times. -- [dummy's place] occurs 2 times. -- [the dungeon] occurs 5 times. -- [sage's place] occurs 17 times. -- [dummy] occurs 3 times. -- [finger] occurs 15 times. -- [giver] occurs 1 time. -- [gold1] occurs 2 times. -- [gold2] occurs 8 times. -- [sage] occurs 5 times.