Headstone

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When the player character dies and leaves a corpse, a grave is created with the tombstone bearing the character's name and manner of death. Graves can only occur on an open, non-trapped floor square.

Digging into a grave can result in useful items. You can also find a corpse, or unearth a mummy ("You've disturbed a tomb!"), or aggravate a zombie or lizard (The grave's owner is very upset!").

Graves can also be generated at random. Some messages include:

  • 1994-1995. The Longest-Lived Hacker Ever
  • Be careful, or this could happen to you!
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Beware of Electric Third Rail
  • Caution! This grave contains toxic waste
  • Here lies an Atheist, all dressed up and no place to go
  • Here lies Ezekiel, age 102. The good die young.
  • Here lies Johnny Yeast. Pardon me for not rising
  • Here lies my wife: Here let her lie! Now she's at rest and so am I.
  • I made an ash of myself
  • Made in Taiwan
  • Note -- there are NO valuable items in this grave
  • Og friend. Og good dude. Og died. Og now food
  • Please don't dig me up. I'm perfectly happy down here. -- Resident
  • Postman, please note forwarding address: Gehennom, Asmodeus's Fortress, fifth lemure on the left
  • Rest in peace
  • Rest In Pieces
  • R.I.P.
  • Soon ripe. Soon rotten. Soon gone. But not forgotten.
  • Sum quod eris
  • We weren't sure who this was, but we buried him here anyway

You cannot engrave with your fingers on a grave. Engraving with anything else will generate an angry ghoul, if one hasn't been generated for that grave already ("You disturb the undead!").

A graveyard always contains a number of tombstones in it.

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A user has suggested improving this page or section as follows:

"What is the relation to graves and bones files?"