Headstone
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. However, if you are lawful, you will receive a -1 alignment penalty. Also, if you are a lawful archaeologist, you will instead receive a -3 alignment penalty. While digging, you may also find a corpse, 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
- Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake. Steped on the gas instead of the brake
- Soon you'll join this fellow in hell! -- the Wizard of Yendor
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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