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'''Investigating a Plaintive Telegram''' is a special location accessed by using a [[plaintive telegram]].

==Combat Adventures==
{{Combat|name=buzzard}}
{{Combat|name=camp cook}}
{{Combat|name=caugr}}
{{Combat|name=coal snake}}
{{Combat|name=cow cultist}}
{{Combat|name=diamondback rattler}}
{{Combat|name=drunk cowpoke}}
{{Combat|name=frontwinder}}
{{Combat|name=grizzled bear}}
{{Combat|name=hired gun|note1=A.k.a. professional gunman/trained mercenary.}}
{{Combat|name=moomy}}
{{Combat|name=mountain lion}}
{{Combat|name=pyrobove}}
{{Combat|name=restless ghost|note1=A.k.a. shrieking ghost.}}
{{Combat|name=skeletal gunslinger}}
{{Combat|name=spidercow}}
{{Combat|name=surly gambler}}
{{Combat|name=wannabe gunslinger}}

==Non-combat Adventures==
{{Choice|name= The Investigation Begins |image=telegram.gif
|choice1name=(various)|choice1=Begin quest
|note1=Occurs on first visit to the zone.}}
{{Choice|name= The Investigation Continues |image=wooddoor.gif
|choice1name=(various)|choice1=Advance quest
|note1=Occurs after winning 9 fights in the zone.}}
{{Choice|name= The Investigation Continues (2) |image=mineshaft.gif
|choice1name=(various)|choice1=Receive reward (varies)
|note1=Occurs after winning 9 more fights in the zone.}}
{{Choice|name= The Investigation Thrillingly Concludes! |image=fancyjeff.gif
|choice1name=(various)|choice1=Fight one of several bosses
|note1=Occurs after winning 9 more fights in the zone.}}

==Notes==
Completing a quest gives the following rewards:
* 1 to 3 [[buffalo dime]]s, depending on difficulty
* a tradable item, or some meat, depending on the individual quest (this is received 2/3 of the way through)
* an untradable item, dropped by the quest boss

The monsters in this zone [[Special Monsters|scale]] to the player's stats as follows, and gain special abilities based on the difficulty of the telegram:
{|cellpadding="5px" cellspacing="0" border="1px"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF;"
!Monster
![[Weapon Damage#Monster Damage Formula|Attack]] ([[Monsters#Monster Level|ML]])
![[Hit Chance|Defense]]
![[HP]]
!Other
|-
|Easy telegrams
|Mox+5+ML, 60 minimum
|Mus+5+ML, 60 minimum
|Def * 0.75
|
|-
|Moderate telegrams
|Mox+25+ML, ? minimum
|Mus+25+ML, ? minimum
|Def * 0.75
|
|-
|Hard telegrams
|Mox+50+ML, 180 minimum
|Mus+50+ML, 180 minimum
|Def * 0.75
|50% [[delevel]] resistance
|}

Only a subset of the above monsters show up in any given telegram. Fighting monsters from the subset, even from [[copying|copies]] (which will also gain the appropriate abilities), will progress the quest. Each non-combat advances to the next set of monsters as shown in this table.  Along with the 2nd continuation you receive an interim reward:

{| BORDER="1" class="wikitable"
|-
! Investigation
! Begins
! Continues
! colspan="2" | Continues
! Concludes
|-
|Missing: Fancy Man (easy)
|
* [[drunk cowpoke]]
* [[wannabe gunslinger]]
* [[surly gambler]]
|
* [[buzzard]]
* [[camp cook]]
* [[mountain lion]]
| A nugget of [[nugget of nicksilver|nick]], [[nugget of quicksilver|quick]], [[nugget of sicksilver|sick]], [[nugget of slicksilver|slick]], [[nugget of thicksilver|thick]], [[nugget of ticksilver|tick]], or [[nugget of wicksilver|wick]] silver
|
* [[coal snake]]
* [[restless ghost]]
|
* [[Jeff the Fancy Skeleton]]
|-
|Help! Desperados! (easy)
|
* [[drunk cowpoke]]
* [[hired gun]]
* [[wannabe gunslinger]]
|
* [[buzzard]]
* [[diamondback rattler]]
* [[mountain lion]]
| 2500 Meat
| 
* [[grizzled bear]]
* [[skeletal gunslinger]]
|
* [[Pecos Dave]]
|-
| Missing: Pioneer Daughter (easy)
|
*[[buzzard]]
*[[restless ghost]]
|
*[[cow cultist]]
*[[hired gun]]
| 2 {{plural|tainted milk}}, 3 {{plural|rotting beefsteak}}, 2 {{plural|firemilk}}
|
*[[caugr]]
*[[pyrobove]]
*[[spidercow]]
|
*[[Daisy the Unclean]]
|-
| Big Gambling Tournament Announced (moderate)
|
*insecure [[wannabe gunslinger]]
*somewhat angry, [[drunk cowpoke]]
|
*red-hot [[coal snake]]
*big [[diamondback rattler]]
*ticked-off [[frontwinder]]
| 5,000 Meat
|
*professional gunman ([[hired gun]])
*fat, [[surly gambler]]
|
*[[Snake-Eyes Glenn]]
|-
| Haunted Boneyard (moderate)
|
*smelly [[buzzard]]
*spooky [[skeletal gunslinger]]
|
*vengeful ghost ([[restless ghost]])
| A can of [[Frigid Northern Beans]], [[Hellfire Spicy Beans]], [[Pork 'n' Pork 'n' Pork 'n' Beans]], [[Trader Olaf's Exotic Stinkbeans]], or [[World's Blackest-Eyed Peas]]
|
*vile [[cow cultist]]
*hulking [[moomy]]
*terrifying [[spidercow]]
|
*[[Pharaoh Amoon-Ra Cowtep]]
|-
|Sheriff Wanted (moderate)
|
* somewhat angry, [[drunk cowpoke]]
* insecure [[wannabe gunslinger]]
* fat, [[surly gambler]]
|
* vile [[cow cultist]]
* ticked-off [[frontwinder]]
* vicious [[mountain lion]]
|  [[jangly spurs]]
|
* talented [[camp cook]]
* professional gunman ([[hired gun]])
|
* [[Former Sheriff Dan Driscoll]]
|-
|Madness at the Mine (hard)
|
*white-hot [[coal snake]]
*very angry, very [[drunk cowpoke]]
*very talented [[camp cook]]
|
*huge [[diamondback rattler]]
*cyclopean [[moomy]]
*vicious, rabid [[mountain lion]]
| 2 nuggets of [[nugget of nicksilver|nick]], [[nugget of quicksilver|quick]], [[nugget of sicksilver|sick]], [[nugget of slicksilver|slick]], [[nugget of thicksilver|thick]], [[nugget of ticksilver|tick]], or [[nugget of wicksilver|wick]] silver
|
*tough-as-nails [[grizzled bear]]
*terrifying [[skeletal gunslinger]]
*shrieking ghost ([[restless ghost]])
|
*[[unusual construct]]
|-
|Missing: Many Children (hard)
|
* reprehensible [[cow cultist]]
* horrifying [[spidercow]]
* trained mercenary ([[hired gun]])
|
* shrieking ghost ([[restless ghost]])
* shrieking ghost ([[restless ghost]])
* shrieking ghost ([[restless ghost]])
| [[silver cow skull]] or [[shuddering cow skull]] (Sporadically)
|
* relentless, unstoppable [[caugr]]
* cyclopean [[moomy]]
* blazing [[pyrobove]]
|
* [[Clara]]
|-
|Wagon Train Escort Wanted (hard)
|
*huge [[diamondback rattler]]
*tough-as-nails [[grizzled bear]]
*vicious, rabid [[mountain lion]]
|
*blazing [[pyrobove]]
*shrieking ghost ([[restless ghost]])
*terrifying [[skeletal gunslinger]]
| 2 cans of [[Frigid Northern Beans]], [[Hellfire Spicy Beans]], [[Pork 'n' Pork 'n' Pork 'n' Beans]], [[Trader Olaf's Exotic Stinkbeans]], or [[World's Blackest-Eyed Peas]]
|
*very talented [[camp cook]]
*trained mercenary ([[hired gun]])
*[[wannabe gunslinger]] with a chip on his shoulder
|
*[[Granny Hackleton]]
|}

Trying to adventure here after killing the boss gives:
:You're not currently embroiled in any telegrammy business.
:Maybe stop back by the [[LT&T Office|LT&T office]] and see if they've got something else for you?