Investigating a Plaintive Telegram

Investigating a Plaintive Telegram
Zone Num	474
Location	Right Side of the Tracks
Unlocks	plaintive telegram
Recom Stat
Combat %
ML
Terrain	outdoor
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Investigating a Plaintive Telegram is a special location accessed by using a plaintive telegram.

Combat Adventures

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buzzard -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: buzzard feather Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 100 Elemental Alignment: stench, weak against cold and sleaze

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camp cook -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: plate of Heimz Fortified Kidney Beans, plate of Mixed Garbanzos and Chickpeas, plate of Tesla's Electroplated Beans Meat Drop: unknown Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: ?

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caugr -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: rotting beefsteak Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 0 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: ?

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coal snake -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: half-digested coal Meat Drop: unknown Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: ?

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cow cultist -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: tainted milk Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: ?

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diamondback rattler -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: rattler gland Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 75 Elemental Alignment: None

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drunk cowpoke -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: cow poker Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 0 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: 0

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frontwinder -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: tightly-wound spine Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 100 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: ?

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grizzled bear -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: bear claw Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 0 Elemental Alignment: None

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hired gun -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: gun parts Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 75 Elemental Alignment: None Note: A.k.a. professional gunman/trained mercenary.

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moomy -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: moomy dust Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 0 Elemental Alignment: spooky, weak against hot and stench Damage Resistance: ?

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mountain lion -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: lion musk Meat Drop: unknown Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 100 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: ?

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pyrobove -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: firemilk Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 100 Elemental Alignment: hot, weak against stench and sleaze Damage Resistance: ?

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restless ghost -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: ghost bit Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: spooky, weak against hot and stench Damage Resistance: 100% Note: A.k.a. shrieking ghost.

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skeletal gunslinger -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: triggerfingerbone Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 75 Elemental Alignment: spooky, weak against hot and stench

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spidercow -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: spidercow eye-cluster Meat Drop: None Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: spooky, weak against hot and stench Damage Resistance: ?

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surly gambler -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: poker face paint Meat Drop: unknown Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 0 Elemental Alignment: None Damage Resistance: ?

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wannabe gunslinger -- (edit metadata)
	Item Drops: realistic cap gun Meat Drop: unknown Monster Level: 0 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 10 Monster Defense: 0 Hit Points: 0 Initiative: 50 Elemental Alignment: None

Non-combat Adventures

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The Investigation Begins
	(various): Begin quest Note: Occurs on first visit to the zone.

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The Investigation Continues
	(various): Advance quest Note: Occurs after winning 9 fights in the zone.

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The Investigation Continues (2)
	(various): Receive reward (varies) Note: Occurs after winning 9 more fights in the zone.

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The Investigation Thrillingly Concludes!
	(various): Fight one of several bosses Note: Occurs after winning 9 more fights in the zone.

Notes

Completing a quest gives the following rewards:

• 1 to 3 buffalo dimes, 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 scale to the player's stats as follows, and gain special abilities based on the difficulty of the telegram:

Monster	Attack (ML)	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 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:

Investigation	Begins	Continues	Continues		Concludes
Missing: Fancy Man (easy)	drunk cowpoke wannabe gunslinger surly gambler	buzzard camp cook mountain lion	A nugget of nick, quick, sick, slick, thick, tick, or 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 bottles of tainted milk, 3 rotting beefsteaks, 2 bottles of 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 nick, quick, sick, slick, thick, tick, or 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 and see if they've got something else for you?