Investigating a Plaintive Telegram

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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


buzzard This monster is a Beast -- (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

camp cook This monster is a Dude -- (edit metadata)

caugr This monster is a Demon -- (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: ?

coal snake This monster is a Beast -- (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: ?

cow cultist This monster is a Dude -- (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: ?

diamondback rattler This monster is a Beast -- (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

drunk cowpoke This monster is a Dude -- (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

frontwinder This monster is a Beast -- (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: ?

grizzled bear This monster is a Beast -- (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

hired gun This monster is a Dude -- (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.

moomy This monster is a Demon -- (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: ?

mountain lion This monster is a Beast -- (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: ?

pyrobove This monster is a Demon -- (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: ?

restless ghost This monster is Undead -- (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.

skeletal gunslinger This monster is Undead -- (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

spidercow This monster is a Demon -- (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: ?

surly gambler This monster is a Dude -- (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: ?

wannabe gunslinger This monster is a Dude -- (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


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

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

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

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

Notes

The monsters in this zone scale to the player's stats as follows:

Monster Attack (ML) Defense HP
Easy telegrams Mox+5+ML, ? minimum Mus+5+ML, ? 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

Only a subset of the above monsters show up in any given telegram - each non-combat advances to the next set of monsters as shown in this table:

Investigation Begins Continues Continues Concludes
Missing: Fancy Man (easy)
Help! Desperados! (easy)
Missing: Pioneer Daughter (easy)
Big Gambling Tournament Announced (moderate)
Haunted Boneyard (moderate)
Sheriff Wanted (moderate)
Madness at the Mine (hard)
Missing: Many Children (hard)
Wagon Train Escort Wanted (hard)

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?