Inifuss is some fool with a tree that Akara sent me off to find. I am a sorceress, just starting nightmare. I found the tree and noted that it had an aura of magic about it. A scroll dropped from the tree when I touched the bark. I had no room in inventory so I placed the scroll for safe keeping in my horadric cube. When I returned to Akara, she seemed pleased and told me she had translated the runes on the scroll, and that I was to go find the cairn stones and touch them in the order indicated. All well and good for her, but she never gave me back the scroll.

It wasn't in my cube, it wasn't on the ground, and it wasn't back on the wretched tree. (Being a melee sorceress with a naga, I had thought to cut it down and burn it.) When I asked Akara about the quest, she chided me that I could never rescue Cain without finding the tree of Inifuss. She said it was the first step on my journey. Daft old woman. I did not think it would be polite or kind to kick her.

Since there appeared to be no way to rescue Cain, I went on to Lut and found him there. He mumbled something about the rogues finally having freed him, but he then proceeded to try to charge 200 gold for telling me what my items were. Wonder how he'd like to be left out in the desert rather than in Tristram?

Back at the rogue encampment Akara again told me to search for the stupid tree. Charsi at least mentioned that she liked my armor. Same armor that I've had on for thirty levels, not that she might notice. Charsi may be cute, but she's not all that bright.

So far I've repeated this exercise in frustration twice (not counting writing up the bug report a second time). I expect that if I had the scroll in my inventory rather than in my cube, the quest would work. But if Akara has a problem with it in my cube, she should at least leave it there or tell me!

2. If Dopey Cain gets himself rescued by rogues . . .

. . . (God I hate him) then make sure your next Save/Exit is in Act 1. The Tree should drop a scroll, but since you say you've tried that already, try clicking on the Cairn Stones. Once the "runes are translated" you can activate the stones without the scroll open and I'm wondering if that might be the problem. Hit all 5 to see if any activate and repeat if they do.

3. Otherwise, you may have to try joining someone else's multiplayer game to get the quest.

I think Akara, Inifuss, and Cain are having a good laugh.

-G.

(I am fifty four, I know what it's like.)

Non technical note. I frequently will not bother looking at the scroll itself and just go touch the stones until they light up and open the portal. Have you tried to do this anyway? The scroll may actually be "in" your inventory, but in a position that it will not show up or be accessable from. If so, it should still satisfy opening the portal.

Akara tells me that she has translated the runes when she takes the scroll. I have not yet tried the experiment of then going to the cairn stones, as Ruvanal suggested. When I get to it I will report back with the results...assuming of course that the thread's still here.

-Griselda

Neither Oothoon, my poor sorceress, nor I are using maphack -- nor are we "he's". If you meant Cain, you can ask him yourself.

-Griselda

I discovered that the bug happens also when the scroll is in my stash as well as in my cube. Not sure how Akara can find the scroll when it is in my "Private" stash, but she may be more clever than I gave her credit...must watch her more carefully.

>Non technical note. I frequently will not bother looking at
>the scroll itself and just go touch the stones until they
>light up and open the portal. Have you tried to do this
>anyway? The scroll may actually be "in" your inventory, but
>in a position that it will not show up or be accessable
>from. If so, it should still satisfy opening the portal.

I did the experiment of going to the stones as soon as Akara told me that the runes were translated. I don't have a cairn fetish, myself, but I touched them in every manner I could think of. Some fellow Rakanishu had a problem. No portal opened either.

As an additional note, after I touched the cairn stones, I still had the quest -- but after I went to Lut to sell some stuff, the quest log told me the cairn quest could not be completed. After that Akara would not talk to me on the subject.

That's right. The game designer's have done that intentionally, because Cain's already there. That's why you need to Save/Exit in Act 1 and start a new game.

I don't have anything to say regarding your bug, but I too has noticed that the NPC's can see the items in my stash. I.e. when talking to Cain about the Jade Figurine in act three, he examined it, then told me to go to Meshif. Meshif went a step further and acctually TOOK the figurine from my stash, even though he was standing 30 yards away from it(Must have very long arms;)) and gave me the golden bird^.^

If I remember right, I also seem to recall that Cain can identify items in my stash, but that might just be me mistaken^^

Still, it seems these NPC's is getting a bit more nosy than what's good for them;)

Furthermore, when he deigned to identify the stuff, Cain still charged me 100 gold. The fink.

Technically, I guess you're right, since if the cube is not in a stash or inventory, the unidentified items are no longer in it. Your assertion was misleading though. Although I'm sure quite well intentioned.

A demi-god hath deemed us worthy of being graced by His post!

You guys are hilarious! Taking NPC actions and turning them into something... funny is... um... funny. I don't exactly have a way with words, that's why when someone else writes comedy I really appreciate it.

Since B.net is so full of rushers who never bother freeing Cain, that's why you get so many games where you don't even get a shot before someone in Acts 2-5 talks to him. Bleh!

-Bolty