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On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:09:07 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:

>Hi.  Fired up an old comp and playing a bit of original D single player. 
>Anyone remember where one can find the Fungal Tome to further the Black 
>Mushroom quest.  Preferably not just what level but if it's in a "stable" or 
>in the middle of the map or random drop anywhere on the map.
>
>Thanks in advance for your help. :) 

That's the one you get *after* you find the mushroom itself, right?
IIRC, it's somewhere (random) on the next level down from where you
found the mushroom. I'd double check myself, but I can't find my
(replacement) original Diablo CD atm ;-(

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
CotSRSig #16

ald wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:09:07 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi.  Fired up an old comp and playing a bit of original D single player. 
>> Anyone remember where one can find the Fungal Tome to further the Black 
>> Mushroom quest.  Preferably not just what level but if it's in a "stable" or 
>> in the middle of the map or random drop anywhere on the map.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help. :) 
> 
> That's the one you get *after* you find the mushroom itself, right?
> IIRC, it's somewhere (random) on the next level down from where you
> found the mushroom. I'd double check myself, but I can't find my
> (replacement) original Diablo CD atm ;-(
> 

IIRC it's a random drop on level 9, after you take it to Adria you'll 
find the mushroom patch on the same level somewhere. Then you'll get the 
demon's brain part of the quest.

"EvilBill" <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> ald wrote:
>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:09:07 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.  Fired up an old comp and playing a bit of original D single player. 
>>> Anyone remember where one can find the Fungal Tome to further the Black 
>>> Mushroom quest.  Preferably not just what level but if it's in a 
>>> "stable" or in the middle of the map or random drop anywhere on the map.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help. :)
>>
>> That's the one you get *after* you find the mushroom itself, right?
>> IIRC, it's somewhere (random) on the next level down from where you
>> found the mushroom. I'd double check myself, but I can't find my
>> (replacement) original Diablo CD atm ;-(
>>
>
> IIRC it's a random drop on level 9, after you take it to Adria you'll find 
> the mushroom patch on the same level somewhere. Then you'll get the 
> demon's brain part of the quest.

Here's what I found.  The mushroom patch lit up but when clicked on produced 
the auditory, "You cannot use that yet."  After lots of cursoring I found 
the tome lying on the ground on the same level as the mushroom patch (level 
9 to the far right of the bottom of the map, the mushroom patch being at the 
far left bottom on the map).  I turned it into Adrian.  She wanted me to get 
a brain from a demon for Pepin.  Unfortunately I had killed all the magma 
folks from 9 so either I've not run across any other demons or it dropped 
and I didn't hear it.

Thanks for your help. :) 

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:12:48 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:

>"EvilBill" <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>news:gtac5v$hk8$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> ald wrote:
>>> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:09:07 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi.  Fired up an old comp and playing a bit of original D single player. 
>>>> Anyone remember where one can find the Fungal Tome to further the Black 
>>>> Mushroom quest.  Preferably not just what level but if it's in a 
>>>> "stable" or in the middle of the map or random drop anywhere on the map.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for your help. :)
>>>
>>> That's the one you get *after* you find the mushroom itself, right?
>>> IIRC, it's somewhere (random) on the next level down from where you
>>> found the mushroom. I'd double check myself, but I can't find my
>>> (replacement) original Diablo CD atm ;-(
>>>
>>
>> IIRC it's a random drop on level 9, after you take it to Adria you'll find 
>> the mushroom patch on the same level somewhere. Then you'll get the 
>> demon's brain part of the quest.
>
>Here's what I found.  The mushroom patch lit up but when clicked on produced 
>the auditory, "You cannot use that yet."  After lots of cursoring I found 
>the tome lying on the ground on the same level as the mushroom patch (level 
>9 to the far right of the bottom of the map, the mushroom patch being at the 
>far left bottom on the map).  I turned it into Adrian.  She wanted me to get 
>a brain from a demon for Pepin.  Unfortunately I had killed all the magma 
>folks from 9 so either I've not run across any other demons or it dropped 
>and I didn't hear it.
>
>Thanks for your help. :) 

Look around wherever you went down right after getting the quest to
get the brain (which was almost always the beginning of level 10 for
me, I'd finish clearing 9 before going up to turn in the quest). The
term "demon" is very ambiguous in this case, it will always drop from
whatever critter you kill first after getting the quest.

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
CotSRSig #16

While pondering glazed doughnuts ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> mistakenly typed
: On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:09:07 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:
: 
: >Hi.  Fired up an old comp and playing a bit of original D single player. 
: >Anyone remember where one can find the Fungal Tome to further the Black 
: >Mushroom quest.  Preferably not just what level but if it's in a "stable" or 
: >in the middle of the map or random drop anywhere on the map.
: >
: >Thanks in advance for your help. :) 
: 
: That's the one you get *after* you find the mushroom itself, right?
: IIRC, it's somewhere (random) on the next level down from where you
: found the mushroom. I'd double check myself, but I can't find my
: (replacement) original Diablo CD atm ;-(

gasp.....  

just let me know if you need a re-replacement
-dave

"ald" <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:09:07 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:
>
>>Hi.  Fired up an old comp and playing a bit of original D single player.
>>Anyone remember where one can find the Fungal Tome to further the Black
>>Mushroom quest.  Preferably not just what level but if it's in a "stable" 
>>or
>>in the middle of the map or random drop anywhere on the map.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your help. :)
>
> That's the one you get *after* you find the mushroom itself, right?
> IIRC, it's somewhere (random) on the next level down from where you
> found the mushroom. I'd double check myself, but I can't find my
> (replacement) original Diablo CD atm ;-(
>
> ald
> "Knowledge is Power"
> VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
> Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
> Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
> Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
> Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
> Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
> Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
> Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
> Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
> Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
> BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
> Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
> Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
> CotSRSig #16

Ok reiteration of Mushroom Quest in single player Original Diablo... you can 
see the mushroom patch on level 9, but can't interact with it until you find 
the Fungal Tome which is on the same level.  I found it each time by 
exploring the opposite side of where I saw the mushroom patch... i.e. if you 
see the patch to the north look on the opposite side of the north (North 
being up the screen and South being down the screen).  So if you see it NW, 
look NE, if you see it SW look for it SE.  The fungal tome is NOT on the 
fallen hero (he drops a regular spell book).  At least in Single Player this 
is true.  The fungal tome is just laying on the ground.  Turn it into Adria.

After fungal tome turn in, use a single target spell to kill any mob on the 
fungal tome level or below (I did not test mobs levels other than those on 
or deeper than the fungal tome level).  The first mob you kill will drop the 
brain you turn in to Pepin regardless of whether or not you talk to Pepin 
before it drops.  Turn this in to him (he is the healer in town).  He will 
give you an elixir.  When you talk to Adria with this in inventory she will 
say, bottom line, "keep it".  Drink it and gain plus 3 to all attributes 
(except maxed stats which will remain the same).

I reiterate, this is all in Single Player mode.

I believe I have now addressed this quest more completely than anything I 
found online for original D (albeit I did not do any NG searches, only 
Googles and the Wikis and the like).

For original Diablo players who remember solo... I hope this is a refresher 
and brings back fond memories.  For all others doing this quest for the 
first time, I hope this helps and happy hunting!  (I think I just gave 
myself away to a couple of oldies :) ). 

"ald" <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:09:07 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:
>
>>Hi.  Fired up an old comp and playing a bit of original D single player.
>>Anyone remember where one can find the Fungal Tome to further the Black
>>Mushroom quest.  Preferably not just what level but if it's in a "stable" 
>>or
>>in the middle of the map or random drop anywhere on the map.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your help. :)
>
> That's the one you get *after* you find the mushroom itself, right?
> IIRC, it's somewhere (random) on the next level down from where you
> found the mushroom. I'd double check myself, but I can't find my
> (replacement) original Diablo CD atm ;-(
>
> ald
> "Knowledge is Power"
> VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
> Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
> Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
> Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
> Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
> Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
> Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
> Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
> Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
> Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
> BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
> Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
> Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
> CotSRSig #16

Mushroom Quest refresher... Level 9 you can see but cannot interact with a 
mushroom patch until you 1) find the fungal tome on the same level, 2) turn 
the tome in to Adria (the witch who sells potions and spells) and 3) return 
to level 9 and interact with the mushroom patch.  It will say, "woooohhhhh", 
and on picking up the mushroom you will say, "Now THAT's a big mushroom. 
Turn it in to Adria.  She will say something about the healer.  You do not 
need to talk to him.  Go down into the dungeon and use a single target spell 
if you are a mage or just kill a single mob on level 9 or deeper if you are 
a warrior or rogue.  A brain will drop from the first mob you kill after the 
Tome turn in.  Take this brain to Pepin in town (the healer) he will drop an 
elixir.  Take this to Adria... she will say, essentially, "keep it".  Drink 
it and gain plus 3 to all stats not already maxed.

Location of tome relative to mushroom patch.  Each time in Single Player I 
found the tome on the opposite side of the map.  If I found the patch on the 
north part of the map (up), I found the tome on the opposite north side 
(e.g. if I found patch on NE side I found tome on NW side, if I found tome 
on SE side I found tome on SW side).

The Fallen Hero does NOT drop the tome in single player (regardless of what 
cheat sites say).  He drops a normal spell book.

The above should refresh old original D single players on the quest (more 
than I found online in Google searches and the like anyway).

Hope that Helps and Happy Hunting! (oops, may have given myself away there 
to some old timers. :) ) 

On Thu, 7 May 2009 22:44:40 -0500, "Majid" <nospam@my.net> wrote:

>Hope that Helps and Happy Hunting! (oops, may have given myself away there 
>to some old timers. :) ) 

A.G.? 'Bout time you came back ;-) We'll have to talk to Khanan, er,
*Ken* about getting you some muffins ;-)

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
CotSRSig #16