> > Ok I'm sooooooo stuck... My inventory:
> > 26 Bronze Coins
> > 6 Apples
> > Food Rations
> > Wire Clippers
> > Blanket
> >
> > 7 Red Gemstones
> > Guard's Sword
> > Tinderbox
> > Key of Opening
> > Picture
> >
> > 3 Black Gemstones
> > Stone of Strengthening
> > Torch
> > Clear Focus Stone
> >
> > Also what I need to do at the moment: I think, reading
> through other messages, I need to find a rusty nail to hold up
> the blanket at a certain store so I can get a certain item which
> will further help me. Therefore, I'm at a complete standstill (I
> think) until I can find this darn nail! Looking through, it seems to
> be in the shack, but I've been to the shack, gone through several
> options a *lot* of times and still nothing! Please? Help? Anyone?
> > Also, am I supposed to use my wire clippers? If so, where or
> when or both?
>
> You must have used them or you wouldn't have made it to this
> part of the game. Remember how you left the Sage's caverns?
>
> Your problem appears to stem from three apparent deficiencies
> in your inventory:
>
> 1) Why, oh why did you leave that crate sitting somewhere, and
> isn't your rope still hanging from the battlements? You're not
> done with them yet. (If the crate's at the shack, get it
> regardless.)
> 2) Once those are found, you'll be able to steal something in
> Llagimlyn to get the job done.
>
> -Mandi "the stable boy won't miss it. Much." aka Chaos

Sorry about this bit of confusion and thanks, everyone. I did have the hammer, but I lost it, and I thought I had it back again, but obviously not. Also, the crate I left in that house down the trapdoor, and I don't know how to get it back. And yes, silly forgetful me, I left my rope hanging over the battlements. Off I go to get my stuff back! Although, that crate, how do I get it back?