I came upon Torin's quarry by accident, and there was this huge ass boulder my companions kept picking up, so I took it away, dropped in the wilderness and ran away before they picked up again.

Turns up it was a quest item, and since I dropped it in the wilderness...I'm screwed out of all blessings, am I not? :(

I'm reasonably certain you're S.O.L. My condolences.

That sucks. I don't think you're gonna find a workaround for that. For future reference though here's a quick tip. You can drag questionable items into one of your 10 hot-key spots along the bottom of your screen. Quest items tend to have a distinct red seal if I remember correctly, but you can compare to a known quest item to be sure.

Yep, I think a shovel has red seal for one. And the stone definitely weighed a wee too much for my STR 7 character.

Actually, if you somehow disposed of every shovel in the game I'm not sure you could advance the plot eventually.

I gotta say I don't think you're right about the red seal, but I could be wrong. I'm going to check it out tonight to be sure so that we all know though. I believe that the shovel is a quest item because it's necessary to complete a grave-digging mission, but again, I could be wrong.

As for the stone's weight; that's a good point. I tend to play/build strong characters and Sogg Mead Mug is often the first companion I pick up (besides Virgil) who happens to be very strong.

Also, for future reference, if you find any item at all guarded by about a dozen harder-than-usual to kill creatures, you can usually assume that it's somewhat important. ;)

I'm pretty sure I've seen other large boulders around, so I'm not sure you need the specific one from Torin's Quarry. Check in the field in the southern part of Ashenvale for boulders.

I tried with boulders in Ashbury, didn't work. Seems like you need exactly that one.

something slightly related: anyone ever throw a boulder at an enemy? i am curious about whether or not the added weight would do some major damage.