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*** "Tomb robbers" turning out to be there about a certain [[Sealed Evil in a Can]], so a clash with tomb guards accidentally breaks the can, which they otherwise could avoid.
*** Adventurers breaking and entering a crypt only to face a room seemingly empty except one old man with a pipe, who answered the obvious question by stunning everyone (as in "power word"), introducing himself as Elminster and stating that "despoilers of tombs" will leave him and his friends alone—right now. ([http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=2942 Lords of Darkness])
** Ahem, the [https://eberron.wikia.com/wiki/Cadaver_Collector Cadaver Collector], which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. While this is actually a mindless golem used by a necromancer to collect corpses, usually from battlefields, that fact doesn't make it any less unsettling. And it often has difficulty telling living creatures from dead ones...
* Tomb robbing is the [[Planet of Hats|Hat]] of the Yitek race in the ''Talislanta'' game.
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', grave robbing is discouraged not only for cultural reasons, but also because desecrating a tomb/corpse will unleash a raging Hungry Ghost (one of the person's souls that remains with the body to protect it) on the local area. Powerful people often recieve highly secure tombs as much to reduce the chance of anybody angering the resident ghost as to protect their valuables and dignity (although lavish tombs also help keep the ghost placated).
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