it's quite possable you picked up the rock, its a magic halberd (staff type weapon) in the cursed abby that while in your posestion (equiped or just in your backpack) will constantly drain your stamina, check for the item in your backpack and drop it, if you stamina rises again, thats what it is, just teleport back to town and sell it for a bit of money and continue on your journey <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> (unless you WANT to use it of course, im currently in the process of building a character specificly desined to use that weapon <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> )