> > And, what's
> > even worse, is that it takes up a slot in your inventory and you can't
> > sell it or drop it or otherwise get rid of it (at least, not that I've
> > found).
>
> If you go to an in and exchange one of your party members with another
> character. (Not the one with the vault key!) You can then pass the
> vauly key to that character and then swap him back to the inn. I use
> this trick to get rid of useless gems. Even to stash items for later
> use eg DB sword parts.
> Jim

Thanks, Jim, that's another good idea that I should have thought of
myself. Time to up the gingko supplements :-)

Purple Pete