Quote Originally Posted by Bphutchins View Post
Mine is definitely when I was a kid, i rented dragon warrior from the local rental store. I rented it 3 times, having to return it in between. The third time was going to be the time I beat it. I opened my save file, which was still there, but someone else had rented it in between, opened my saved game and dropped the silver harp, god knows where. I was devastated at the time lol
I don't think it's possible to drop that item. Maybe they gave it to the character who wanted it but didn't take the staff of rain from the chest and left.