Originally posted by Beautiful Ham Sandwich:

I'll spare the story for those that actually want to hear why I'm asking, but if you die before retrieving your items, do they disappear or do you get another gravestone?


The reason why I'm somewhat confused is I had not died twice in a row before retrieving my old tombstone before until today. What happened was my tombstone was filled to the brim with items in every slot, and in my absolute infinite wisdom I didn't realize how absolutely moronic it'd be to pick up some items on my way to my tombstone. Due to this not only was I stuck on the menu, but a few items were left in the tombstone. While doing that, I died again. I kind of assumed I lost the items that were left at my old tombstone, but when I went back I had two tombstones, one with the leftover items and the items I had picked back up, and things were fine. I honestly can't tell if this is just normal, or if there's some reason why it happened like this, like maybe I got a second tombstone because I had died very quickly after that first death, or something like that.

It is normal.
But keep in mind, that your previous tombstone marker will disappear. If you suspect you might die twice, I suggest you to place another marker by hand, so you can die as much as you want without losing the position of what you're actually trying to rescue.