Anybody got any clever puzzles or riddles I could throw into my upcoming campaign? Here is the one I have been working on:
The party wanders into a room - 45x45. 41 of the 81 5 foot squares have tiles with runes on them. The other 40 tiles are missing. On the other side of the room, there is a chamber, which has 40 tiles in it with the same runes. The runes correspond to the numbers 1-9
This is how the room starts.
5 _ 6 _ 4 _ 3 _ 1
_ 1 _ 6 _ 8 _ 9 _
4 _ 3 _ 1 _ 2 _ 6
_ 5 _ 1 _ 3 _ 4 _
1 _ 9 _ 5 _ 7 _ 8
_ 4 _ 7 _ 9 _ 1 _
3 _ 1 _ 7 _ 9 _ 2
_ 2 _ 5 _ 1 _ 3 _
8 _ 5 _ 9 _ 1 _ 4
There are two doors on either side of the room. They are locked, warded against knock, and indestructible.
In the chamber across the room there are 6 each of the 2,6,7, and 8 tiles, and 4 each of the 3,4,5, and 9 tiles.
If a tile is placed in a wrong spot, it targets the person who put it there with a spell specific to the tile. The spells I chose were Bestow Curse, Black Tentacles, Phantasmal Killer, Summon Monster 4, Fireball, Blindness, Deep Slumber, and Ray of Exhaustion.
There are two solutions - each opens one of the two doors.
Can anybody figure out how to solve this puzzle?
What CR would this puzzle be.
Please contribute your own puzzles and riddles as well.
The party wanders into a room - 45x45. 41 of the 81 5 foot squares have tiles with runes on them. The other 40 tiles are missing. On the other side of the room, there is a chamber, which has 40 tiles in it with the same runes. The runes correspond to the numbers 1-9
This is how the room starts.
5 _ 6 _ 4 _ 3 _ 1
_ 1 _ 6 _ 8 _ 9 _
4 _ 3 _ 1 _ 2 _ 6
_ 5 _ 1 _ 3 _ 4 _
1 _ 9 _ 5 _ 7 _ 8
_ 4 _ 7 _ 9 _ 1 _
3 _ 1 _ 7 _ 9 _ 2
_ 2 _ 5 _ 1 _ 3 _
8 _ 5 _ 9 _ 1 _ 4
There are two doors on either side of the room. They are locked, warded against knock, and indestructible.
In the chamber across the room there are 6 each of the 2,6,7, and 8 tiles, and 4 each of the 3,4,5, and 9 tiles.
If a tile is placed in a wrong spot, it targets the person who put it there with a spell specific to the tile. The spells I chose were Bestow Curse, Black Tentacles, Phantasmal Killer, Summon Monster 4, Fireball, Blindness, Deep Slumber, and Ray of Exhaustion.
There are two solutions - each opens one of the two doors.
Can anybody figure out how to solve this puzzle?
What CR would this puzzle be.
Please contribute your own puzzles and riddles as well.
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