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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SiderisAnon" data-source="post: 5456231" data-attributes="member: 44949">At the center of Vecna's throne room (or library or candle-lit vault) is a dimly glowing spherical object of brass and copper.  Closer inspection reveals thousands of facets, each inscribed with runes, letters, or number.To get at Vecna's truth, and therefore be able to kill him, the layers of this puzzle must be peeled away.  Each layer offers a multitude of puzzles to peel it away, so that the players can approach different puzzles multiple ways.  As each character completes a series of skill challenges, they unlock a portion of the puzzle and get one step closer to unlocking and being able to kill Vecna easier.  Because of the multi-faceted and multi-dimensional nature of the object, multiple people can work on multiple layers simultaneously (which allows PCs to tag in and out of the fight to work on unlocking the puzzle).My first though mechanically would be requiring a running total of X successes or Y total success level, depending on the system you're using.If you have some prep time, create a stack of cards (or slips of paper).  Each one has a skill challenge on it like "decode the ancient runes" with appropriate skills listed.  When one "layer" is unlocked, that card is removed and another card is dealt out.  This also allows you to create things like a puzzle to move statues into position, which provides a key to unlock that layer.If you like riddles or have some, some of your cards can have an actual riddle.  The PC can answer it on their turn and unlock that layer.You probably want to have a negative consequence to failing to answering things correctly, though if Vecna and his minions are attacking the party throughout this, just having to waste an action on answering instead of fighting could be a good negative result all on its own.If you have time to lay it out, there could be a way to have an additional card showing or to replace an existing card if something nobody wants to deal with comes up.  This would be useful if you create simple descriptions of the skill challenges and have them for a wider variety of skills than the PCs have, to really show that it is Vecna's secrets.  (Or describe that there are other possibilities, but that nobody in the party can understand them to try.)</blockquote>

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