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<blockquote data-quote="jlhorner1974" data-source="post: 1997565" data-attributes="member: 8628">I'm not trying to be all that clever on this one.Here are some hints (spoiler text below) &nbsp;1. The puzzle is a word search, of course.&nbsp;2. Soveliss is a ranger, right? The flavortext suggests that his nemeses are hiding in the letters.&nbsp;3. The puzzle has to do with favored enemies.4. The word list for the word search was not put together randomly -- a particular source was used to get the list.&nbsp; You should be able to spot a few obvious creature names in the grid of letters.&nbsp; Where do these creatures appear together in the core books?&nbsp; Favored enemies are not talked about in many places, so you should be able to narrow down your search.&nbsp; You will probably know when you see it.5. You can find the list you need somewhere in the Player's Handbook (sorry, the SRD does not have the information you need).6. One of the creatures wouldn't fit into the puzzle as is, and had to be cut in half -- it should be easy to figure out which one this is.&nbsp; Because one was &quot;cut in half&quot;, you should be looking for 33 words (not 32) in total in the word search. &nbsp;7. Once you find all the creatures in the word search, you should be able to find a message that tells you what to do next.&nbsp; The hidden messages will lead to a clue phrase that is three words long.&nbsp; To check your work, the clue phrase should have 16 letters in it, not counting spaces.&nbsp; The answer to this clue phrase is the answer to the puzzle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jlhorner1974, post: 1997565, member: 8628"] I'm not trying to be all that clever on this one. Here are some hints (spoiler text below) 1. [color=black]The puzzle is a word search, of course.[/color] 2. [color=black]Soveliss is a ranger, right? The flavortext suggests that his nemeses are hiding in the letters.[/color] 3. [color=black]The puzzle has to do with favored enemies.[/color] 4. [color=black]The word list for the word search was not put together randomly -- a particular source was used to get the list. You should be able to spot a few obvious creature names in the grid of letters. Where do these creatures appear together in the core books? Favored enemies are not talked about in many places, so you should be able to narrow down your search. You will probably know when you see it.[/color] 5. [color=black]You can find the list you need somewhere in the Player's Handbook (sorry, the SRD does not have the information you need).[/color] 6. [color=black]One of the creatures wouldn't fit into the puzzle as is, and had to be cut in half -- it should be easy to figure out which one this is. Because one was "cut in half", you should be looking for 33 words (not 32) in total in the word search. [/color] 7. [color=black]Once you find all the creatures in the word search, you should be able to find a message that tells you what to do next. The hidden messages will lead to a clue phrase that is three words long. To check your work, the clue phrase should have 16 letters in it, not counting spaces. The answer to this clue phrase is the answer to the puzzle.[/color] [/QUOTE]

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