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<blockquote data-quote="SnowleopardVK" data-source="post: 5673328" data-attributes="member: 6677945"><p>The game I encountered this puzzle in has long since finished, and we never really solved it. We figured out bits and pieces, but still have no idea why they worked as they did. I think it might be a cool thing to reuse if I can figure out how it worked though.</p><p></p><p>Okie dokie, for the setup: We were in a dungeon and came to a large room with a statue of a warrior multiple stories high. There were three "windows" in the statue, one on his sword, one on his shield, and one on the boot of the foot he was stepping towards us with, each window was made of some sort of magic energy. (The high-up ones on the sword and shield had walkways up to them carved into the statue).</p><p></p><p>The statue had a little dedication marking him as a great warrior who was incredibly paranoid, and who refused to let all but the weakest people into his sanctuaries for fear that even an average one might get lucky and kill him. I think it also said he was "strong of body, but not mind or charm" or something like that.</p><p></p><p>Well our party at the time, a Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, and Sorcerer (we also had a druid but he was absent that session if I remember correctly) came to the room and looked through the windows into the room beyond. There were six somewhat-fearsome looking monsters through them. We tried breaking the windows, and shooting through them but nothing worked. Then we tried touching them.</p><p></p><p>Well for the first three of us, they were all completely solid, but the Sorcerer's hand went right through the windows on the sword and shield, and the moment it did each time a blast of energy shot from his hand and hit one of the monsters in the room ahead. One was killed on the spot and one was nearly so judging from how fast we took it down later.</p><p></p><p>He wasn't able to get through the boot window though. None of us were. Presumably it would have done the same thing as the other two, and being able to reach through all three windows would have cut the upcoming threat in half. In the end we passed through the door and simply fought the remaining four monsters, leaving the puzzle of the last window unsolved behind us.</p><p></p><p>I have no idea what was stopping us from getting through the third window, or even what was allowing the sorcerer to get through the first two. At the time I'd asked the DM not to tell me the answer afterwards because I wanted to keep thinking about it, but he's since moved and I've lost contact with him.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas on what the answer might have been?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SnowleopardVK, post: 5673328, member: 6677945"] The game I encountered this puzzle in has long since finished, and we never really solved it. We figured out bits and pieces, but still have no idea why they worked as they did. I think it might be a cool thing to reuse if I can figure out how it worked though. Okie dokie, for the setup: We were in a dungeon and came to a large room with a statue of a warrior multiple stories high. There were three "windows" in the statue, one on his sword, one on his shield, and one on the boot of the foot he was stepping towards us with, each window was made of some sort of magic energy. (The high-up ones on the sword and shield had walkways up to them carved into the statue). The statue had a little dedication marking him as a great warrior who was incredibly paranoid, and who refused to let all but the weakest people into his sanctuaries for fear that even an average one might get lucky and kill him. I think it also said he was "strong of body, but not mind or charm" or something like that. Well our party at the time, a Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, and Sorcerer (we also had a druid but he was absent that session if I remember correctly) came to the room and looked through the windows into the room beyond. There were six somewhat-fearsome looking monsters through them. We tried breaking the windows, and shooting through them but nothing worked. Then we tried touching them. Well for the first three of us, they were all completely solid, but the Sorcerer's hand went right through the windows on the sword and shield, and the moment it did each time a blast of energy shot from his hand and hit one of the monsters in the room ahead. One was killed on the spot and one was nearly so judging from how fast we took it down later. He wasn't able to get through the boot window though. None of us were. Presumably it would have done the same thing as the other two, and being able to reach through all three windows would have cut the upcoming threat in half. In the end we passed through the door and simply fought the remaining four monsters, leaving the puzzle of the last window unsolved behind us. I have no idea what was stopping us from getting through the third window, or even what was allowing the sorcerer to get through the first two. At the time I'd asked the DM not to tell me the answer afterwards because I wanted to keep thinking about it, but he's since moved and I've lost contact with him. Any ideas on what the answer might have been? [/QUOTE]
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