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<blockquote data-quote="andrew" data-source="post: 90437" data-attributes="member: 2589"><p>If your players aren't good at riddles or puzzles, the gauntlet will chew them up. That's what happened to my group. I used the gauntlet as a "bridge" into another adventure. The mirror at the end led to their destination rather than a treasure room.</p><p></p><p>I just wanted something fun to set the players up for the next adventure. They would be helping a fairy kingdom, so I used the gauntlet as a set of challenges the fairies used to test potential heroes. Instead of the faerie dragon, they had a pixie helping them through. I felt the gauntlet still had a very mischevious quality to it that would help set the stage for the upcoming adventure. Boy was I wrong.</p><p></p><p>The party of 3 PCs took well over an hour on each puzzle, with the exception of minesweeper. It was the worst gaming session we ever had. The Pa's Weapons puzzle was probably the worst because the pixie actually wrote down the answer for them after they tried for over an hour to figure it out. And they still couldn't get it! </p><p></p><p>They passed the "trapped" stairs by summoning celestial dogs and running them up the stairs until they burned up, and then just avoiding that stair.</p><p></p><p>I can't even remember the other puzzles too well at this point; just remember the Pa's Weapons puzzle is prretty painful. It should have been a fun little diversion, but my players suffered serious mental failures and were lucky to not have furniture thrown at them. College degrees just aren't worth what they once were I guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="andrew, post: 90437, member: 2589"] If your players aren't good at riddles or puzzles, the gauntlet will chew them up. That's what happened to my group. I used the gauntlet as a "bridge" into another adventure. The mirror at the end led to their destination rather than a treasure room. I just wanted something fun to set the players up for the next adventure. They would be helping a fairy kingdom, so I used the gauntlet as a set of challenges the fairies used to test potential heroes. Instead of the faerie dragon, they had a pixie helping them through. I felt the gauntlet still had a very mischevious quality to it that would help set the stage for the upcoming adventure. Boy was I wrong. The party of 3 PCs took well over an hour on each puzzle, with the exception of minesweeper. It was the worst gaming session we ever had. The Pa's Weapons puzzle was probably the worst because the pixie actually wrote down the answer for them after they tried for over an hour to figure it out. And they still couldn't get it! They passed the "trapped" stairs by summoning celestial dogs and running them up the stairs until they burned up, and then just avoiding that stair. I can't even remember the other puzzles too well at this point; just remember the Pa's Weapons puzzle is prretty painful. It should have been a fun little diversion, but my players suffered serious mental failures and were lucky to not have furniture thrown at them. College degrees just aren't worth what they once were I guess. [/QUOTE]
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