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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 2518565" data-attributes="member: 6957">I am fond of shifting key cyphers, position cyphers, and sigils.Shifting key cyphers use twenty six keys, essentially just starting the alphabet off with a different letter then working down - so cypher B goes BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZA cypher C goes CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAB etc. Use a book to choose which cypher to use for each letter of the coded message, so using the Declaration of Independence the first letter of the first word would be cyphered using cypher W, the second would use cypher E, the third would use cypher T, etc. It takes time, but once the book being used is known can be cracked easily.A positional cypher simply rearranges the letters of the words in a systematic way. For example:The Auld GrumpTeudrmhAlGupTeudrm hAlgup.This is sometimes called a Rail Fence Cypher. Quick and dirty, it saw some use in the American Civil War.Sigils involve the use of magic squares and numeric replacement cyphers, nifty looking, easy to break once the key is known, but too hard to describe here - look at Cornelius Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy for some good examples. Great for mystical or wizardly based puzzles, solved in a pinch by Knowledge (Arcane) checks.Teudrm hAlgup</blockquote>