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<blockquote data-quote="Ravilah" data-source="post: 6061177" data-attributes="member: 19724">They enter a large cavern with a tall, noisy cataract at one end, falling into a turbulent pool. On the other side of the cavern, a large dragon head has been carved from the rock, and beneath its gaping maw is written in Dragon Tongue, &quot;Five cool barrels will slake my thirst, no dewdrop more nor droplet less. Fail and be forever cursed; succeed and find the locked egress.&quot;Scattered about the cavern are three huge, bronze jars. One holds ten barrels of water, one four barrels, and another three (they are all labeled clearly as such). Magically, only the ten-barrel jar can be filled from the pool (or any other means). They must figure out how to measure out exactly 5 barrels to pour into the dragon head.Solution: 1. Fill the 10-barrel jar2. Pour the water in the 4-barrel jar so that 6 remain.3. Pour water from the 4-barrel jar into the 3-barrel jar (toss out the extra 1 barrel left)4. Add the 3-barrels of water to the 6-barrels left in the largest jar. This one now has 9 barrels of water.5. Fill the 4-barrel jar with water from the large jar. This will leave 5 barrels of water left in the largest jar.The puzzle was designed for dragon-sized creatures, so the bronze containers are heavy. This can add an extra level of fun since the party will have to heave those things around to do all the pouring.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ravilah, post: 6061177, member: 19724"] They enter a large cavern with a tall, noisy cataract at one end, falling into a turbulent pool. On the other side of the cavern, a large dragon head has been carved from the rock, and beneath its gaping maw is written in Dragon Tongue, "Five cool barrels will slake my thirst, no dewdrop more nor droplet less. Fail and be forever cursed; succeed and find the locked egress." Scattered about the cavern are three huge, bronze jars. One holds ten barrels of water, one four barrels, and another three (they are all labeled clearly as such). Magically, only the ten-barrel jar can be filled from the pool (or any other means). They must figure out how to measure out exactly 5 barrels to pour into the dragon head. Solution: 1. Fill the 10-barrel jar 2. Pour the water in the 4-barrel jar so that 6 remain. 3. Pour water from the 4-barrel jar into the 3-barrel jar (toss out the extra 1 barrel left) 4. Add the 3-barrels of water to the 6-barrels left in the largest jar. This one now has 9 barrels of water. 5. Fill the 4-barrel jar with water from the large jar. This will leave 5 barrels of water left in the largest jar. The puzzle was designed for dragon-sized creatures, so the bronze containers are heavy. This can add an extra level of fun since the party will have to heave those things around to do all the pouring. [/QUOTE]

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