Need Help with a Puzzle by DM

[DanMcS]

Doing it as a find-a-word thingy, I see the words
ever
ancestor(s)
hand
you(r)
while
demand
hit

and of course small words like (to, of, in, the). Without knowing anything about the context of the puzzle, it's hard to figure out.

I feel like the guy in piratecat's game that came up with "Dread Night Snos". That "first letter of the words" thing is the right track, I think. I'm getting something like:

never
will
we
s
to
e
demand
while
the
b
of
our
ancestors
ran
in
your
hand

Which isn't right, and I can't make it work. The "hammer fall" could refer to dwarves, which could make this work really nicely if, maybe, the word "elven" appeared in the puzzle, but it doesn't. I see the word "elen", which, if it was supposed to be "elven", means the whole puzzle is screwed up and no wonder you can't solve it. I can't get a workable 's' or 'b' word anywhere, which is another thing that makes me think the puzzle might be screwed up, or maybe I'm missing something. I see "slive", which may have been meant to be "slave", and could by another indication of error in puzzle construction.

I'm pretty sure I'm onto something here, because of the rythym of the sentence this way, and demand and hand make a nice internal rhyme.

 

[diaglo]

Ethically? It's a game!!

and wouldn't you feel cheated if another player did just this thing.

i would.

 

[Droid101]

and wouldn't you feel cheated if another player did just this thing.

i would.

Not if I gave it to them as homework...

If I had a puzzle, they solve it then and there; they are suffering the consequenses/getting the reward that day.

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

I think these players have suffered enough and should get the outside help.

The thing that strikes me the most upon seeing it are the periods that are intermixed into the puzzle, leading me to believe that there are a couple of sentences. I tried going to every 17th letter and making words out of that but I do not think that is the solution.

 

[reanjr]

never
will
we
s
to
e
demand
while
the
b
of
our
ancestors
ran
in
your
hand

[edit: added evil and evil's]

More complete list (though I still can't find an "s" word:

never|no|nude|name|named
will|while|we
will|while|we
s...
to|the|to|tax
ever|eve|even|ere|evil|evil's
do|dao|den|dun|demand
will|while|we
to|the|to|tax
be|bid
on|of|or|our|oat|on|our|of
on|of|or|our|oat|on|our|of
a|an|are|asp|an|and|as|art|at|an|and|at
rim|ran|rib
I|is|ire|it|it|it|in|id|in|ill
you|your
hem|hand|hub|hart|hit|he|he

 

[jerichothebard]

never
will
we
s
to
evil's
demand
while
the
b
of
our
ancestors
ran
in
your
hand

Which isn't right, and I can't make it work. The "hammer fall" could refer to dwarves, which could make this work really nicely if, maybe, the word "elven" appeared in the puzzle, but it doesn't.

evil's works quite nicely, though. up-right from the E in demand.

jtb

 

[reanjr]

never|no|nude|name|named
will|while|we
will|while|we
s...

working on just this part (since the lack of an s word throws me off), the words could be:

never will we
never while we

nothing else seems to make sense (unless will is treated as a noun; doubtful in my opinion)

So we would start with "Never will we s____" or "Never while we s____"

 

[stevelabny]

bah. someone beat me to it.

i came to the same conclusion as Reanjr.

that this is a word search with 17 hidden words starting with the letters listed above.

mine is currently set up as NEVER WILL WE S? TO EVIL'S DEMAND WHILE THE bid OF OUR ANCESTORS rots IN YOUR HAND.

seeing as I know NOTHING about the setup of this riddle, I have no idea of "bid of our ancestors" and the general definition of rots make any sense.

I think the periods are just there as red herrings.

I cant figure out any possibility for the S-word though.

if only it made sense that the s-word was Sword. I would have an answer

(edited for english, and to not assume this riddle is in a dungeon)

 

[reanjr]

working on just this part (since the lack of an s word throws me off), the words could be:

never will we
never while we

nothing else seems to make sense (unless will is treated as a noun; doubtful in my opinion)

So we would start with "Never will we s____" or "Never while we s____"

Just checked everything that I though MIGHT be an "s" word, and the word "slive" means to sneak in Old English. It's a verb which fits the sentence so far, so I'm going to assume that for now (but replace it with "sneak" so people know what it says):

Never will we sneak ___
Never while we sneak ___

 

[ghrezdd]

Here are my 2 cents:

the key is in the last line "Seventeen removed and the hammer fall reveals the mystery"

"Seventeen removed... " probably refers to the 17 letters clustered at the top - probably assuming they mean the starting letters of words in the word hunt.

"...and the hammer fall reveals the mystery" what i think this refers to is that the periods in the letter matrix are place holders for letters to help complete the letter matrix. I suspect that the last half of the riddle some how indicates which 7 letters to use and what order are they placed. But I am not sure how. "reveals" and "mystery" both have seven letters, but I am not sure how "the hammer fall" will help. A synonym for the sound a hammer makes on an anvil perhaps.

Thats all I got.