Party Stumper

[Drawmack]

On sunday my party came up against a riddle I put into the adventure that stumped them. I gave them hints when they were on the right track and will do the same here. I eventually had to give them the answer doing everything but saying it. I was curious if this was just my group or if the riddle was in fact too hard so I am posting it here to see if someone from these boards can solve it.

You are in a thiev's guild working your way through the labrynth that they use for testing. The rogue spots a secret door. The door is locked but there is no locking device, this is enscribed on the door in dwarven.

''A fool and his money are soon parted, while a miser dies a lonely death. A drunkard cannot be relied upon, but a teetotaler has horrid breath. A faith so true a faith so pure the man of believe lives irrationally. A soul so empty a heart so cold the godless man lives unemotionally. The one thing that can save them all begs your speaking at this juncture.''

 

[Zhure]

Nothing

 

[Buttercup]

Moderation?

 

[Kamard]

The letter 3?

 

[Maldur]

Neutral

 

[Drawmack]

(Hint as given to the party)

At the speaking of the word moderation the door glimmers a bit but does not open.

(If anyone just goes listing synonyms from roget's or some other source all in one post I will not respond.)

 

[wighair]

balance

 

[Drawmack]

and wighair has it.

 

[wighair]

/me takes a bow. wahey!

A nice answer for a thief in a test-maze. at that point you should have had the floor fall away revealing him to be stuck on a narrow beam, high above the floor.

 

[Drawmack]

I originally planned something like that, but since they spent a half an hour attempting to figure out synonyms for moderation and not getting anywhere I just let the door open.