Puzzle-lovers unite ... Puzzle haters ignore.

[Rystil Arden]

Yeah. Now I can rest easy tonight!

[Although asomething tells me that Snow should be significant and it just isn't coming to me. This is why I feel like it should be right there and it isn't...

Oh well, that isn't frustration speaking at all, please don't take it as frustration. More likely embarassment at seeming so innept.]

That's okay--both other games have vented more frustration Hmm...too bad Kinjon can't track like a dog

 

[Nonlethal Force]

That's okay--both other games have vented more frustration Hmm...too bad Kinjon can't track like a dog

Yes .. I suppose that is where RL hinders game mechanics. Having owned dogs for some time now, I understand one piece that is very fundamental to tracking: the dog must know which scent to follow. That is the one piece that Rhaka has never been able to get her hands on. The first encounter nothing was left behind, really - if I am remembering correctly. (Which I don't guarantee.) The searching of the house happened much during the week I was away and then there was the crash, so all I really remember too much was the bag with symbols. And then at the hedge mage's house there was not much left except a dead mouse. In my mind asking Kinjon to scent the dead mouse would merely lead his nose to the mouse hole and he'd have likely eaten Snow ... much to the other mouse's horror!

So, I suppose RL understanding of the application of tracking is getting in the way of RP, then. In real life it is not as simple as saying to a sighthound or a scenthound, "Track ____." But I suppose in D&D it is. I certainly hope it is not me that has been holding the party back.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Yes .. I suppose that is where RL hinders game mechanics. Having owned dogs for some time now, I understand one piece that is very fundamental to tracking: the dog must know which scent to follow. That is the one piece that Rhaka has never been able to get her hands on. The first encounter nothing was left behind, really - if I am remembering correctly. (Which I don't guarantee.) The searching of the house happened much during the week I was away and then there was the crash, so all I really remember too much was the bag with symbols. And then at the hedge mage's house there was not much left except a dead mouse. In my mind asking Kinjon to scent the dead mouse would merely lead his nose to the mouse hole and he'd have likely eaten Snow ... much to the other mouse's horror!

So, I suppose RL understanding of the application of tracking is getting in the way of RP, then. In real life it is not as simple as saying to a sighthound or a scenthound, "Track ____." But I suppose in D&D it is. I certainly hope it is not me that has been holding the party back.

I would guess if you used conditioned reinforcement to make it clear you didn't want the mouse, the only other prevalent scent would have been the Hedge Mage, which is good enough, perhaps.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Okay - and I blatantly admit that I have now completely hijacked my own thread - mods forgive me - but that is another issue that perhaps Rhaka hasn't quite gotten. Realize of course that I am intentionally trying to play a low INT high WIS character ... but Rhaka just hasn't gotten the sense of "urgency." Maybe that is wrong on my part - but I guess that was the point of tension that is between Rhaka and Baeleth and Valerie. Rhaka simply doesn't really get the whole "rush." If that's bad RPing on my behalf, tell me. But I never really considered the "rush" to be significant. Hmmmmm. This thread has gotten me to think much of Rhaka - or more or less how she's been played. :\

 

[Rystil Arden]

Okay - and I blatantly admit that I have now completely hijacked my own thread - mods forgive me - but that is another issue that perhaps Rhaka hasn't quite gotten. Realize of course that I am intentionally trying to play a low INT high WIS character ... but Rhaka just hasn't gotten the sense of "urgency." Maybe that is wrong on my part - but I guess that was the point of tension that is between Rhaka and Baeleth and Valerie. Rhaka simply doesn't really get the whole "rush." If that's bad RPing on my behalf, tell me. But I never really considered the "rush" to be significant. Hmmmmm. This thread has gotten me to think much of Rhaka - or more or less how she's been played. :\

I don't think it was bad RP at all, and I'm having fun (I just hope you guys are too, since it may not have been bad RP, but metagamewise things have gone somewhat more slowly)--if you don't want to hijack more, find me on trillian (AIM will do) with the same user name as here

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Returning this thread to its rightful purpose.

Any other cipher ideas?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this, could you give an example?

I'm having a bad brain day and unable to find an example online. It's using a sentence that has letters repeated instead of a simple substitution code.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Returning this thread to its rightful purpose.

Any other cipher ideas?

Thanee had one where the letters were written seemingly at random in a lattice square and you had to read them spiralling outward from the centre of the square to find the message.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

I'm having a bad brain day and unable to find an example online. It's using a sentence that has letters repeated instead of a simple substitution code.

That's alright. If you come across one, I'd be highly interested in looking at it.

 

[jmucchiello]

I hate puzzles. But I don't mind ciphers. I actually was expecting something a bit more difficult than your puzzle turned out. In fact, I might never have considered that the pattern reset with each word. So, since my first stab at solving your cipher was way off, it might make for a more difficult cipher if you are looking for one:

RXCD VPX CUZAQU

It's early in the morning, so my apologies if I made a counting error.