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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Number48" data-source="post: 5812858" data-attributes="member: 6688047">When I run that puzzle-room mentioned earlier, the goal is to get everyone at the table excited and working together. As long as there is tense action, it will be fun. And, seriously, the riddle portion of the puzzle is so simple I think everyone at the table will get the answers, not to mention that if you were unsure you can look at the 2 possible solutions...the pillar only has 2 possible end places. Here's one, "7 Men with 7 Axes take 7 Days to chop 7 Trees. How long for 1 Man with 1 Axe to chop 1 Tree?" The only skill part I'm going to actually enforce to a character is language. You have to have the right person with the right language translate the pillar. This is going to drive the half-orc fighter nuts. The player is smart and loves these kind of puzzles. The character is dumb and will be most effective fighting the monsters.Should I hand the translation only to the actual translator and make them waste time if they want to share the question with everybody? I'm leaning on letting people who aren't in combat talk and listen freely.The real bastardly question. Should I put in a pillar they cannot translate? Then they would have to guess it's final location, which would be will all the other final ones or by itself in the 3rd track. I'm leaning on doing this, getting them to argue over how it makes sense for A, but then it might be B just to screw with them. Of course, the DM that I am, whichever they choose in that situation will happen to be the right answer.</blockquote>

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