Test my Knowledge (Arcana)

hong · Nov 1, 2003

Hong's puzzle #1:

You are a fighter with a ten-inch titanium penis. Standing 5 feet away is an orc. Kill the orc.

MerakSpielman · Nov 1, 2003

Uh-oh. Hong's arrived. There goes the discussion (see his sig?).

MerakSpielman · Nov 1, 2003

What, nobody's going to take a stab at my puzzle #2? Here's a hint: The wizard has 18 Int.

Thanee, any comments on the solutions for your puzzle?

Kae'Yoss · Nov 1, 2003

MerakSpielman said:
Merak's Puzzle #2:

Tough one. You could try to lower the cage so you touch the water, so the current will carry you to the fishing village

drnuncheon · Nov 2, 2003

MerakSpielman said:
The only equipment you have is a scroll of detect magic, a sewing needle, and a potion of cure light wounds.

Escape the cage.

Use the needle to prick your finger. Write on the back of the scroll 'Help! I'm a beautiful maiden being held hostage in a bizarre messageboard puzzle'!. Drink the potion to heal your finger. Put the scroll into the potion bottle, cork it, and drop it into the water. Wait for someone to come rescue you.

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Thanee · Nov 2, 2003

@Merak: Spot on!

@silentspace: The spell you suggest (pun

) has a material component, which you can't provide (of course you could circumvent this with Eschew Materials, but just assume that I disallowed that feat, it's not needed anyways

). The other one (for 1st level) will not work, as the object you are referring to won't be unattended. However, you were still quite close to the 1st level solution I had in mind with your post!

Bye
Thanee

Thanee · Nov 2, 2003

MerakSpielman said:
Merak's Puzzle #2:

That's easy!

Use your own blood and the needle to write a message on the scroll, drink the potion to heal the wound and then use the bottle to deliver the message to the fishing city and wait for help!

Thanee · Nov 2, 2003

@CRG: In 3.0 Cosmopolitan doesn't allow you to take UMD.

In 3.5, however, you wouldn't even need the feat...

Bye
Thanee

Al · Nov 2, 2003

Merak's Puzzle 1: Sorry, I ought to have explained in more detail:

You cast Stone Shape on the rock which is blocking the well, making a ladder and counterbalance out of the rock, solving both the plug and the 9' drop

Thanee: Um, ask a good lawyer

Seriously,

Assuming that they're classic 'dumb' guards, fake illness, retch a bit. Hopefully they will take you out of the cell, and you can lurch to one side, knocking a torch onto the floor. In the confusion (if the floor gets set on fire), you can hopefully escape.

Merak Puzzle 2:

Use the sewing needle to draw blood from your index finger. Write, in blood, on the back of the scroll of detect magic, 'Help. Am trapped in cage ten miles upstream'. Drink the potion of cure light wounds (this will also stop the bleeding

). In the now empty potion bottle, place the scroll and stopper it. Drop the bottle into the river and wait for the city authorities to rescue you (hopefully!)