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amerigoV
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Interesting analysis, amerigoV.
Bullgrit
Thanks!
Here is the wording from the 3.5 update to find the poem:
Characters standing at the north end of the corridor who succeed on a DC 20 Spot check see that the floor mosaic hides barely noticeable runes: a message in Common. It says the following:
That is much easier than the original module (as noted from earlier in the thread). So a rogue that happens to look over the mosaics at the entrance (Skill Points plus Stat ~14 range) has a 6/20 chance (or 100% chance, if Take 10) to see the runes and piece them together. I say easier as most likely Players would describe they were looking around, at the floor, etc to trigger the roll where as 1e the wording sound more like a definitive action ("I look at the floor for patterns and will go down the hall as needed"). That tells me that Bruce Cordell (who did the 3.5 update) recognized that the poem is vital to the "enjoyment" of the module. Anyone have the 4e update wording?
Reviewing this does bring back my memory of one our players finding and following the trail of runes.