Puzzle: Dandolo's Cryptic Box
Added 2020-10-26 17:23:34 +0000 UTCDandolo’s Cryptic Box is a puzzle opened by setting the right combination on four rings with pictograms or pictographic language. GMs can place a small item inside (such as a magic ring or a key to a dungeon's final treasure chest), or even a key piece of information crucial to the campaign. Each of the four rings has an accompanying riddle or clue to pursue—including a snazzy handout for players—to decode and find the correct pictograph. While all of these can occur at once, it's best to make finding them side quests of their own, creating an extended puzzle to gnaw at the imaginations of adventurers between sessions. It's not spooky but by golly this article is intriguing. Enigmatically designed by Phill Harmon, illustrated by Xanditz.
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Comments
Fantastic. Homebrew content obviously varies hugely in appeal, but drop in additions like this that don’t fundamentally alter the world around them are beautiful! Here’s hoping for more puzzles...
MykeMyke
2021-01-06 17:08:35 +0000 UTCI think that's entirely up to the GM but will email the author to make sure!
Mike Myler
2020-12-10 07:40:03 +0000 UTCIt says someone from the Enigmatic Society will speak a clue for Ring 3, but the only clue given is a piece of paper? What are they supposed to say?
Nick I
2020-12-10 00:05:15 +0000 UTC
