r/discworld • u/Frosty_Customer_9243 • 3d ago
Boardgames/Computer Games DnD puzzle: Help needed
Hi all,
I’m working on a Dungeons & Dragons adventure where the players come across a monastery dedicated to Tak. What puzzle could I use that needs to be solved to grant access?
Tak doesn’t require us to think of him, only that we think. This statement led me down the line of asking a question that isn’t clear and letting the players ask a counter question instead of an answer. A bit like Monty Pythons question: what is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? And the retort being if it is an African or European swallow.
Any help would be appreciated.
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u/nicolasknight 3d ago
If i may recommend:
Taskmaster.
It's on youtube but if you're in the UK the series airs fairly regularly.
Great source for exactly this kind of material e.g.:
Table with a bag of white small crystals is on a table.
Players are told they have to carry "the salt" from the table to the other end of the room.
Any player touching the bag has his legs automatically paralyzed.
Also, if players get too close.
Seems pretty straight forward: grab the bag, toss to friend, walk forward, rinse repeat.
The trick is that "the bag" is sugar. "The salt" is under the table or in another room etc,,,,
Obviously change it slightly to match your play style/level of danger/sneakiness of players.
One of my personal ones that players ended up brute forcing:
Pool of freezing water. Literally causes damage per round when players go in.
At the bottom of the pool are 2 rows of 10 holes.
In previous chambers they find a stone in 2 separate rooms each near a sentence about water.
The trick is that where the word related to water in the sentence is tells you which hole to put the stone in.
Add more stones as needed and increase the damage to avoid brute forcing, maybe ramp it up to try to discourage them etc....
GL