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Every party's collective intelligence [Dungeon crawling games as a whole] (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If a puzzle is too simple, players will assume the solution is a red herring, and the actual answer is something more complex. Let us not forget how the entire Fellowship of the Ring was stumped by a door that told them how to open it, because they thought it would be more secure.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

DM: "Written on the door in beautiful caligraphy carved directly into the stone are the words 'Pedo mellon a minno'."

Party: ...

DM: "You recognize it as Elvish. It translates to 'Speak friend and enter.'"

Party: ...

DM: "It's telling you, in elvish, to speak the word 'friend'".

Party: ...

DM "You can just say the word for 'friend' to gain entry"

Party: "Friend!"

DM: "No, no, say the word for 'friend' in Elvish."

Party: ...

DM: "It's literally written on the wall in the text of the riddle."

Party: ...

DM: "I just said it, and it is written write there."

Party: ...

DM: "It's 'mellon'."

Party: ...

DM: "Say 'mellon' and the door will open."

Party: ...

DM: "SAY MELLON!!!"

Party: "Uh... 'Mellon.'"

DM: deeeep breath "The door swings open revealing a dark tunnel in front of you."

Party: "Crap, I don't have have dark vision. Can we go back to the village to buy some torches?"

DM: ...