“Oh yeah Zyl, I’ve heard those stories. They’re called uh, genies or some such ain’t they? Does one of you have to write these down somewhere or do we just say ‘em to his highness here?”
As Zylborin speaks his voice fills the room, though nothing seems to change.
@All With a Investigation of 10+ open the spoiler below. [[ I'm also open to other mental skills being used with a justification of sorts. (Not too picky.) ]]
You're able to get a sense that chanting the answer aloud may not be the path to solving the riddle, but perhaps with using the alphabet below riddles.
Dain stares at the statue and it’s riddles for a long moment, then starts touching the lettering to spell out the words, curious if something will light up or react in any way.
Having been quiet for the last few minutes, Finn looked closer at the letters on the statue. Reflecting back on everyone's riddle solutions, he took a leap and tentatively touched "A", "G", "M" and "B" in order.
As Fain and Finn touch the letters they go down smoothly, a testamemt to dwarven handiwork after all these years, though nothing seems to happen. Although they do have a sense they're on the right track, particularly with Finn's shorter answer even if the currently tried combination didn't produce results.
"Do the letters need to be rearranged? But I can't think of a word that has A, G, M, B? Unless this Dwarven gentleman is called Gamb? Bamg?"
Finn scratched his head, starting to get frustrated. "Huh," he grunted. "Maybe it's a D for djinn instead of a G? But I don't know that A, D, M, B is any better..."
If allowed, general intelligence check to see Dain would know more about what dwarves carve over doors: 7
Not much is coming to Dain's mind aside from archway. Various decorative carvings and such pass through his head, but nothing that would satisfy the riddle. Whether there's something he's missing or not is uncertain.
[[ @all, Would you say you're sticking with Genie or swapping to Djinn as your answer to the second riddle? (Got another set of hints to give, so helps to know the current answers.) ]]
Taking a letter from each word seems right, but perhaps there's a different pattern of which letter from each word to take.
13+
You have a strong sense that three of your answers to the riddles are right. But also that the one that's wrong is on the right track.
16+
The classic answer to the question of "What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night" is "man." But perhaps this place's answer has a variation on that?
19+
When thinking of which letter to take from each word, considering the order the riddles are in. Perhaps that'll help knowing which letter to use.
"Would a society of dwarves use 'Man' as an answer to a riddle? Should it be 'dwarf'?"
"I've been doing some thinking on the letters, do we need to take the first letter from the first riddle, second letter from the second, and so forth?"
"That would give us either AENR with genie and man, AJNR with djinn and dwarf. AEAR for genie and dwarf, or AJAR for djinn and dwarf."
"Worth a try, after all, when is a door not a door. When it's AJAR!" Laughing at himself, he enters AJAR into the runes.
(Happy Holidays all. Been away for them but back now)
Dain will light a torch and push the newly apparent doorway open. “Down we go lads. Somethin’ new down here. Somethin’ that they might not ‘ave known about.”
He will lead the way down this new passage.
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“Oh yeah Zyl, I’ve heard those stories. They’re called uh, genies or some such ain’t they? Does one of you have to write these down somewhere or do we just say ‘em to his highness here?”
Zyl shrugs in response to Dain, "Worth a try".
He stands in front of the statue, clears his throat and clearly enunciates, "Archway!"
As Zylborin speaks his voice fills the room, though nothing seems to change.
@All With a Investigation of 10+ open the spoiler below.
[[ I'm also open to other mental skills being used with a justification of sorts. (Not too picky.) ]]
You're able to get a sense that chanting the answer aloud may not be the path to solving the riddle, but perhaps with using the alphabet below riddles.
[[
And for my reminder.
Party's current answer to the riddles.
Riddle 1: Archway
Riddle 2: Genie
Riddle 3: Man
Riddle 4: Beard
]]
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Investigation: 15
Dain stares at the statue and it’s riddles for a long moment, then starts touching the lettering to spell out the words, curious if something will light up or react in any way.
(( Finn's Investigation Check: 11 ))
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Having been quiet for the last few minutes, Finn looked closer at the letters on the statue. Reflecting back on everyone's riddle solutions, he took a leap and tentatively touched "A", "G", "M" and "B" in order.
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As Fain and Finn touch the letters they go down smoothly, a testamemt to dwarven handiwork after all these years, though nothing seems to happen. Although they do have a sense they're on the right track, particularly with Finn's shorter answer even if the currently tried combination didn't produce results.
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Zylborin huffs as his dramatic call didn't produce the desired effect.
"Obviously not a patron of the arts..." he mumbles.
"Do the letters need to be rearranged? But I can't think of a word that has A, G, M, B? Unless this Dwarven gentleman is called Gamb? Bamg?"
Finn scratched his head, starting to get frustrated. "Huh," he grunted. "Maybe it's a D for djinn instead of a G? But I don't know that A, D, M, B is any better..."
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“Aye. We must ‘ave one o’ them wrong. I mighta been wrong about the archway. A lintel maybe?” He scratches at his own beard in confusion.
If allowed, general intelligence check to see Dain would know more about what dwarves carve over doors: 13
Not much is coming to Dain's mind aside from archway. Various decorative carvings and such pass through his head, but nothing that would satisfy the riddle. Whether there's something he's missing or not is uncertain.
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(( I vote we switch to D just because there are likely more words that could be made with it. ))
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[[ Gonna use "Djinn" as the current answer. ]]
Some hints that can be rolled for.
Investigation: 10+
Taking a letter from each word seems right, but perhaps there's a different pattern of which letter from each word to take.
13+
16+
19+
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Zyl's investigation: 5
Zylborin muses over the riddles again.
"Would a society of dwarves use 'Man' as an answer to a riddle? Should it be 'dwarf'?"
"I've been doing some thinking on the letters, do we need to take the first letter from the first riddle, second letter from the second, and so forth?"
"That would give us either AENR with genie and man, AJNR with djinn and dwarf. AEAR for genie and dwarf, or AJAR for djinn and dwarf."
"Worth a try, after all, when is a door not a door. When it's AJAR!" Laughing at himself, he enters AJAR into the runes.
[[ That door/ajar pun made me groan. ;p ]]
As Zylborin presses in his answer, a groaning of stone can be heard as an unlit staircase downwards is revealed.
[[ Merry Christmas to you guys. ]]
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Finn raised an eyebrow at Zyl. "That actually worked? Remind me to drag you with me next time I visit the dice tables!"
(( Merry Christmas everyone! ))
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(Happy Holidays all. Been away for them but back now)
Dain will light a torch and push the newly apparent doorway open. “Down we go lads. Somethin’ new down here. Somethin’ that they might not ‘ave known about.”
He will lead the way down this new passage.