Hey guys. I'm trying to design a puzzle for my dungeon, and I know what I want to do, but I don't know what it's called. I want to google it so I can make sure I make it correctly. I think it's a fairly common thing, so I'm hoping someone here will know. Whenever I google, I just get Wheel of Fortune, for some reason...
So basically, the players will be presented with some wheels, and around the edges of each wheel, there will be letters. They'll be given some sort of clue, and they'll need to spell out the answer using the wheels. For example, there are three wheels, and the clue is something like "Be you a Woodsman or a Warrior, I'll accompany you all the same". The answer is Axe, and they'll need to spell that out using the wheels. Does anyone know what that sort of puzzle is called?
And if anyone is wondering, I don't intend to make it that easy for them. This is a teamwork puzzle - the party will be split in two, and won't be able to talk to each other, but they will be able to mime through a window, and each group will have the clue to the other groups set of dials. I plan to spawn monsters in if they enter the wrong answers, too.
Hey guys. I'm trying to design a puzzle for my dungeon, and I know what I want to do, but I don't know what it's called. I want to google it so I can make sure I make it correctly. I think it's a fairly common thing, so I'm hoping someone here will know. Whenever I google, I just get Wheel of Fortune, for some reason...
So basically, the players will be presented with some wheels, and around the edges of each wheel, there will be letters. They'll be given some sort of clue, and they'll need to spell out the answer using the wheels. For example, there are three wheels, and the clue is something like "Be you a Woodsman or a Warrior, I'll accompany you all the same". The answer is Axe, and they'll need to spell that out using the wheels. Does anyone know what that sort of puzzle is called?
And if anyone is wondering, I don't intend to make it that easy for them. This is a teamwork puzzle - the party will be split in two, and won't be able to talk to each other, but they will be able to mime through a window, and each group will have the clue to the other groups set of dials. I plan to spawn monsters in if they enter the wrong answers, too.
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Are you thinking of a cryptograph?
Yes, that's it! Specifically, the thing I was thinking of is called a 'cipher wheel'. Thanks!
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