A library that has books and they need to be sorted into categories
I actually contemplated doing this one for a while (ever since someone on D&D Beyond was looking for puzzle ideas for Candlekeep.
I would give them a set of 8 fairy tales, each of which corresponds to one D&D school of magic, and they unlock a hidden room or treasure by placing each book on the correct shelves.
This is what I've got for fairly tales. I'm not sure of all of them, and am open to other suggestions.
Abjuration - King Arthur (because they seem like paladins, and paladin magic is heavy on adjuration. This is my weakest match.)
Conjuration - Aladdin
Divination - Snow White ("Mirror, mirror, on the wall...")
Enchantment - The Pied Piper of Hamlin (Sleeping Beuty should also work, unless the thorns and dragon cofuse stuff)
Evocation - Greek mythology, with a picture of Zeus on the cover (my other really weak one)
Illusion - Leprechan story (I don't have a specfic story here, just put a leprechan on the cover of one book)
Necormancery - Frankestein
Trasmutation - There are a hundered, so choose any of the following: Rumpelstilskin, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, The Frog Prince, The Swan Princess, and so many others.
I would also not tell them what they have to do, just leave the books on the table, and have an open spot on each bookshelf. The bookshevelves aren't labled as schools of magic, but have books on different spells on each. (You can find spells for each school easily.) In general, I belive that with D&D puzzles, figuring out what to do should be part of the puzzle.
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Also, suggestions for which monsters might be found together (for people tired of dungeons full of one humanoid race, and perhaps a few beasts and undead.)
I actually contemplated doing this one for a while (ever since someone on D&D Beyond was looking for puzzle ideas for Candlekeep.
I would give them a set of 8 fairy tales, each of which corresponds to one D&D school of magic, and they unlock a hidden room or treasure by placing each book on the correct shelves.
This is what I've got for fairly tales. I'm not sure of all of them, and am open to other suggestions.
Abjuration - King Arthur (because they seem like paladins, and paladin magic is heavy on adjuration. This is my weakest match.)
Conjuration - Aladdin
Divination - Snow White ("Mirror, mirror, on the wall...")
Enchantment - The Pied Piper of Hamlin (Sleeping Beuty should also work, unless the thorns and dragon cofuse stuff)
Evocation - Greek mythology, with a picture of Zeus on the cover (my other really weak one)
Illusion - Leprechan story (I don't have a specfic story here, just put a leprechan on the cover of one book)
Necormancery - Frankestein
Trasmutation - There are a hundered, so choose any of the following: Rumpelstilskin, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, The Frog Prince, The Swan Princess, and so many others.
I would also not tell them what they have to do, just leave the books on the table, and have an open spot on each bookshelf. The bookshevelves aren't labled as schools of magic, but have books on different spells on each. (You can find spells for each school easily.) In general, I belive that with D&D puzzles, figuring out what to do should be part of the puzzle.
DM, writer, and blog master of https://dragonencounters.com/ a blog dedicated to providing unusual, worthwhile encounters for each monster, making each one unique.
Also, suggestions for which monsters might be found together (for people tired of dungeons full of one humanoid race, and perhaps a few beasts and undead.)
Necormancery lol
That’s awesome, I’m gonna try that with my players and report back see how long it takes them
All great.
Would love to also here how DMs factored player Int, investigation and/or other skills/abilities, into the puzzle solving. If at all...