I want to drop a cryptex in my campaign, for those who ignore what it is, it's a portable vault used to hide secret messages, scroll etc. I'm not too sure on the method to open it. A Skill challenge seems like a natural fit, a serie of Intelligence (Investigation) checks where success unlock it and failure breaks the vial of vinegar and destoy the content? Or may be Thievery, since it's normally used for open lock? A mix of both? How would you go about it?
If it's like a combination lock then it might just be the time needed to go through the 26*5 possible combinations. You could add complications like saying it requires time to reset after an attempt to open or that only 3 tries can be attempted per day.
If it's like a combination lock then it might just be the time needed to go through the 26*5 possible combinations. You could add complications like saying it requires time to reset after an attempt to open or that only 3 tries can be attempted per day.
It looks like a good password device.
If you fail, a vial of vinegar is broken, spiling the content on the parchemin, destroying the content, so you cannot try every possible combination considering failure consequcnes.
It is effectively a password device. I could also mix it with a puzzle challenge.
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I want to drop a cryptex in my campaign, for those who ignore what it is, it's a portable vault used to hide secret messages, scroll etc. I'm not too sure on the method to open it. A Skill challenge seems like a natural fit, a serie of Intelligence (Investigation) checks where success unlock it and failure breaks the vial of vinegar and destoy the content? Or may be Thievery, since it's normally used for open lock? A mix of both? How would you go about it?
If it's like a combination lock then it might just be the time needed to go through the 26*5 possible combinations.
You could add complications like saying it requires time to reset after an attempt to open or that only 3 tries can be attempted per day.
It looks like a good password device.
If you fail, a vial of vinegar is broken, spiling the content on the parchemin, destroying the content, so you cannot try every possible combination considering failure consequcnes.
It is effectively a password device. I could also mix it with a puzzle challenge.