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of your prison. You draw no more cards.
Euryale. The card’s medusa-like visage curses you. You take a −2 penalty to saving throws while cursed in this way. Only a god or the magic of the
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
of Horizon’s Edge. The portal is two-way and remains open for 10 minutes or until a creature uses an action to change the puzzle’s configuration. Puzzle cubes don’t function while on
A Horizon puzzle cube is an 8-inch magical cube made of gold, iron, crystal, and copper, and it is worth 5,000 gp to a sage or collector. A functioning puzzle cube can be solved with 30 minutes of
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
this way, and the shelter doesn’t inhibit the chwinga’s blindsight. The chwinga can use its action to emerge from a shelter. If its shelter is destroyed, the chwinga is forced out and
fascinating. They puzzle over creatures that wear armor, carry weapons, use tools, and cook food. When a chwinga encounters one or more such creatures, its curiosity compels it to shadow them for a
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Curse of Strahd
domain, in hopes that they will find a way to destroy the vampire or set Strahd free.
For the Love of Strahd. The Dark Powers of Ravenloft would consider Madam Eva a worthy choice to replace Strahd as
her ability to locate such an individual.
None of Madam Eva’s Vistani kin know her true identity or purpose. They puzzle over her desire to remain in Barovia.
Madam Eva’s Traits
Ideal
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The Book of Many Things
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unoccupied space within 5 feet of your new form.
You remain transformed in this way for 2d12 days; nothing can alter your form while you’re under the effects of this card, but the Wish spell can end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
correctly on the shrine,
Celestial beds for four of nine.
Solving this puzzle causes a secret compartment in the altar to open, revealing treasure hidden within. The compartment can’t be opened in any other way.
Four by Four Difficulty: Medium This puzzle is easily situated in a dungeon, a dusty mausoleum, or an abandoned shrine. You enter a dimly lit chamber. Nine dwarf skulls rest near a four-foot-square
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
your descriptions, but there’s nothing wrong with letting a hint slip here or there. Don’t worry whether it’s a player or a character who’s solving a puzzle. While hint checks provide a way for
Running Puzzles Once you’ve presented a puzzle to a group, feel free to add and clarify details as you would in any other type of encounter. Try not to give away details of the puzzle’s solution in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
least two of the puzzle cubes, and Ras Nsi always steps in to claim the final cube. Things play out differently if the players find a way to foil their enemies’ plans — by killing them, for example. On
Puzzle Cubes To unlock the Tomb of the Nine Gods, the characters must first recover nine puzzle cubes from shrines hidden throughout the city. The Red Wizards are already searching for the cubes, and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, once I have the necessary resources.
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A fellow student and I are racing to solve the same scientific puzzle.
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I would do anything the guildmaster told me to do.
Flaws
;ll make something happen.
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Nothing is ever simple, and if it seems simple, I’ll find a way to make it complicated.
4
I tend to ignore sleep for days when I’m conducting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Customizing the Puzzle While spells and components make easy to associate lists, you might also consider creating your own version of this puzzle using paired sets of monsters and creature types
between the lists or lower the DCs of the puzzle’s hint checks. Raising the Difficulty Rather than using common spells the characters might be familiar with, a more challenging version of this puzzle might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
bottom of the bubble. It then reappears at the top directly above that point and continues plummeting until something arrests its fall. Entering Horizon’s Edge
The lost giant empire left puzzle cubes
scattered across the Material and Inner Planes, and these cubes are among the few ways to enter Horizon’s Edge. A Horizon puzzle cube is an 8-inch magical cube made of gold, iron, crystal, and copper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
carved with images of snarling bears with long, sharp claws.
The shrine to the trickster god Obo’laka (represented by a zorbo) contains one of nine puzzle cubes needed to enter the Tomb of the Nine Gods
obtain Obo’laka’s puzzle cube. The doors are slightly ajar and have rusty hinges that squeal loudly when the doors are opened. When the characters arrive, four zorbos (see appendix D) are lurking around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
cavities. If puzzle cubes representing every trickster god except Unkh are inserted into the cavities in such a way that the cubes of rival gods are opposite to one another, a stone block slowly descends
3. False Entrance After 20 feet, a puzzle door sealing off a small chamber beyond blocks this false entrance into the tomb. A short tunnel ends at a slab of worked stone, whose edges are marked by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Customizing the Puzzle The characters can easily persuade the goblin to join their party. What other secrets does the goblin know? Does he have an agenda for helping the characters find their freedom
? And why has he lingered in the maze if he knows the way out? There might be more to this guide than meets the eye.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
or scrap of parchment somewhere in the dungeon. Another way to adjust the overall difficulty of the puzzle is to make acquiring the cards more challenging once they’ve been found, perhaps by requiring
The Perfect Hand Difficulty: Easy This sorting puzzle can be used to indicate the presence of a hidden treasure or secret passage. It fits well in a dungeon, a haunted manor, or an abandoned gambling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. Way to the Gate These out-of-the-way caverns hold one of Halaster’s magic gates, the approach to which is closely watched by his servants. 9a. Stonecloak Sentries Two stone golems carved to
identical gate located there. Puzzle Piece. On the ledge near the arch, not visible from the cavern floor, a 25-pound chunk of smooth stone is carved in the shape of a jigsaw puzzle piece and painted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Candlekeep Candlekeep is a fortress perched on a spur of rock overlooking the Sea of Swords. It is reached by a single road, the Way of the Lion, which branches west off the Coast Way. Candlekeep is
Kreeg’s infernal puzzle box. Sylvira advises the characters to leave the Shield of the Hidden Lord in her custody, but Gargauth makes a good case for taking the shield with them. Sylvira makes arrangements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Skeleton Keys Difficulty: Easy This puzzle presents a quick encounter useful for providing treasure or information. It features a box with four locks. You come upon a sinister metal box with an iron
the keys, the following verse has been etched into the wall:
The spells on these locks are all the same.
Though each possesses a unique name.
Count on your answer to unlock the way,
But
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Sylvira Savikas When the characters are ready, they can make their way toward the main keep, a towering edifice housing hundreds of monks and wizards, and thousands of books and scrolls. As they
meander through the keep, helpful monks stop to offer them directions. If Falaster Fisk is with the party, he already knows the way to Sylvira’s laboratory, located in one of Candlekeep’s spires. When the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
following information to save his skin: Ras Nsi is slowly rotting to death. He doesn’t know the cause of his affliction and has no way to cure it. Before he dies, Ras Nsi wants to bring forth Dendar
Nsi unlock the gate and bring forth the Night Serpent. In return, Ras Nsi defends the Tomb of the Nine Gods. Nine stone puzzle cubes are needed to enter the Tomb of the Nine Gods. Ras Nsi doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
planetarium puzzle in area M12. Most of the stars are represented by mere dots or small circles, but the five most prominent stars are rendered as blazing silver suns. Those are the five bright stars to
which the telescopes must be pointed to open the door to area M13. Puzzle Book. The puzzle book with the letter T on its spine is among the books on the middle table. M12. Planetarium The door opens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
and acquire an infernal puzzle box from the last of her three sons.
Under the Villa
For characters of level 4
In the dungeon and sewers beneath Vanthampur Villa, the adventurers encounter
Thavius Kreeg and find the Shield of the Hidden Lord.
Candlekeep
For characters of level 4
The adventurers take Thavius Kreeg’s infernal puzzle box to a tiefling sage at Candlekeep. To save Elturel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Where to Use Riddles Puzzle-loving antagonists and mischievous monsters are the most common ways to introduce a riddle. Here are some suggestions for how to incorporate riddles into adventures
riddles. A lich might enchant the statues outside her innermost sanctum to ask a magical riddle before opening the way. The strange poem on a tombstone could be a clue to the whereabouts of a buried
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Customizing Your Deck The easiest way to ensure the Deck of Many Things doesn’t radically alter your campaign is to limit the cards you include, selecting cards appropriate for the characters’ level
. Deck of Horrors. In this deck, perhaps found in Ravenloft or similar settings, harmful cards far outnumber helpful ones: Balance, Comet, Donjon, Euryale, Flames, Fool, Jester, Puzzle, Rogue, Ruin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Puzzle Buttons. Newmy doesn’t know anything about a rift or a Crevice of Dusk, but she remembers some “puzzle buttons” deeper in the tomb that she doesn’t know how to work. Maybe they lead somewhere
special. Restless Dead. Newmy doesn’t go through the doors at the end of the hall anymore. The Dolindars buried down there “aren’t resting right,” and Newmy is afraid of them. She hasn’t been that way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, objects, and situations that they must deal with in some way. Sometimes the adventurers and other creatures do their best to kill or capture each other in combat. At other times, the adventurers talk
to another creature (or even a magical object) with a goal in mind. And often, the adventurers spend time trying to solve a puzzle, bypass an obstacle, find something hidden, or unravel the current
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Puzzle Features Even after observing the building from all angles, characters only see members entering through the one door after speaking to the guard. Door The door is made of oak reinforced with
door around the clock, and the only way to speak with the guard is through the door’s slide window. The guard can be any sort of talking creature, such as an assassin, a cult fanatic, or a thug. More
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
normally avoid other creatures, but they find the trappings of civilization fascinating. They puzzle over creatures that wear armor, carry weapons, use tools, and cook food. When a chwinga encounters
, or bestows upon it a magical gift before departing. The features that attract a chwinga to a particular creature vary. A chwinga might like the way a certain creature walks or the way it combs its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
stone door is set into the shrine beyond.
The shrine to the trickster god Shagambi (represented as a kamadan) contains one of nine puzzle cubes needed to enter the Tomb of the Nine Gods. Two mated
) poison damage on a failed saving throw, or half as much damage on a successful one. The gas affects a creature even if it holds its breath or doesn’t need to breathe. The gas doesn’t linger. Puzzle Cube
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
inheritance if you can make a name for yourself as a hero. Donjon You’re stranded far from home and intend to fight your way back. Euryale A year of solitude gave you clarity and led you down the
knight, but that knight died in combat. Moon Your dreams are haunted by the screams of those you couldn’t save in battle. Puzzle Unpredictability is a hallmark of your fighting style. You keep enemies on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Puzzle Features The magical maze the characters find themselves in is comprised of an endless series of identical chambers. Each chamber has four passages, one at each cardinal direction. The goblin
goblin encourages them to follow him back to the last correct turn. The Goblin’s Riddles Upon meeting the characters (and to discourage them from attacking), the goblin makes it clear there is no way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
architect of Elturel’s downfall, before traveling to Candlekeep to unlock a mysterious puzzle box and gain safe passage to the Nine Hells.
Chapter 2: Elturel has Fallen
For characters of levels 5—6
, and search for a way to destroy the Companion or break Elturel’s chains.
Chapter 4: Sword of Zariel
For characters of levels 11—12
The Sword of Zariel might be the key to Elturel’s salvation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
A loved one is cursed, and you’re determined to break that curse. Puzzle You live for the pursuit of arcane secrets and lost legends. Rogue Someone you trust is actually a monster, such as a dragon or
each day. Skull You seek a way to cheat death. Star Your spells and magical abilities take on the appearance of playing cards. Sun Agents of the Solar Bastion (see chapter 10) once saved your life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
original contract resembles the copy stored in Thavius’s infernal puzzle box: nine square plates of infernal iron linked together by short chains, each plate inseparable from the others and inscribed
possesses, the devil Thavius is a coward who would rather grovel than fight. Killing him marks a wretched end to a wretched life. If the characters left Thavius alive in chapter 1, they must find a way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
setting more lush and vibrant. Humanoid Fascination. Chwingas shun most other creatures, but they find the trappings of civilization fascinating. They puzzle over creatures that wear armor, carry weapons
some cases, a chwinga might simply like the way a humanoid walks or the way it combs its hair. Other times, it might be smitten by a humanoid’s ability to play music or to eat copious amounts of food