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I would argue the opposite is also true, if you design a puzzle to last the night, something really clever obscure and tricky, it'll take seconds
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I would argue the opposite of also true, of your design a puzzle to last the night, something really clever obscure and tricky, it'll take seconds.
We did an escape room where we needed 4 digits to open a door. We got a few hints on the numbers to start and a single number, and then our fighter guessed the answer entirely correctly.
I think a lot about this one time in a game of modern day magic. The players wanted to contact another group. They knew the other group was double warded against magic. An anti-teleportation spell on top of a general anti-magic spell. Serious business.
The players wanted to some time and resources trying to punch through these wards to teleport directly to this other group. I told them the odds, they said ok, and rolled. The dice said no. They mulled about for a bit, and then said they wanted to try again. I said ok. They got their spells together, spent their resources, and rolled. The dice said no, again.
I said, "Do you want a hint?"
They said, "Yeah"
I said, "You just want to talk to them, right?"
"Yeah", they said.
"Why don't you just call them on the phone?" I said.
"...oh."
Sometimes players get tunnel vision.
DnD Barbarian: "B...A...T... Oh no, it's bait for a trap!" WoD player: "No, you dolt. It's clearly meant to be a more complex anagram indicating the identity of the coconspirator. Cunning... peasant..." Call of Cthulhu player: insensate screaming "It is the name of the unspeakable! Burn them! Destroy the tablets! Bury the entrance so that none find this place again in our lifetimes!" DnD Wizard: "Fireball. Final answer." rolls
LMAO