Merchant's Four-Tumbler Strongbox
Lockpick puzzle
Medium
By
Bookwyrm
A brass-bound strongbox with a guild-made four-tumbler lock. Honest work, honestly hard.
Merchant guilds commission these boxes by the dozen: four tumblers, a brass escutcheon polished by nervous thumbs, and a lock that rewards patience over force.
Four tumblers sit behind the brass plate. The wrench bites; the first pin waits.