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Puzzles — Bookwyrm

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Assassin's Nest Mechanism Puzzle A clockwork nest of needles guarding a guildmaster's strongbox. Eight sections, one slip allowed. BW
Chord of the Drowned Choir Puzzle A flooded chapel plays its hymn once. Repeat it before the water rises. BW
Grimble's Clockwork Surprise Puzzle A ticking gnomish bomb and a manual only one of you can read. BW
Merchant's Four-Tumbler Strongbox Puzzle A brass-bound strongbox with a guild-made four-tumbler lock. Honest work, honestly hard. BW
Rusted Cellar Padlock Puzzle A flaking iron padlock on a root-cellar hatch. Two pins, and not much fight left in them. BW
Sealed Glyph Ward Puzzle An arcane ward etched into a vault door. Trace the gap between its glyphs without waking them. BW
The Alchemist's Astrolabe Puzzle Four interlocking rings of alchemical sigils, every one geared to its neighbour. BW
The Alchemist's Volatile Still Puzzle A bubbling copper still wired to go up in green smoke. BW
The Apprentice's Scrying Slate Puzzle A student's scrying slate, still warm, its practice ward half-finished in chalky light. BW
The Archmage's Last Letter Puzzle A dull letter home, written by a wizard who never wrote a dull word in his life. BW
The Archmage's Reliquary Puzzle A silent hundred-number dial that allows no error. BW
The Brass Threshold Puzzle A short brass floor before a treasury door. Most of the plates are wired to dart holes. BW
The Cartographer's Blank Page Puzzle A soot-dark page torn from a map-maker's notebook, apparently empty. BW
The Cellar Strongbox Puzzle A tavern keeper's brass strongbox with a three-digit lock. BW
The Clockwork Postmaster's Cabinet Puzzle A lettered brass cabinet whose code changes every session. BW
The Counting-House Vault Puzzle A brass vault door whose combination is written in the ledger. BW
The Deepforge Rune-Console Puzzle A dwarven rune-console cut into basalt, its ember-lit runes guarding the forge-hall doors. BW
The Door That Listens Puzzle A carved stone face bars the way, and it will only open for the right word. BW
The Drowned Bishop's Cryptex Puzzle A green-crusted bronze cryptex with seven numbered rings, pulled from a flooded crypt. BW
The Drowned Captain's Safe Puzzle A corroded ship's safe that barely whispers its combination. BW
The Dwarven Memory Wall Puzzle Twelve carved stone tiles guard a clan door. Turn them in pairs, but the wall only forgives so many mistakes. BW
The Five Weights Puzzle A runic floor that opens only when five of its tiles are held down at once. BW
The Fortune Teller's Spread Puzzle A carnival seer's face-down tarot spread that only opens her strongbox when every pair is found. BW
The Gauntlet of Needles Puzzle A long trapped hall. One wrong step and the whole floor fires. BW
The Gnomish Cipher-Engine Puzzle A brass-cased gnomish terminal behind green glass, ticking as its gears chew through ciphers. BW
The Hall of Broken Mirrors Puzzle A hag's shattered mirror, its sixteen shards each holding a sigil. Mismatch too often and the mirror looks back. BW
The Hall of False Kings Puzzle Four stone kings, one true heir, and a single chance to point at him. BW
The Lich's Card Table Puzzle Twenty cards dealt by a skeletal croupier. One mismatch too many and the house wins. BW
The Lich-King's Oracle Glass Puzzle A tall scrying glass that whispers long, cold words, and punishes those who guess wrong. BW
The Ossuary Cryptex Puzzle A cylinder of yellowed bone, five rings carved with letters, found clasped in a skeletal hand. BW
The Planetary Sigil Door Puzzle An archmage's sigil plate keyed to the seven wandering stars. BW
The Quartermaster's Cryptex Puzzle A dented brass cryptex with four lettered rings, lashed inside a supply crate. BW
The Quartermaster's Strongbox Puzzle A squat steel strongbox with a forgiving three-number dial. BW
The Riddle of the Conduits Puzzle A lich's ward with four conduits, one riddle and no second chances. BW
The Runekeeper's Vault Puzzle A dwarven stone panel of twelve runes guarding a clan vault. BW
The Runewarden's Seal Puzzle A carved stone seal of three rune rings, geared against each other. BW
The Scribe's Last Question Puzzle A dead scribe's desk, a scroll with one question, and a key hidden somewhere in the room. BW
The Serpent's Floor Puzzle A crypt floor carved with a coiled serpent. Only its body is safe to walk. BW
The Singing Stones Puzzle Four standing stones hum a tune, one note at a time. Sing it back. BW
The Smuggler's Grocery List Puzzle A crumpled shopping list that smells faintly of lemons. BW
The Sphinx at the Crossroads Puzzle A sphinx who asks one riddle, allows three answers, and does not like to be kept waiting. BW
The Starwarden's Cryptex Puzzle A glassy black cryptex of six rune rings that hums faintly under moonlight. BW
The Tidewatcher's Orrery Puzzle Three brass rings of constellations, geared to turn the tide. BW
The Warded Reliquary Puzzle A saint's reliquary sealed with an arcane ward that bites. BW
The Warden's Riddle Puzzle A vault door carved with six runes and a riddle. Nothing sings: read the room. BW
Tripwire Pressure Housing Puzzle A brass-cased pressure plate under a flagstone. Ease the release pin along its groove before anyone steps on it. BW
Tyr's Gauntlet Puzzle Eight runes sing faster every round. The gauntlet only opens for a perfect memory. BW
Vault of the Gilded Hand Puzzle A thieves'-guild vault door: six pins that bind in a hidden order, and drop together when a pick breaks. BW
Widow's Needle Lock Puzzle A jewellery box whose keyhole hides a poisoned needle. Slide a probe past it without brushing the spring. BW

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