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DnD party will still completely ignore the code
Two major kinds of DnD puzzles:
The sort of thing in the image. Dummy simple, party still somehow gets it entirely wrong because the DM offhandedly mentioned a goose 30 minutes ago which was definitely a hint.
An insanely complex puzzle that the players are realistically not going to be able to solve, so the DM is just going to let them try shit for a half hour until he finally says, "yeah that works."
And then there's a mythical third kind where it's actually a good puzzle. idk I don't think they're real.
Fourth Type: the DM got it from the internet, doesn't notice it has a logical or factual error, and then insists the player solutions don't work because that's not what the paper reads.
"One of these gate guards speaks only truths!
"The other, only lies!"
Party: "We shoot them both with crossbows"
DM: paper shuffling sounds
DM: "Magical shield!"
Party: "Magical shield?"
DM: "Magical shiiiiieeld!"
Still a good premise for security .... just get some sand paper and wear away three random numbers, then make your password four other digits.
Then have the incorrect password trigger a lockdown.
This is very common for psyche wards. It would be on a door to get over to the staff area or leave the building. The code is the building's address, which everyone will know on the way into work but no one 'staying there' will know.
Source: Asked the people caring for my favourite granddad during his brief stay.
This is very common for psyche wards.
Memory wards, not psyche wards. Important difference.
A psychiatric patient would be able to read and understand the sign, and could then easily escape. A patient with Alzheimer’s or other advanced dementia cannot.
(Source: I spent a few days in a psychiatric ward when I was younger and depressed, and have had multiple grandparents on memory floors at nursing homes.)
"This is the audio log of random Doom 3 NPC...."
"you can't have a 0 in your code so we changed it to a 3"
If we're following video game logic: after opening the door, you bypass the pitfall trap, dodge the Grandma holding a butcher knife, and find a chest in the main bedroom.
dont forget the secret stash under a lose plank of the floor in said bedroom. where secret lore explaining the villains motive is stored
this looks like an art installation
Hmmmm looks like the light is green, password is just for show
More like a captcha
Horizon is great but so many puzzles are just this