The Manor

Dec 14, 2023 9:30 pm

After a bit more work you expand the hole but the view doesn't change for anyone and Blornvid begins complaining about the brick chipping and dulling his ax though the pets do not see it.

Dec 14, 2023 9:39 pm

Arkmenos Inactive for 1 months

"Thank you for the bigger hole. Now, let's figure this out."

Skeeve takes a piece of the mechanical monster that will fit through the hole, but is still relatively big. If necessary, he'll go back to the trashed room and get an appropriate piece and bring it back. (It needs to be relatively narrow, but at least three feet long.) He then picks up the item with Onyx magic and pushes it into the hole in the wall into the swirling void.

So, can Skeeve shove the item through the hole in the wall?

Last edited December 14, 2023 9:40 pm

Ealdwig Swiftfoot

Dec 15, 2023 3:09 am

Ealdwig, getting impatient, heads back to the maze.

Dec 15, 2023 5:10 am

Skeeve, while trying to shove something through the hole, says, "Which maze? There are two. Which one did you see? Do you even know?"

Dec 15, 2023 3:44 pm

The scrap metal bounces off the brick wall, that you all now see as the illusions seen by two of you fade. Ealdwig saw the maze he stepped into, the one from the door, not the gate.

OOC:

Sorry, not letting you guys tunnel through the walls to by pass perfectly working doors.

Dec 15, 2023 4:00 pm

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My desire was to shove the tail of the metal construct into the hole so we could see it from the door.

Skeeve sighs and says, "Well, if we have to walk into a maze trap, we have to walk into a maze trap."

Looking at the impatient Ealdwig, he says, "You humored me. It's now my turn to humor you. Lead the way."

Dec 15, 2023 4:26 pm

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You don't have to do the maze but then you don't get the cheese :)
2 questions I need answered, 1st person to answer wins contort of the parties fate. Well for now :)
Do you stick together? Which door do you enter by?

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Blornvid

ForeverDED

Dec 15, 2023 6:10 pm

We stick together.
The one off of the gate.

Dec 15, 2023 6:16 pm

We stick together. Don't split the party!
I was going to let Ealdwig choose, but Skeeve doesn't care which door, as he figures it's a trap either way. :)

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I always remember two rules for adventuring:
1) Don't split the party!
2) Don't get on the boat!

Dec 15, 2023 6:20 pm

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As an aside, Skeeve has not been particularly concerned about treasure in this part of the adventure because he figures everything already belongs to someone else. I mean, in the dungeon/caves, it was no one's dungeon/caves, so we could keep what we found. But, here, this is all part of the Manor. So, I figure everything we find is basically Sylfir's, not ours. Did I get that wrong?

Blornvid

ForeverDED

Dec 15, 2023 6:28 pm

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Well, that's my impression too.

Dec 15, 2023 7:22 pm

You enter the maze (A) and begin moving cautiously. Upon reaching your first intersection and turning the corner you see a new maze (B)

[ +- ] The Amazing Maze of Aing

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The objective of this puzzle is to get to the reward (yellow $). At each corner , or dead end, the maze will shift to the next maze, A -> B -> C -> D -> E -> F -> A. If the space is into a walled off section then skip to the next map. Post solutions in a "Note" using the page icon above the message text box.
Lets see how many of you can get there and then on to the next event. :) Thankyou for playing :)

Dec 15, 2023 8:14 pm

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Let me get this straight. So ...

Whenever we hit a corner or dead end, the map shifts. So, we entered map A and hit a corner at point B on Map A. We were immediately shifted to the same relative location on map B, indicated by point B on Map B. Now that we are on Map B, we can either move to box 6L or 8J. Once we hit either of those points, since it is either a corner or dead end, we will shift to Map C in the same location. (Both locations are open, so we don't skip ahead either way. Then it continues on from there, correct?

Also, do we need to get to any of the gold $, or do we need to get to ALL of the gold $?

Dec 15, 2023 8:31 pm

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Dec 16, 2023 12:39 am

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I will leave this over the weekend for those interested

Dec 16, 2023 3:03 am

Arkmenos Inactive for 1 months

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If the walls were solid, then I'd loosen the rules so that you had to find the golden $ to advance the map, meaning you would have to find ALL of the golden $ to complete the puzzle. Keeping the same rules but needing to map the puzzles would make things a LOT harder.

But the way presented, the cascading mazes are really a logic puzzle. And I love me some logic puzzles.

Ealdwig Swiftfoot

Dec 16, 2023 5:25 am

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Sorry guys, it's been a busy day. Going to be a busy weekend as well. I'll see what I can do with these maps. Should be fun to try and figure out. Although Impatient Ealdwig, might not be the best a figuring out a crazy maze....

Ealdwig goes into the maze with the guys. turning the first corner, huh? What just happened? This looks different. Hitting the next corner, the same thing happens. Alright, I know this place plays "tricks" but this is ridiculous.

Hey, guys. What's going on here? Each time we hit a dead end the room changes? Do you think we are bouncing between mazes or something?

Alright. So how do I get that treasure? And believe me, if I do, I am keeping it. This place OWES me. I mean us.

Last edited December 16, 2023 6:37 am

Dec 16, 2023 4:26 pm

daryen says:

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Let me get this straight. So ...

Whenever we hit a corner or dead end, the map shifts. So, we entered map A and hit a corner at point B on Map A. We were immediately shifted to the same relative location on map B, indicated by point B on Map B. Now that we are on Map B, we can either move to box 6L or 8J. Once we hit either of those points, since it is either a corner or dead end, we will shift to Map C in the same location. (Both locations are open, so we don't skip ahead either way. Then it continues on from there, correct?

Also, do we need to get to any of the gold $, or do we need to get to ALL of the gold $?

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you win by getting to any of the $, they are all the same thing but move with the maze. After getting the $ retrace to any exit and leave

ForeverDED

Dec 16, 2023 4:33 pm