@draconic_script: Ever been stumped by your players solving puzzles way too quickly? Struggling with misinterpreted clues and those epic moments where everyone's rolling like a bunch of confused adventurers? 🤔 Dive into the insightful discussion with Noah Diamond and Brennan Lee Mulligan as they explore the real conundrum of puzzle-solving in D&D games. Discover the nuances of managing overpowered magical items, dealing with player chaos, and the unexpected challenges that arise from eager looters in your party. 🎲✨ Get ready to rethink your approach to Dungeon Mastering and bring fresh perspectives to your next campaign! #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #TabletopGaming #DungeonMaster #PuzzleSolving #CollegeHumor #FantasyGaming #RolePlayingGames #D20 #PlayerChaos #GamingCommunity #AdventureAwaits #BoardGames #CriticalRole
""Brennan... is it going to ruin everything if I solve this puzzle immediately" - Siobhan Thompson🤣
2025-08-22 03:06:43
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Kit 🇵🇸 Free Palestine 💔 :
DMs will use puzzles meant for elementary school kids and the PCs will still be lost 😂
2025-08-20 19:24:35
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Frank Miraglia :
flash cut to cloudward ho and Siobhan Thompson instantly solving Brennan's riddle
2025-08-21 11:25:58
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Kieran Maisonet :
the problem isnt that they get the puzzle too fast, its that they dont get it at all, and now theres no story because it never began
2025-08-21 15:20:26
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ThirtyFlirtyDying :
Siobhan Thompson: “And I took that personally”
2025-08-22 03:43:51
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Dem :
The best part is you never need some super well thought out puzzle or riddle either, you can throw out one for a 3rd grader and it gets em
2025-08-23 16:53:23
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Jess :
"siobhan NO you can't do this to me, you can't solve it immediately"
2025-08-22 02:21:34
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therealother1 :
Serious advice for people whose players solve puzzles 'too quickly': create puzzles that still require the players to do something active once they've figured out the solution.
Example: I made a dungeon where the boss was behind a secret door built into a magic mirror in the main room. Observant PCs could notice that a few objects were in different places in the reflection than reality, and some were missing entirely. Those items were scattered throughout the rest of the dungeon, behind small combat encounters and traps. My players knew what they needed to do immediately, but then they still had to actually do it and that was the meat of the game for that session.
2025-08-24 14:26:19
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aidan panchal :
I set up a whole session around a very simple riddle, the difficult bit is earn pieces of the riddle then putting it together, they managed that super quick but the riddle i wrote to be super simple they got completely wrong
2025-08-20 23:51:35
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Crowxar :
I prefer vibe puzzles - 2 or 3 attempts and if they got a good enough answer they win and proceed
2025-08-21 13:24:50
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Weston Fisher :
The puzzles can't be any more complicated than Golden Sun. Push some rocks around, maybe rotate a statue, grow or destroy some vines. listen to some kids sing about how to navigate some whirlpools.
2025-08-20 17:41:06
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Connor Angle :
“I’ll have some of the yella, and don’t get cheap on me” is still the best moment I’ve seen
2025-08-23 18:28:09
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Beth :
But Cloudward Ho showed us the answer is you *reward* it and the plot moves forward 🤷♀️
2025-08-21 17:51:39
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Connor :
in 10 years of dming this has happened once, and was like cool guess I am going to a random boss fight
2025-08-20 21:51:42
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willtingle :
I was running a 1 shot (actually like 2 or 3 games) and after multiple successful attempts the party discovered the hidden door the BBEG was going to use to escape. they went up the secret passage and attacked while he was preparing something (i dont remember what now). so they were able to beat the game before the main villain even did what they were going to
2025-08-21 16:37:10
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Yeetslayer :
Rolled a 4 on the perception: yeah man you don’t see the lever that opens the door 4 feet from it, not my fault
2025-08-25 06:23:12
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birdythird :
I play a character with 7 int and I had to save our party from an infinite loop dungeon due to them not getting the riddle lol I let them go a few ways around though
2025-08-22 06:14:33
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The real deal :
Siobhan solving the riddle in Cloudward ho and translating the latin in unsleeping city 2
2025-08-24 18:08:08
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F-bomb :
I once had an NPC no-show a meeting, they looked around his office and found out where the last place he was gonna be before that meeting was, then actually considered sitting around and keeping waiting for him 😂
2025-08-21 07:37:06
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Chrysanthemum :
We did kids menu maze and got lost for several hours
2025-08-25 05:30:09
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Lord of the Salamanders :
If they solve it early, it means they SOLVED it
If they DON'T solve it, THE STORY DOESN'T PROGRESS
2025-08-22 18:14:30
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Atomik141 :
That's my secret... I barely had a vague idea of what this puzzle was going to be anyway. Whatever they do will probably end up solving it, or at least "fail" in a spectacular way that moves the "plot" along or is at least funny
2025-08-23 07:21:01
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Hailley 🍉🇺🇦 :
“That’s never the problem” 😅
2025-08-22 14:21:38
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Kat :
In walks Siobhan Thompson..
2025-08-21 19:22:36
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Gatrien :
One of my players said it best:
When presented with a riddle, everyone turns into 1st graders.
2025-08-23 15:35:34
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