- Type: Logic puzzle
- Location: a dark chamber
- Difficulty: Easy
Background:
You and your party have been hired by a group of wealthy merchants to retrieve a powerful magical item from a hidden underground chamber that ones belonged to an order of tieflings. As you make your way through the twisting tunnels, you come across a puzzle that you must solve in order to proceed.
The Puzzle:
In front of you is a stone door with three intricate designs etched into it: a pair of horns, a long tail, and a pair of wings. To the left of the door you find three levers. Each lever is adorned with one of the symbols from the door. The levers are all in the down position.
To the right of the door is a plaque with a message written in tiefling: “Pull the levers in the order of the sacred symbols, or be forever trapped in the darkness.”
Players can make intelligence checks to remember the following facts about tiefling culture:
- Freedom before cunning
- Independence befote strength
- Stealth before ferocity
- Wings represent freedom and independence
- Horns represent strength and ferocity
Solution:
To solve the puzzle, you must pull the levers in the following order: wings, tail, horns. This is because in tiefling culture, the wings represent freedom and independence, the tail represents stealth and cunning, and the horns represent strength and ferocity. By pulling the levers in this order, you are demonstrating your understanding of tiefling traditions and avoiding being trapped in the darkness.