- Type: Strategy puzzle
- Location: A tournament
- Difficulty: Easy
Background:
The players are competing in a tournament of champions, where they must face off against skilled fighters from all over the realm. As they progress through the tournament, they come across a mysterious fighter who presents them with a challenge.
The Puzzle:
The mysterious fighter presents the players with five weapon skills challenges, each one more difficult than the last. The players must complete all five challenges in order to defeat the fighter and advance to the next round of the tournament.
The challenges are as follows:
- Defend against a series of quick and precise strikes from a rapier.
- Strike a series of small targets with a bow and arrow.
- Strike a moving target with a throwing axe.
- Block a series of powerful blows from a two-handed sword.
- Strike a series of fast-moving targets with a pair of daggers.
Solution:
To solve the puzzle, the players must use their knowledge of weapon skills and their fighting prowess to complete each challenge. They may need to strategize and utilize different techniques in order to succeed. Puzzling out effective strategies is the puzzle in this case.
For example, they might use a shield to defend against the rapier strikes, or aim for the weak points in the targets with their bow and arrow. Once the players have completed all five challenges, they can defeat the mysterious fighter and advance to the next round of the tournament.