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Equilibrium of Life and Death

In the center of a square room, the

party comes across a large model of a
merchant’s scale made of marble,
seemingly hanging in midair. The scale's
pans are large enough for a human
adult to sit in. Right behind it, at the far
end of the room, there is another
wooden gate, an oaken door depicting a
hooded specter wielding a scythe, and
an angel bearing nothing but a shield.
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Elemental Stars

Stairs lead down through a circular

room with a marble-floored room,
Solution ending on a 10-foot platform in the
middle of the chamber. Atop a small
plinth sits a luxuriously crafted chest. At
the top of the stairs, surrounding the
drop, four silver braziers light each
cardinal direction. The chest itself does
not appear to have a lock. Lining the rim
of the chest are four gemstones, each
about the size of a human fist: a
sapphire, a ruby, a diamond, and an
obsidian. Checking the braziers reveal
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engravings of a wave on the north
brazier, a flame on the south brazier, a
cloud on the east, and a mountain on
the west brazier. Around the elevation is
a carving of the night sky revealing an
unknown star constellation.
 Musician's Lost Muse
Puzzle Features
In the middle of a square room lit by a
torch in each corner sits a chest-high
pedestal on top of which rests a small
wooden box. The lid of the box is
engraved with a harp. The door to the
exit is locked with no apparent keyholes.
Along the walls runs a beautiful mural
of two musicians surrounded by
creatures of the forest: wolves, bears,
and a white stag.

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A Burning Reminder

Solution
Within the lightly charred room are three stone
braziers arranged in a triangle with cold coals
nestled within them. Decorating each brazier are
scenes of historical events, each depicting a dwarven
settlement. The visage of a dragon adorns the
doorway ahead, the statue itself almost seeming to
guard the path. In Dwarvish script, the words "by
flame, remember" are etched beneath the center
brazier with a charred skeleton lying beside it. A
stone wheel rests horizontally on a narrow, metal Hint Checks
pillar between the braziers.
 Within the chamber, there is a non-descript statue of
some kind of fiend with frightening features. A voice
roars from the statue as its eyes glow with a dim red
aura; "One within this troupe harbors hatred
towards the rest. Those pure of heart may pass, but
the one with ill intend must fall." A door is visible at
the other end of the chamber, and beside the statue
lies a pit with no visible bottom.

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Unfounded Treachery
 The room features two creatures staring at each
other. One appears to be a petrified adventurer
clutching a large stone key around its neck. The other
is a monstrous creature also of stone. At the end of
the room is a door with a large lock on it.

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Facing your Fears

 each side, leads to the base of a ramp, up to a small
arched bridge. A worn and sun-bleached plaque
hangs to the right of the ramp. The bridge spans
from the edge of the disk to a raised five-foot-wide
column, 4 ft tall, in the center. The bridge leads
clearly over the four one-foot-wide rings that make
up the outside of the disc. Each ring has 26 letters in
a different language: Common, Dwarven, Elven, and
Giant.
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The Treaty of Clans

Solution

A raised disc sits amidst a circle of collapsed walls

surrounding an ancient temple. The disc rests a foot
off of the floor and is 20 feet in diameter. Straight in
from the entrance, a path lined by 4 statues, 2 on
 As you climb down the ladder into the
temple mound, you find a round room
with holes in the walls at four different
Hint Checks heights. Facing you are 4 statues, one
of a human, dwarf, elf, and giant-kin
with a weapon each lodged in a holder
in front of them. On the floor there is a
plaque that reads. “On the proper
year, month, day and, hour that our
clans became one, you will find the
entrance to our Sanctum”.

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Dates and Times

 At the bottom of a narrow dark
stairwell, you find a solid wall of iron.
There is a profile of a face that is a
blending of human, dwarf, elf, and
giant-kin worked into the iron. This
Hint Checks image has a hand up by its chin, an
open mouth, a wide ear, a bulbous
nose, and single eyeless socket, each
with a keyhole in it. A keyring with five
keys hangs from an exposed tooth of
the open metal mouth. There is text
written across the forehead of the
face in Common, Dwarven, Elven, and
Giant that reads: “Unlock my senses,
and you may enter the safety of The
Sanctum.”

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The Key to the Senses

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Mirror Image
Face Your Fear Fish n’ Sips (Pints and Pisces)

Root of the Problem

Jurassic Princess

A Late Night (Hag) Snack

Paths of Evil
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Grave Consequences
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Reflect on It

Bridge in a Box
A Faerie Fallacy Hammer Time

Cackling Conch
Door-no-saurus
Gno Gnomes Gnicked

It’s Jest a Scale

Feline Falling
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