7d ago

There's a fine line between genius and stupidity when it comes to problem solving

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The dwarven lockpick (Adamantium hammer) is an adventuring staple for a reason; its fun and empowering to pick locks barbarian style.
i mean, if i was the referee, and they weren't in that architecturally precarious situation, i'd think that's a mighty fine solution to the puzzle, actually.
- No, no, TTRPGs are all about solving the DM’s convoluted logic and linguistics puzzles that don’t make sense inside the world and have exactly one solution. Not about creative problem solving /s
I bet nobody has tried to just open the door.
- Or just knock. Not the spell, literally knock on the door.
- It was sealed with magic (I had detect magic going) and no handles, locks or visible seals
  
  Look, I get it, it's embarrassing to try and pull a push door. It doesn't mean it's witchcraft. Just try pushing!
  
  No lock, no handle, how does it open?
Here is a good visual representation of this.
The worst one would be a petrified tree. They're a massive cylinder that looks like the roof of the cave, and then it falls loose and smashes you.
- The cylinder cannot be harmed in any way
  
  That's what wendigoon's great grandad said.
Aren't stalactites made of soft material?
Just pickaxe your way beside the door. Heck, an axe may work if you don't mind destroying it in the process.
If you have spell for creating water somehow, use Roman technique of making a campfire against wall, letting it warm up and the splashi g it with water to crack it.
There's so many ways to be a menace to DM xD
- We don't exactly have a lot of time for that though because a war is on
The secure perimeter fallacy strikes again
How the fuck are they "in" a stalactite?
- I mean, it says "giant" right before it.
  
  where do they serve hollow stalactites, i wonder🤔
- It could be a extremely big stalactite with tunnels and rooms inside.. Or the characters were shrunken to fit into a normal stalactite with tunnels and rooms inside

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