It's the next morning. Last night, the guards took away Dench, and an incredibly worried Rodney Romé went with him. The guards said that Dench would need a day or two to get his lawyer sorted out, as well as some pre-trial tasks completed.
roll 1d(player count)
[person], you are awoken by a knock on your hotel door. It would appear that you are the only one who has awoken. What do you do?
- They find Adella Holloway at their doorway
- my eldest brother told me a dragonborn man named batuda was looking for me
- further investigation shows four guards surrounding her outside the doorway
- she says if Batuda can successfully complete a challenge, she'll go on out outing with him as a sort of trial run. She cannot promise any more than that, though.
- brings party down into castle armory
- says that they need to give her the item that will answer their riddle
- nothing else is to be taken.
- stands at the head of the room and says "Bring to me the greatest weapon, that kings covet, puts warriors to ruin, and ends all battles."
- only get one chance. give her the wrong weapon and Batuda's chance is gone
- answer = an incredibly rusted sword with a wooden handle. There's a leaf sticking out of part of it. Nature check reveals its an olive branch
- Allow players to make Nature/History checks to figure out that the olive branch is the symbol for peace.
"Bring to me the greatest weapon, that kings covet, puts warriors to ruin, and ends all battles."
If there's still time let them have downtime and each do one thing.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jstoqkwb9yjxd0t/Riddles%20D%26D.pdf?dl=0
The Greatest Weapon
Description:
A room filled with various weapon racks and all sorts of different weapons surrounding a statue of a knight with an outstretched hand, and a plaque that says
"Bring to me the greatest weapon, that kings covet, puts warriors to ruin, and ends all battles."
Putting any weapon in the hand of the statue causes it to become an animated weapon that attacks the PC’s
Solution:
Among the weapons is a sword called "Peacemaker", with
an olive branch wrapped
around the rusted blade. Placing the olive branch (symbol for peace) in the hand of
the statue solves the puzzle.
Alternatives:
Have one of the rack simply contain a twig instead of wrapping the branch around a
blade.
Allow players to make Nature/History checks to figure out that the olive branch is the
symbol for peace.