A shallow stream of a few inches depth courses around the room, entering through a low opening in the north wall and leaving through another opening at the far side. A pair of footbridges cross the stream, one leading from the entrance to the center of the room and one leading to the exit at a locked door. In the center of the room, various scraps of paper are strewn about, all curiously blank. On the north wall is a signpost with a billet that reads, “1 gp for key.”
A gargoyle operates the room and if sent 1 gp down the stream will return a key to the sender via the stream. If they don’t supply a proper vessel to carry the key, he may write back angry letters, or if he’s feeling generous may use one his bottles. If he senses people in the other room and they are taking too long he grows impatient and sends a message asking them to hurry up.
If you'd like to support my work, high resolution versions are available on my Patreon. I also recently published Strixhaven Orientation Day, a Silver Best Selling supplement for Strixhaven module that makes it easier to run and includes a few puzzling encounters too!
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This puzzle was featured by WallyDM on his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-LcBRlHLI!
If you'd like to support my work, high resolution versions are available on my Patreon. I also recently published Strixhaven Orientation Day, a Silver Best Selling supplement for Strixhaven module that makes it easier to run and includes a few puzzling encounters too!