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[chuckro]

There were four adventures: Rogar, Melf, Arn, and Zeik. Each had reached a different level (4, 5, 6, or 7) in their chosen class (Warrior, Wizard, Cleric, or Rogue). And each wielded a different weapon: Sword, Staff, Axe, or Mace. Given the clues below, figure out who was what at which level wielding what.

1. Rogar would never use a bludgeoning weapon, he believes them to be just for sissies and wizards.
2. Zeik is a sissy. But not a wizard. And he’s not the lowest-level character, either.
3. The Cleric has achieved the highest level.
4. Arn uses a Sword, and his level is a prime number.
5. The rogue uses an edged weapon, and is at a higher level than the wizard.
6. The staff-wielder is the lowest-level character.
7. The Warrior wields an axe, like all good warriors do.

Please post your solution, and let me know if you find a contradiction or possibility for multiple solutions.

Comments

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

I have the same answers at Mel--found it fairly easy, though I'm not sure off the top of my head what to do to make it harder. A few suggestions:

1: Change the names--I shouldn't be able to guess correctly that Rogar is the warrior and Melf the wizard, and possibly the weapons; Every D&D player knows that the wizard is the most likely to use a staff and the cleric most likely to use a mace. It's a bit too guessably accurate, I think.

2: More relative clues could add a tougher challenge--Something along the lines of "The cleric is one level higher than Rogar" instead of "The cleric is at the highest level." I don't know that it's solvable with that substitution, but you get what I mean.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

1. Yeah, I should probably rotate around the answers to make them less guessable to your average roleplayer. Give me a break, I'm out of practice.

2. Try the next puzzle (which I'll be posting momentarily).