Riddle me this: Race to Enigma

GG everyone and well done Schnorki !

PrincipalOShagH wrote: 3 years ago

Thanks for the hunt! Guess 10 of the 13 responders that thought they had it were too busy

I second the thanks for the hunt and have to admit that I was one of those who thought I had the right solution. However, I knew that I would not have time to actually participate in the hunt for the prize. I now also realize that I did not actually know the correct answer (I was thinking Imperius).

Just as well I didn't join. I never would have looked there... well done.

Never say never.

Thanks again. Generous and great idea. I have always loved a good scavenger hunt.

Just curious @schnorki, (if you're willing to divulge) was your hiding spot also hinted at in the riddle? That was the first place I would have checked if I had played.

Took me longer to find than I would like to admit. One of the first places I checked was Arcane, going back through the portal into the palace, and

The Summoner. But I forgot to check which symbol was missing so I dropped that route and moved on.

So

Tal Rasha's Prison ? Smart one !

cristobal03 wrote: 3 years ago

Just curious @schnorki, (if you're willing to divulge) was your hiding spot also hinted at in the riddle? That was the first place I would have checked if I had played.

It was not.
I guess one could've read the "somewhere with fire/lava" into the fact that I took the initial picture next to a torch but that'd be pure coincidence.
No intentional hints for the hiding spot.
Quite the opposite actually, I thought I was being clever and covering my tracks by leaving

Duriel alive and moving through in a way that left him in his normal position, rather than follow me in.

Or..well..there was one hint given in-game though I'm not sure anyone got that one. Something along the lines of "something tells me one of you is closing in" as even with everything completed, someone moving through act 2 still triggers the sun to go dark and quest log to light up as they progress through

Lost City. Such indicators are not true for many places.

Originally, I was debating one of the A5 red portals but I believe zZorc would've ended the whole thing before anyone else had even joined if I'd done that.

Sadly 3am was not a good time for me to join. I think the word 'fool' was the biggest hint to me in solving the riddle.
Would have been fun to play, but I would never have looked down there!
Not that I needed the loot either, hope the winners put it to good use.

Your comment back about the red portal made me check arcane. But that is purple. That is when I should have found you. A mere few minutes in .

moot11 wrote: 3 years ago

Sadly 3am was not a good time for me to join. I think the word 'fool' was the biggest hint to me in solving the riddle.
Would have been fun to play, but I would never have looked down there!
Not that I needed the loot either, hope the winners put it to good use.

I’ll be wearing it. Wouldn’t trade a trophy.

Excellent game and well done!

I was thinking either

Izual or

Tyrael, the “highest if the three” confused me a bit, the Diablo 3 Lore sucked me in there and I felt like it was

Tyrael in the end.

Can’t wait for your next riddle!

Congrats to the winners. I voted when this thread was first created, but I'm non-ladder, so I was just giving the poll some activity.

Izual was pretty obvious to me once Schnorki mentioned "the fool" because that's the first thing

Izual says about

Tyrael after you kill him.

As for hiding spots, I had somewhere more obscure in mind if I were the one hiding, but that's for others to consider if someone plans to do another one of these in the future.

Schnorki wrote: 3 years ago

cristobal03 wrote: 3 years ago

Just curious @schnorki, (if you're willing to divulge) was your hiding spot also hinted at in the riddle? That was the first place I would have checked if I had played.

It was not.
I guess one could've read the "somewhere with fire/lava" into the fact that I took the initial picture next to a torch but that'd be pure coincidence.
No intentional hints for the hiding spot.
Quite the opposite actually, I thought I was being clever and covering my tracks by leaving

Duriel alive and moving through in a way that left him in his normal position, rather than follow me in.

Or..well..there was one hint given in-game though I'm not sure anyone got that one. Something along the lines of "something tells me one of you is closing in" as even with everything completed, someone moving through act 2 still triggers the sun to go dark and quest log to light up as they progress through

Lost City. Such indicators are not true for many places.

Originally, I was debating one of the A5 red portals but I believe zZorc would've ended the whole thing before anyone else had even joined if I'd done that.

Something about the riddle made me think of

Tal Rasha's Chamber, maybe since that's the first time we hear "fool" prominently (in the A2 cinematic), and also the first real plot introduction to the soulstones. Maybe it was subliminal?

Coincidental.

One may find links in nearly everything when looking for them.

Good stuff!

I was honestly expecting some obscure corner in

Durance of Hate Level 2; everyone hates that place...