Riddle: Stone Disc Riddle

This is a handout for a riddle I made for my gaming group two years ago. The characters found a construct of four stone disc stacked upon each other. A symbol was engraved on each disc and the discs could be turned independently not unlike the lock of an old safe. The numbers 1 to 7 were engraved around the discs with an equation of symbols beneath.

Each symbol represents a number and in order to solve the riddle the players had to determine which symbol stands for a certain number. This had to be done by solving the equation and by turning the discs in such a way that the symbol on each disc points to the number it represents.

Example: If the star would stand for the number 3 the red disc must be turned so that the star points to 'III'.

The riddle was solved within 15 minutes, if I remember correctly. The solution and a .jpg for download can be found here (Miscellaneous).

Download: Faction Tracking Cards

And here is my the third and last type of tracking cards I have made so far (NPC tracking cards were the first and the location cards the second). A PDF version with 9 cards per page can be downloaded here. As with my other tracking cards they are only meant to hold just enough information to distinguish the faction from others. Detailed information would have to be recorded with another method. A special thanks to Jovana Gaspar for sharing the font A Lolita Scorned and Derek R. Audette for the texture I used for the background of the cards.

In the upper right part of the cards are two places for symbols or shortcuts. I intended the first space to specify an identification for the faction which other cards can refer to. So if a NPC belongs to a certain faction the identification specified on the faction cards could be found on the NPC's card. The sample NPC card I have posted previously, has 'BC' as a faction identification to indicate that it belongs to the Bloodgore Clan.

The second space I intended to use to specify the location the faction is most active at.

The column Faces is meant to hold the known members or the main faces of a faction.

Download: Location Tracking Cards

In addition to tracking NPC with the help of cards I wanted to have reminders for locations my group visited. The cards I made are generic enough to be used for all the different kinds of locations such as cities, shops, taverns, temples and so on. A pdf version with 9 cards per page can be downloaded here. Again special thanks to Jovana Gaspar for sharing the font A Lolita Scorned and Max F. Williams for the texture Minas Tirith.

Here is a sample, how I use the cards:

The concept is similar to the NPC tracking cards. The cards are only meant as a reminder. In the upper right part of the cards are two places for symbols or shortcuts. I intended the first space for an identifier specifying where the described location can be found at and the second to define the shortcut used on other cards to reference this location. The first shortcut of the sample is 'SF' which stands for the Shadowfell, the plane Whaleburg is located in. And the second shortcut 'WB' stands for Whaleburg. If I would make a card for a shop in Whaleburg I would use 'WB' as the primary identification.

The sample NPC card I have posted previously, has 'WB' as a location identifier to indicate that the NPC can be found in Whaleburg.

Download: NPC Tracking Cards

Because I was not able to find any NPC tracking cards that satisfied my needs I made some on my own. A pdf version with 9 cards per page can be downloaded here. Special thanks to Jovana Gaspar for sharing the font A Lolita Scorned and Max F. Williams for the texture Nargothrond.

Here is a sample, how I use the cards.


The tracking cards are not meant to contain very much details about a NPC but are rather intended as a reminder of what made the person stick out of the crowed. I also wanted a quick way to get an overview which person belongs to a certain location or a faction. I therefore added two spaces at the upper right portion of the card to hold a symbol or one or two characters as a identifier. In the given sample I used 'WB' for the city of Whaleburg which my players did explore a while ago and 'BC' for the Bloodgore clan.
The identification is also on the Location and Faction cards I have made and which I might upload another time.