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Pervinca Took · 03-11-2018, 11:43 AM

I doubt if Saruman, with all his experience of draining rivers for treasure, would be able to find your password.

Pervinca Took · 03-11-2018, 11:54 AM

You can almost make AEGLOS with the first letters and the L of Thranduil, but the S is missing.

Pervinca Took · 03-11-2018, 12:10 PM

Unless one of the Valar was standing by and shouted 'Goal! Ea!'

Huinesoron · 03-11-2018, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

I doubt if Saruman, with all his experience of draining rivers for treasure, would be able to find your password.

Wel, that's a bit harsh.

I literally plastered numbers all over the clues.

hS

Pervinca Took · 03-11-2018, 01:09 PM

I'm sorry. I probably shouldn't try to look for passwords at all when my head and eyes ache from 'flu.

I can almost make ALLIES from the number clues, but again, there is no S.

ALLIED?

Huinesoron · 03-11-2018, 01:20 PM

And the results of the kings' footrace are in!
Amroth - In first place, the doll-king who simply is rage!
eLendil - In second place, the exiled king to borrow sickness from!
thranduiL - Next, he would have been first had he not run backwards; this king's son's legs? Far more famous.
amdIr - In fourth place, things are just short of desperate for this grey king.
orophEr - Coming in second from last and feeling a bit green, this king's memories could be of him, or...
gil-galaD - And in very last place, this elven-king fears things will shortly go ill; glad he didn't win, then.

Password: ALLIED. Theme: kings during the Last Alliance.

I would have much preferred ALLIES, but the only way to get an S would be to use Isildur, and I couldn't find a way to use his last-place position to clue the second letter. (Well, I could have done Sauron, but that might have muddied things...)

I actually wanted to clue ALLIANCE, but had to change it because literally no-one had a C in their name.

Anyway, sorry that turned out so tricky! Over to you, Pervinca, and well earned.

hS

Pervinca Took · 03-11-2018, 01:27 PM

It looks so cool with the letters in red. How do you do that?

I thought your number placings were just a part of the 'kings having a race' conceit. It does look a lot easier now I see that there was a dual purpose to this.

Huinesoron · 03-11-2018, 01:30 PM

The Kings' Race conceit was just a way to hide the numbers in plain sight. ^_^

The code for red and bold is (highlight)this(/highlight), but using square brackets. If there's a button for it, I haven't found it.

hS

Pervinca Took · 03-11-2018, 03:01 PM

Now that the memories of Allied Carpets ads from the 70's/80's and the images of all the Last Alliance heroes taking part in the Wacky Races have left my flu-addled brain, here is a password puzzle.

It was a really good password, though. I can't believe I was dense enough not to realise what the numbers meant. And the way all the clues worked together as part of one conceit reminded me of the way some Logic puzzles used to create a sort of mystery story.

Just a quick one this time.

1. Scent loses pilgrim for him.
2. Muppet initially changed for him.
3. The high table at Rivendell was on one of these!
4. Wilful vassal of reformed Muppet.

03-11-2018, 11:43 AM	#1
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	I doubt if Saruman, with all his experience of draining rivers for treasure, would be able to find your password. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-11-2018, 11:54 AM	#2
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	You can almost make AEGLOS with the first letters and the L of Thranduil, but the S is missing. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-11-2018, 12:10 PM	#3
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Unless one of the Valar was standing by and shouted 'Goal! Ea!' __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-11-2018, 01:09 PM	#5
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	I'm sorry. I probably shouldn't try to look for passwords at all when my head and eyes ache from 'flu. I can almost make ALLIES from the number clues, but again, there is no S. ALLIED? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-11-2018, 01:27 PM	#7
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	It looks so cool with the letters in red. How do you do that? I thought your number placings were just a part of the 'kings having a race' conceit. It does look a lot easier now I see that there was a dual purpose to this. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-11-2018, 01:20 PM	#6
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,961	And the results of the kings' footrace are in! Amroth - In first place, the doll-king who simply is rage! eLendil - In second place, the exiled king to borrow sickness from! thranduiL - Next, he would have been first had he not run backwards; this king's son's legs? Far more famous. amdIr - In fourth place, things are just short of desperate for this grey king. orophEr - Coming in second from last and feeling a bit green, this king's memories could be of him, or... gil-galaD - And in very last place, this elven-king fears things will shortly go ill; glad he didn't win, then. Password: ALLIED. Theme: kings during the Last Alliance. I would have much preferred ALLIES, but the only way to get an S would be to use Isildur, and I couldn't find a way to use his last-place position to clue the second letter. (Well, I could have done Sauron, but that might have muddied things...) I actually wanted to clue ALLIANCE, but had to change it because literally no-one had a C in their name. Anyway, sorry that turned out so tricky! Over to you, Pervinca, and well earned. hS

03-11-2018, 01:30 PM	#8
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,961	The Kings' Race conceit was just a way to hide the numbers in plain sight. ^_^ The code for red and bold is (highlight)this(/highlight), but using square brackets. If there's a button for it, I haven't found it. hS

03-11-2018, 03:01 PM	#9
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Now that the memories of Allied Carpets ads from the 70's/80's and the images of all the Last Alliance heroes taking part in the Wacky Races have left my flu-addled brain, here is a password puzzle. It was a really good password, though. I can't believe I was dense enough not to realise what the numbers meant. And the way all the clues worked together as part of one conceit reminded me of the way some Logic puzzles used to create a sort of mystery story. Just a quick one this time. 1. Scent loses pilgrim for him. 2. Muppet initially changed for him. 3. The high table at Rivendell was on one of these! 4. Wilful vassal of reformed Muppet. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 03-12-2018 at 04:46 AM.

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