Puzzle Prompt Generator (d6)

Based on Reddit users Design u/LukeWarmAtBets

From u/LukeWarmAtBets' original Reddit Post

Puzzle generator

All puzzles have a problem and a means of solving. The problem can be interpreted from 2 lists, "object" and "modifier"

"Means doubled" simply means that it requires twice as much as it did before, so if the solution requires a special item, then you now need 2 of them.

Sometimes the "means to solve" is intuitive based on the type of puzzle you created, so in this case you don't necessarily need to roll for a means if you can already think of one!

Puzzle: d6
1. Object + modifier + means
2. Object + means + means
3. Object + means doubled
4. Object + object + means
5. Modifier + means doubled
6. Modifier + modifier + means

d6 Result

1

Problem

   involves Roll on "Object" that is Roll on "Modifier".

Means to solve

   involve Roll on "Means"

2

Problem

   involves Roll on "Object".

Means to solve

   involve Roll on "Means" & Roll on "Means".

3

Problem

   involves Roll on "Object".

Means to solve

   involve Roll on "Means", applied twice.

4

Problem

   involves Roll on "Object" & Roll on "Object".

Means to solve

   involve Roll on "Means".

5

Problem

   involves something Roll on "Modifier".

Means to solve

   involve Roll on "Means", applied twice.

6

Problem

   involves something Roll on "Modifier" & Roll on "Modifier".

Means to solve

   involves Roll on "Means".


Subcharts

Object (d20)

d20 Problem 1

1

Fire

2

Water

3

Boulder / Statue

4

Ice

5

Sphere

6

Cube

7

Wheel / Turbine

8

Seesaw

9

Trampoline

10

Treadmill

11

Wind

12

Elevator

13

Blade

14

Spikes

15

Rope / Harpoon

16

Slide / Slope

17

Cannon

18

Robotic statue

19

Spinning Platform

20

One way door

Modifier (d12)

d12 Problem 2

1

unaligned / unorganized

2

in wrong direction / flow

3

unbalanced

4

empty / blank

5

hidden

6

out of reach

7

blocking

8

incomplete / broken

9

unactivated

10

stuck

11

floating / levitating

12

in motion

Means (d10)

d10 Means of Solving

1

gravity or weight

2

nearby element

3

moving  or lifting an object

4

pulling a lever or pressing a pressure plate

5

destruction

6

rotating an object

7

remembering a pattern from nearby

8

returning a special item

9

using a weapon or projectile

10

reversing puzzle components