Welcome to the Dungeon Zoo!

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An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #39: Deep Down in the Dungeon 1.




The next room you enter is surprisingly well-lit and empty. There are two exits from it (need I say that the door through which you entered is an entrance and is not going to double as an exit?): a normal-sized locked door and a waist-level square hole with only a shutter closing it. Unfortunately, the tunnel it leads to is too small to serve as an escape route; the only member of your party who can squeeze through it is the halfling.



After a brief but heated discussion you send the halfling into the hole. He returns briefly after, visibly shaken, and reports that after several turns the tunnel opens into a room somewhat larger than the one you're in, inhibited by some kind of monster or several - when he tried to enter the room he was attacked from several directions and barely managed to escape back into the safety of the tunnel.



While you try to figure out how can you defeat those monsters if the only person who can get to them is a thief, the halfling distracts himself from the recent ordeal by exploring the corners of the room. He finds a leaflet titled "Welcome to the Dungeon Zoo!" with the following scheme on it:



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Under the scheme there is a helpful legend:



1 creature 1 2 creature 2 3 creature 3



4 creature 4 5 creature 5



6 creature 6 7 creature 7 8 creature 8



9 creature 9 10 creature 10



11 creature 11 12 creature 12 13 creature 13



"This certainly looks like a zoo..." muses the fighter.



"Yeah, and I sure as hell don't want to meet the zookeeper, though I'm sure he'll be happy to have us around during feeding time!" quips the halfling.



The mage, who was busy trying various spells on the other door, sighs and says: "I know this lock spell, but it can not be broken; only the right word will open the door".



Between all the members of your party you know an awful lot of words to shout at the door; will you be able to find the right one before the zookeeper shows up?










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  • Just pointing it out, the $6$th monster looks like the ones in this puzzle. Are all these famous monsters? :D
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  • Looks like dungeons&dragons which is based on various mythologies, #6 is a hydra and #9 is a beholder
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  • Better stay away from the dungeon
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An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #39: Deep Down in the Dungeon 1.




The next room you enter is surprisingly well-lit and empty. There are two exits from it (need I say that the door through which you entered is an entrance and is not going to double as an exit?): a normal-sized locked door and a waist-level square hole with only a shutter closing it. Unfortunately, the tunnel it leads to is too small to serve as an escape route; the only member of your party who can squeeze through it is the halfling.



After a brief but heated discussion you send the halfling into the hole. He returns briefly after, visibly shaken, and reports that after several turns the tunnel opens into a room somewhat larger than the one you're in, inhibited by some kind of monster or several - when he tried to enter the room he was attacked from several directions and barely managed to escape back into the safety of the tunnel.



While you try to figure out how can you defeat those monsters if the only person who can get to them is a thief, the halfling distracts himself from the recent ordeal by exploring the corners of the room. He finds a leaflet titled "Welcome to the Dungeon Zoo!" with the following scheme on it:



enter image description here



Under the scheme there is a helpful legend:



1 creature 1 2 creature 2 3 creature 3



4 creature 4 5 creature 5



6 creature 6 7 creature 7 8 creature 8



9 creature 9 10 creature 10



11 creature 11 12 creature 12 13 creature 13



"This certainly looks like a zoo..." muses the fighter.



"Yeah, and I sure as hell don't want to meet the zookeeper, though I'm sure he'll be happy to have us around during feeding time!" quips the halfling.



The mage, who was busy trying various spells on the other door, sighs and says: "I know this lock spell, but it can not be broken; only the right word will open the door".



Between all the members of your party you know an awful lot of words to shout at the door; will you be able to find the right one before the zookeeper shows up?










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  • Just pointing it out, the $6$th monster looks like the ones in this puzzle. Are all these famous monsters? :D
    – user477343
    yesterday











  • Looks like dungeons&dragons which is based on various mythologies, #6 is a hydra and #9 is a beholder
    – Jay
    yesterday










  • Better stay away from the dungeon
    – Black Thunder
    yesterday












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An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #39: Deep Down in the Dungeon 1.




The next room you enter is surprisingly well-lit and empty. There are two exits from it (need I say that the door through which you entered is an entrance and is not going to double as an exit?): a normal-sized locked door and a waist-level square hole with only a shutter closing it. Unfortunately, the tunnel it leads to is too small to serve as an escape route; the only member of your party who can squeeze through it is the halfling.



After a brief but heated discussion you send the halfling into the hole. He returns briefly after, visibly shaken, and reports that after several turns the tunnel opens into a room somewhat larger than the one you're in, inhibited by some kind of monster or several - when he tried to enter the room he was attacked from several directions and barely managed to escape back into the safety of the tunnel.



While you try to figure out how can you defeat those monsters if the only person who can get to them is a thief, the halfling distracts himself from the recent ordeal by exploring the corners of the room. He finds a leaflet titled "Welcome to the Dungeon Zoo!" with the following scheme on it:



enter image description here



Under the scheme there is a helpful legend:



1 creature 1 2 creature 2 3 creature 3



4 creature 4 5 creature 5



6 creature 6 7 creature 7 8 creature 8



9 creature 9 10 creature 10



11 creature 11 12 creature 12 13 creature 13



"This certainly looks like a zoo..." muses the fighter.



"Yeah, and I sure as hell don't want to meet the zookeeper, though I'm sure he'll be happy to have us around during feeding time!" quips the halfling.



The mage, who was busy trying various spells on the other door, sighs and says: "I know this lock spell, but it can not be broken; only the right word will open the door".



Between all the members of your party you know an awful lot of words to shout at the door; will you be able to find the right one before the zookeeper shows up?










share|improve this question













An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #39: Deep Down in the Dungeon 1.




The next room you enter is surprisingly well-lit and empty. There are two exits from it (need I say that the door through which you entered is an entrance and is not going to double as an exit?): a normal-sized locked door and a waist-level square hole with only a shutter closing it. Unfortunately, the tunnel it leads to is too small to serve as an escape route; the only member of your party who can squeeze through it is the halfling.



After a brief but heated discussion you send the halfling into the hole. He returns briefly after, visibly shaken, and reports that after several turns the tunnel opens into a room somewhat larger than the one you're in, inhibited by some kind of monster or several - when he tried to enter the room he was attacked from several directions and barely managed to escape back into the safety of the tunnel.



While you try to figure out how can you defeat those monsters if the only person who can get to them is a thief, the halfling distracts himself from the recent ordeal by exploring the corners of the room. He finds a leaflet titled "Welcome to the Dungeon Zoo!" with the following scheme on it:



enter image description here



Under the scheme there is a helpful legend:



1 creature 1 2 creature 2 3 creature 3



4 creature 4 5 creature 5



6 creature 6 7 creature 7 8 creature 8



9 creature 9 10 creature 10



11 creature 11 12 creature 12 13 creature 13



"This certainly looks like a zoo..." muses the fighter.



"Yeah, and I sure as hell don't want to meet the zookeeper, though I'm sure he'll be happy to have us around during feeding time!" quips the halfling.



The mage, who was busy trying various spells on the other door, sighs and says: "I know this lock spell, but it can not be broken; only the right word will open the door".



Between all the members of your party you know an awful lot of words to shout at the door; will you be able to find the right one before the zookeeper shows up?







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  • Just pointing it out, the $6$th monster looks like the ones in this puzzle. Are all these famous monsters? :D
    – user477343
    yesterday











  • Looks like dungeons&dragons which is based on various mythologies, #6 is a hydra and #9 is a beholder
    – Jay
    yesterday










  • Better stay away from the dungeon
    – Black Thunder
    yesterday
















  • Just pointing it out, the $6$th monster looks like the ones in this puzzle. Are all these famous monsters? :D
    – user477343
    yesterday











  • Looks like dungeons&dragons which is based on various mythologies, #6 is a hydra and #9 is a beholder
    – Jay
    yesterday










  • Better stay away from the dungeon
    – Black Thunder
    yesterday















Just pointing it out, the $6$th monster looks like the ones in this puzzle. Are all these famous monsters? :D
– user477343
yesterday





Just pointing it out, the $6$th monster looks like the ones in this puzzle. Are all these famous monsters? :D
– user477343
yesterday













Looks like dungeons&dragons which is based on various mythologies, #6 is a hydra and #9 is a beholder
– Jay
yesterday




Looks like dungeons&dragons which is based on various mythologies, #6 is a hydra and #9 is a beholder
– Jay
yesterday












Better stay away from the dungeon
– Black Thunder
yesterday




Better stay away from the dungeon
– Black Thunder
yesterday










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I am not very familiar with these monsters, but after some research I would name them like this:




1: zombie

2: cyclops

3: lizardman

4: medusa

5: cerberus

6: hydra

7: salamander

8: skeleton

9: beholder

10: hippogriff

11: phoenix

12: dragon

13: harpy




If I combine the path through the maze with the names of the creatures living in the rooms I get




the path goes through the rooms 6, 4, 7, 13, 9, 1, 2, 5.
Now taking the i-th letter of each creature:
hydra, medusa, salamander, harpy, beholder, zombie, cyclops, cerberus




So the word is




helpless







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up vote
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I am not very familiar with these monsters, but after some research I would name them like this:




1: zombie

2: cyclops

3: lizardman

4: medusa

5: cerberus

6: hydra

7: salamander

8: skeleton

9: beholder

10: hippogriff

11: phoenix

12: dragon

13: harpy




If I combine the path through the maze with the names of the creatures living in the rooms I get




the path goes through the rooms 6, 4, 7, 13, 9, 1, 2, 5.
Now taking the i-th letter of each creature:
hydra, medusa, salamander, harpy, beholder, zombie, cyclops, cerberus




So the word is




helpless







share|improve this answer




















  • Wow! You are genius!
    – Black Thunder
    yesterday














up vote
20
down vote



accepted










I am not very familiar with these monsters, but after some research I would name them like this:




1: zombie

2: cyclops

3: lizardman

4: medusa

5: cerberus

6: hydra

7: salamander

8: skeleton

9: beholder

10: hippogriff

11: phoenix

12: dragon

13: harpy




If I combine the path through the maze with the names of the creatures living in the rooms I get




the path goes through the rooms 6, 4, 7, 13, 9, 1, 2, 5.
Now taking the i-th letter of each creature:
hydra, medusa, salamander, harpy, beholder, zombie, cyclops, cerberus




So the word is




helpless







share|improve this answer




















  • Wow! You are genius!
    – Black Thunder
    yesterday












up vote
20
down vote



accepted







up vote
20
down vote



accepted






I am not very familiar with these monsters, but after some research I would name them like this:




1: zombie

2: cyclops

3: lizardman

4: medusa

5: cerberus

6: hydra

7: salamander

8: skeleton

9: beholder

10: hippogriff

11: phoenix

12: dragon

13: harpy




If I combine the path through the maze with the names of the creatures living in the rooms I get




the path goes through the rooms 6, 4, 7, 13, 9, 1, 2, 5.
Now taking the i-th letter of each creature:
hydra, medusa, salamander, harpy, beholder, zombie, cyclops, cerberus




So the word is




helpless







share|improve this answer












I am not very familiar with these monsters, but after some research I would name them like this:




1: zombie

2: cyclops

3: lizardman

4: medusa

5: cerberus

6: hydra

7: salamander

8: skeleton

9: beholder

10: hippogriff

11: phoenix

12: dragon

13: harpy




If I combine the path through the maze with the names of the creatures living in the rooms I get




the path goes through the rooms 6, 4, 7, 13, 9, 1, 2, 5.
Now taking the i-th letter of each creature:
hydra, medusa, salamander, harpy, beholder, zombie, cyclops, cerberus




So the word is




helpless








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