Week 7 Reading Part C: Mahabharata

This week, I saw the opportunity to take the D&D theme I have been building into an area without the usual battle, but maintaining the conflict.  This was with the Riddles at the Lake reading in the Mahabhrata.  Riddles are a classic DM tool to provide a new challenges to players, so I was thinking that instead of the brothers, the Quintet of Capriciousness could undertake this challenge, with an opportunity for a new character to shine under this challenge, along with some more character development for the one's who have not really been mentioned.  This setting change will require a slight change of riddles, to make it more D&D appropriate.  Other than this I do not have much in the way of takeaways from the reading, other than potentially replacing Darma with Dee-Yem, which could also make him seem more villian-y. 

 Oedipus and the Sphinx, from Here be Dragons
This image was inspired by the most famous of puzzles of all time, drawn in the traditional sort of D&D and fantasy outwork.  I am working of finding a similar image with an adventuring party instead for my story.

Bibliography:
Indian Myth and Legend , Donald A. Mackenzie

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