Storycraft lore
Mystery clue ladders
Layer obvious, interpretive, and confirmatory clues so a mystery stays solvable without becoming automatic.
Intermediate
Mystery and Moonlight
A clue ladder lets different adventurers contribute: one clue opens a theory, a second tests it, and a third confirms or overturns it.
What you should be able to do
- Build a three-step clue ladder.
- Add a red herring that remains fair.
- Recover when the party misses a clue.
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