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haplot
2021-07-24, 06:23 PM
In a game I'm running, I want to put in a name puzzle, where the group has to find out the name of a warehouse.

The warehouse I want the party to find is for a company called Cerberus, but they are only given part of the name in the form of a ripped packing label.

So, to make it slightly harder for the group, I'm looking for a few names for other companies that are nearby to the Cerberus company warehouse, preferably with some of the same letters or parts of letters.

So words that have 'ber' in the middle of them, that sort of thing. My poor brain is drawing a blank.

Anyone have any suggestions?

mattie_p
2021-07-24, 06:27 PM
Barber
Aberration, Aberrant
Khyber
Dilbert
Albert
Jabberwocky

haplot
2021-07-24, 06:54 PM
Many thanks for the swift reply.

Its good to know such good persons, such as yourself, are alive and well.

Have a good day.

Biggus
2021-07-25, 01:51 AM
If you want more suggestions, this will find you loads: https://www.crosswordsolver.org/

Just put in the letters you want them to find into the middle of a word then vary the number of other letters around them. I got about a dozen words from a single search for ??ber??.

Particle_Man
2021-07-25, 01:58 AM
Bertrand and Ernest's Open Street Emporium?

PoeticallyPsyco
2021-07-25, 03:10 AM
Rebel Yell
Abercrombie & Finch
Very Berry Sundays/ Very Berry Pies
Herbalist
Bloodbath & Beyond

haplot
2021-07-25, 04:40 AM
Thank you so much everyone.

You people rock!

I'll definitely look at that link

RNightstalker
2021-07-25, 09:27 PM
Might be worth considering a way for the party to find the rest of the label...depending on the setting it could be quite difficult.

mattie_p
2021-07-26, 02:49 AM
If the party keeps burning down warehouses eventually they'll find the right one. PCs usually don't need much help starting fires.

Calthropstu
2021-07-26, 10:58 AM
You find a ripped note. The portion reads Not the o
will be t
erus Trad
paid in f

The erus Trad suggests erus Trad is part of a name due to capital T.

The following company names fit the bill:
Onerus Trades, a trading company specialuzing in cursed goods and the removal of curses. Cerberus Trading company (description), Oberus Traders a mining company selling raw ore to blacksmiths, and Berus Trading Company specialising in caravan goods.

Quentinas
2021-07-26, 12:02 PM
You find a ripped note. The portion reads Not the o
will be t
erus Trad
paid in f

The erus Trad suggests erus Trad is part of a name due to capital T.

The following company names fit the bill:
Onerus Trades, a trading company specialuzing in cursed goods and the removal of curses. Cerberus Trading company (description), Oberus Traders a mining company selling raw ore to blacksmiths, and Berus Trading Company specialising in caravan goods.

This could have the problem with make whole if it repairs even the ink , I don't remember now about that

Calthropstu
2021-07-27, 11:38 AM
This could have the problem with make whole if it repairs even the ink , I don't remember now about that

Make whole does not repair things yhat have been burned. They find the aforementioned piece in the remains of a fire.