First, apologies for not necessarily posting this the correct way. (Feel free to tell me to edit.)
First, in secret tags, which room I'm discussing:
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×2S, 1W
I wonder if I've forgotten something about the behavior of one of these elements, after years away from the game.
I think I've already figured out the main part of the puzzle here, which is
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×freeing the builder citizen so he can perform his task
What I'm not understanding is
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×how the builder citizen's task is relevant to getting at the water skipper, the one creature I can't yet kill.
My thoughts here:
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×a) If when the bridge is dropped, there were water underneath it, then the builder would be completely irrelevant (but I'd have solved the room already). b) The builder seems to only do one thing, which is to rebuild the one trap door holding up the bridge if you've already dropped it. c) If you haven't dropped that trap door, the builder goes up to it, has no effect, and then returns to its starting position.
I must be missing something regarding what the builder is capable of doing here? Or something about water-skippers?
[Last edited by CuriousShyRabbit at 08-07-2011 11:53 PM : Fixed associated room ID.]