A puzzle for your D&D table

Your adventurers have a choice of doors numbered 1 to 5. Only one leads to safely. They find the note below which will guide them to the correct choice.

You may think this scrawl unusual but I shall answer for its truth. No lies will lurk in my writing on this one topic. Before turning away, know that you should discard most words, holding on to only five that contain our most common glyph. This shall unlock your way.

Puzzle hints and solution

Hint 1

The text mentions the ‘most common glyph’. That will be key to solving the puzzle.

Hint 2

A glyph here refers to a letter of the alphabet. What’s the most commonly-used letter in English?

Hint 3

The most common glyph in English (or Anglophone ‘Common’ in-game) is the letter E. The note tells you to discard all the words except those containing the letter E.

Hint 4

The words that contain an E spell out: Answer lies one before five

Solution

Reading only the words containing an E gives you the message: Answer lies one before five. The number that comes one before five is four.

The adventurers should choose door number 4.

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