Wired has an article about the encrypted scultpure Kryptos that sits in the CIA's courtyard. I've read about this before, and it got me to thinking about using such a thing in a role-playing campaign as a plot lynchpin -- the PCs need to decipher the riddles the sculpture contains to understand some secret prophesy or perhaps find the keys necessary to unlock some ancient treasure horde.
Now that I think about it some more, this would be a cool relic for my RISUS Gamma World protocampaign: the Sentinal of Kronos stands in the ruins of deserted Forerunner citadel, promising riches beyond imagining to anyone who can solve its riddles ... and survive the challenges they reveal...
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