[Jack Simth]

The biggest annoyance with that one was the combination of the needed Listen check and the run-through; random chances are great, puzzles are great, but puzzles with a random chance tend to get a bit tedious. Had the levers been a matter of *grind* when one was moved into the wrong position (or passed the right position), and *klunk* when one was moved into the right position, but always hearing something, you wouldn't have needed to drop any hints (other than the three-position one - and that could be dealt with by having the levers set at random positions on entry to the room (one in the middle, one at the top, one at the bottom, another in whichever) as the right position is determined by the unique sound.

Alternatively, you could have included a small diagram of the correct positions quietly etched on the wall on the other side of the stuck door that Alneyan's character could have discovered on the walkabout - it's the the type of thing people who use combination locks sometimes have lying around. Further, him noticing it out of the corner of his eye would have given him a reason to come back and meet up with the party, and given an RP opertunity for him to act all snotty about having solved the puzzle while the rest of us were out playing with the levers.