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The prob is that it says it explodes and everything inside is then vaporized...
Actually, the adventure reads "If forced open, the crux crumbles to ashes and any objects it contains appear on the ground at the site of the fiery burst."
The objects inside are subject to the fiery blast, but not automatically destroyed. You can assume that the head would likely survive, as well as the silver box and maybe even the wands. The portfolio and the scrolls are almost definitely destroyed.
Between the information that Ailyn has and the experiences of Khazrae, as well as some decent information gathering, it's possible that the party could piece together some of the information about the lost Pathfinders. They should, at least, be able to track down Ghaelfin and Coriana... which is a decent start.
I think that the intent is that being impatient and forcing it open will allow the PCs to continue along the adventure path, while being clever and solving the puzzle will give them some additional rewards.
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Sure, sorry!
Press the sides in order:
1 = Unicorn (one horn)
2 = Tiefling (two horns)
3 = The Fates (3 of 'em)
4 = Hellhound (4 legs)
5 = Bone devil (4 appendages, one weapon)
6 = Skull head (the 6 little squid legs)
7 = Devil star (7 negative spaces)
8 = Spider (8 legs)
9 = Layers of Hell (9 layers)
10 = Asmodeus ( 5 points, 5 lines)
11 = Angel Wings ( each Wing is the number one)
12 = Marilith (6 arms, 6 weapons)
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It actually went well. I went with the 1-12 suggestion, but they managed to get 8 wrong (they were guessing on which side was 9), so I did swap it and reverse the order to 12-1 just like the Crux should.
They had fun with it and were very happy that it wasn't just an Int check or DD check. Although I just about raged when the wizard of the group made an Int check off the bat to solve it...luckily he failed or I'd have been pissed I spent an hour and a half making that.
The hand out made this puzzle a great one!