Friday Encounter: Stepwell Passage

Following on from my last Friday Encounter , here's another dungeon puzzle I've used in a recent session. This encounter is designed to be used as a dungeon room. The room is dominated by a large stepwell - a pit dug into the ground, with a series of staircases leading downward along its sides to allow groundwater to be carried up. The twelth step from the bottom is covered in gold leaf, while the…