3. The Barbarian – Solution
In this puzzle, Heroes must identify the Pokémon based on their silhouettes and determine the number of XP earned per Round based on specific rules. If a Pokémon “wins”, they add XP that round, if they “lose” they subtract XP. The Pokémon, and the XP earned each round are as follows:
| XP RULE | POKEMON | NUMBER | MODIFIER A | MODIFIER B | TOTAL | |
| 1 | The monster’s number | Vileplume, WIN | 45 | 45 | ||
| Drowzee, LOSE | 96 | -96 | ||||
| Kadabra, WIN | 64 | 64 | ||||
| TOTAL | 13 | |||||
| 2 | Number of letters in the monster’s name | Marowak, LOSE | 7 | -7 | ||
| Muk, LOSE | 3 | -3 | ||||
| Omastar, WIN | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Venomoth, WIN | 8 | 8 | ||||
| TOTAL | 5 | |||||
| 3 | The monster’s number + The number of 1st Generation evolutions it has (not including itself) | Spearow, WIN | 21 | 1 | 22 | |
| Poliwag, WIN | 60 | 2 | 62 | |||
| Scyther, LOSE | 123 | 0 | -123 | |||
| Growlithe, WIN | 58 | 1 | 59 | |||
| TOTAL | 20 | |||||
| 4 | Number of letters in the monster’s name + Number of letters in its type | Shellder (Water), LOSE | 8 | 5 | -13 | |
| Dragonair (Dragon), WIN | 9 | 6 | 15 | |||
| Rapidash (Fire), WIN | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||
| Machoke (Fighting), WIN | 7 | 8 | 15 | |||
| Seel (Water), LOSE | 4 | 5 | -9 | |||
| TOTAL | 20 | |||||
| 5 | The monster’s number + Number of syllables in name – Number of eyes it has | Weezing, WIN | 110 | 2 | -4 | 108 |
| Starmie, LOSE | 121 | 2 | 0 | -123 | ||
| Magneton, LOSE | 82 | 3 | -3 | -82 | ||
| Aerodactyl, WIN | 142 | 4 | -2 | 144 | ||
| Dugtrio, LOSE | 51 | 3 | -6 | -48 | ||
| Weedle, WIN | 13 | 2 | -2 | 13 | ||
| TOTAL | 12 | |||||
| 6 | [(Number of consonants in their name*number of vowels)-10 IF it has a tail] | Nidoqueen, WIN | 4 | 5 | -10 | 10 |
| Kingler, LOSE | 5 | 2 | 0 | -10 | ||
| Articuno, WIN | 4 | 4 | -10 | 6 | ||
| Farfetch’d, WIN | 7 | 2 | -10 | 4 | ||
| Golem, WIN | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kangaskhan, LOSE | 7 | 3 | -10 | -11 | ||
| TOTAL | 5 |
The total number of XP earned each round: 13, 5, 20, 20, 12, 5, when converted into the letter of the alphabet in that numeric position (A=1, B=2, and so on) spells out the answer to this puzzle: METTLE.