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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xeriar" data-source="post: 1216115" data-attributes="member: 4116">There are several kinds of riddles - there was a good node at everything2 that did a pretty good job of listing them and vastly improved my riddle-foo.Some riddles will contain a hidden hint - or even the answer.  This can be the first or last letter of each word or sentance (don't go overboard with this unless you hint at it elsewhere.  'Look for the second letter.' is a particularly cruel way to end a riddle <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />A good riddle requires no additional knowledge, unless it is something like a bird's shadow or other utterly obvious item.Another thing is either accept multiple answers as valid or be certain there is only one valid answer.[spoiler]Your riddle, for example, is self contained except for the water the warrior brought.  There are at least four potentially valid answers - mixed water, seawater, dew, rainwater etc.  Either be ready to accept all of them or somehow be certain you have reduced the possibilities to one.[/spoiler]For example "Name me: I am the sound of dawn."Obvious, but only to someone who has heard it, of course, their is an invalid answer to this, so you might want to expand."Name me: I am the sound of dawn, and even the deaf may hear me."</blockquote>

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