Help! I need a riddle!

[Archade]

I need a riddle, much in the spirit of The Hobbit. Can someone give me one that has something to do with an arrow, archery, bows, or elves?

Thanks!

 

[Funeris]

erm....do you have more details? What's the riddle for? Does it matter if the riddle is about using a bow/crafting a bow/etc.? How's it going to be used?

You don't have to expound indefinitely, but a little more detail may enable an appropriate response.

~Fune

 

[NCSUCodeMonkey]

One from an old adventure game I played:

When set loose I fly away,
Never so cursed as when I go astray.

Answer: An Arrow


NCSUCodeMonkey

 

[Archade]

NCSU, that's exactly what I needed! Thanks so much!

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

http://www.randomrpg.com/viewall.php?t=riddle

You could try some of these, as well.

 

[Steverooo]

Q: He puts his hand upon my face, and grips me, ever light,
He knocks his shaft upon my gut, and grips it, ever tight,
Then he strains most mightily, as I bend over him,
I quiver, he released me, his piercing shaft I send,
Whistling a final dirge, a piercing note it strikes,
His ears, and my tips, they are; evermore alike!

A: [SBLOCK]
Line 1: You hold a bow with its face facing you, and its back facing away from you, gripping lightly.
Line 2: You knock an arrow to the string (gut, in this case), gripping tightly.
Line 3: You draw the bow, and it bends over you.
Line 4: You release the string, the bow quivers, and the arrow is shot.
Line 5: The arrow whistles as it flies, pierces (and a dirge is a death song).
Line 6: Elves' ears are pointy, like the ends of their bows.
[/SBLOCK]

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[sjmiller]

A nice, simple riddle in the spirit of Gollum & Bilbo's contest:

Riddle, come riddle you varlet.
Skirted 'round in scarlet,
Stone in the middle,
Stick for a tail,
Answer this riddle without any fail.