Let's write some riddles!

[Rune]

I'll start.

I used this one in my last game, in which the PCs were trapped in a maze that fed off of psyche.

Everyone has it.
Some lose it.
Some find it.
Some seek it.
Some hide it.
Some give it away.
Everyone has it,
Some, - less.
Some, - absorbed.

 

[Jon_Dahl]

In my opinion riddles are underused in RPG's. The old legend of the Sphinx is a fantastic example how great adventures are also about solving riddles. Unfortunately I don't know the answer to your riddle and I'm afraid to post mine, in case my players see them I got couple of good ones which I carefully guard.

 

[Aberzanzorax]

For the answer to the OP, is it "self"?

Just made this up, any good (too obvious/too hard)?


Around a cauldron witches three,
Important to the honeybee,
The poor for pennies in the village square,
The rich as though they were on air,
Alone, together, fast or slow,
What is this thing I wish to know?

 

[Aberzanzorax]

Another I just made up:

Beat this hero, he just grows harder,
Whip him and he stands up tall.
Babies love him like no other.
But if he stays too long, he's abhored by all.

 

[steeldragons]

To Rune: Is it "mind"?...though I guess "Self" would work for this as well.

To Aberzanzorax: Is the first one "honey"? If so, I'm not following the cauldron part...and it might be too obvious with the "bee" line. Nice rhyme though.
The second, I am fairly confident, is "milk."

This is a great idea for a thread!

I concur that riddles are seriously underused. I'd love to incorporate them more myself, but I'm just plain bad at making them up.

So, I hope more people see this and post theirs.
-SD

 

[Harlander]

I suspect Aberzanzorax's first riddle's answer is 'dance'.

Rune's answer must be 'self', because although a person can be mindless, I've never heard someone called mindabsorbed.

 

[Neonchameleon]

Another I just made up:

Beat this hero, he just grows harder,
Whip him and he stands up tall.
Babies love him like no other.
But if he stays too long, he's abhored by all.

Cream?

 

[CleverNickName]

I loves me some riddles. I'm going to post the answer here in spoiler blocks, because I don't know when I will be able to log back on...and I'd hate to torture my fellow ENWorlders for untold lengths of time before giving the answers.

That kind of torture, I reserve for my players.

My tines are long,
My tines are short,
My tines are gone
ere my first report.
[SBLOCK=Answer]Lightning.[/SBLOCK]

My first wears my second
and my third might be
what my first may acquire
if he went to the sea.
Put them together,
my one-two-three,
and the Belle of New York
is the dame for me.
[SBLOCK=Answer]Manhattan.

(Get it? Man + Hat + Tan.)[/SBLOCK]

 

[Aberzanzorax]

Dance for the first.

Cream or milk are both acceptable for my second, but I was going for cream.

 

[Camelot]

[MENTION=50987]CleverNickName[/MENTION]: That second one really is clever!

I prefer logic puzzles that the players need to solve, but riddles are very fun too. When I think of any I'll post them (and I'll use this as a riddle resource)!