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<blockquote data-quote="conanb" data-source="post: 1801088" data-attributes="member: 17930">This seems to me to be like a giant combination lock in my head. I see a room with 32 statues circled around it. I imagine a large stone marker in the center of the room with the actual riddle, and one statue in the room with the alpha marker. Now the guy who created the room would just know the numbers, say 4 right, 24 left, 6 right, 8 left. Each from the intervening statues. If you start at statue 1 go 4 statues to the right, 24 to the left, 6 back to the right, then 8 to the left. That would lead to statue 10. Now the riddle would point to that but be easier or harder depending on how you wanted them to get each number:From the alpha round the clock you go, First a Tenday from a Fortnight,Reverse the clock back all the hours of the day,go&nbsp; with the clock the number of fingers on my right hand,then reverse the clock one more time, What's the final number?Why the third from the second minus the fingers on your hand human!Broken down I'd do this riddle like:From the alpha round the clock you go, First a Tenday from a Fortnight, (14-10 = 4)Reverse the clock back all the hours of the day, (24 back the opposite direction)go&nbsp; with the clock the number of fingers on my right hand, (This is a tricky one but have the statue at this point, statue number 12 if spaced around from 1 to 32 have only 6 fingers)then reverse the clock one more time, What's the final number?Why the third from the second minus the fingers on your hand human! (24 is the second number in the chain, 6 is the third in the chain, and 10 is the number of fingers humans have so 24-6-10 = 8).I hope that's not too complicated. But I do love good riddles, and when I stick them in my game, I do make them complicated.-Alex P</blockquote>

[QUOTE="conanb, post: 1801088, member: 17930"] This seems to me to be like a giant combination lock in my head. I see a room with 32 statues circled around it. I imagine a large stone marker in the center of the room with the actual riddle, and one statue in the room with the alpha marker. Now the guy who created the room would just know the numbers, say 4 right, 24 left, 6 right, 8 left. Each from the intervening statues. If you start at statue 1 go 4 statues to the right, 24 to the left, 6 back to the right, then 8 to the left. That would lead to statue 10. Now the riddle would point to that but be easier or harder depending on how you wanted them to get each number: From the alpha round the clock you go, First a Tenday from a Fortnight, Reverse the clock back all the hours of the day, go with the clock the number of fingers on my right hand, then reverse the clock one more time, What's the final number? Why the third from the second minus the fingers on your hand human! Broken down I'd do this riddle like: From the alpha round the clock you go, First a Tenday from a Fortnight, (14-10 = 4) Reverse the clock back all the hours of the day, (24 back the opposite direction) go with the clock the number of fingers on my right hand, (This is a tricky one but have the statue at this point, statue number 12 if spaced around from 1 to 32 have only 6 fingers) then reverse the clock one more time, What's the final number? Why the third from the second minus the fingers on your hand human! (24 is the second number in the chain, 6 is the third in the chain, and 10 is the number of fingers humans have so 24-6-10 = 8). I hope that's not too complicated. But I do love good riddles, and when I stick them in my game, I do make them complicated. -Alex P [/QUOTE]

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