Riddles

[lokiqc]

I'm considering giving that one to my player

Complete this sequence

3
13
1113
3113
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1113122113

Is this too hard/easy?

What's the best riddle you've ever asked to your players?

 

[Creeping Death]

This riddle is actually fairly easy.

I've never asked my players a riddle. Mainly becuase if I knew the answer or could figure it out, then my players could too, so I never ask. If I couldn't figure it out and/or did not know the answer then I couldn't ask my players because I wouldn't be sure if the answer they gave was right?

There is a riddle that I like, let's see if I can remember it?

Rich people want me,
Poor people have me,
What am I?

I beleive there was atleast 2 or 3 mroe lines but I can't remember.

 

[KnowTheToe]

Riddles are hard because if the players can't see the pattern or figure out the answer, they can get frustrated and then act out. I did use many riddles from a Dungeon magazine, for the most part they were simple, but one or two threw the group for a loop.

 

[Maerdwyn]

Creeping Death beat me to my riddle , but I knew it a little different and presented it like this to the party:

The Jinn hovered before them and said, "You have my gratitude, friends, for slaying the sha'ir. And now, ma Salaama (good bye)!" Goha, the rogue, coughed loudly and the jinn said, "Is it a reward you seek then? Even when you camels strain to bear the weight of the plundered treasures of the ancient temple where the sha'ir lived ? Your greed equals my cousin Faroukh's, friend." Now Yusuf's lip curled, and his hand fell to his sword. The jinn quickly spoke again.

"Still, I suppose I could tels you an old jinni riddle. You need only speak the answer, and it shall appear before you as your reward. "

Khalid determined the jinn was speaking the truth, so they consented to the deal. The jinn said:

"A rich man needs it,
A poor man has it,
And it is greater than God himself."

And then the jinn disappeared.

They eventually answered correctly, and found their reward appear before them. They then proceeeded to draw up plans for how to track the jinn down in order to secure what they felt was a more just payment for their services.

 

[Drawmack]

I use riddles a lot in my game. It usually does bog down a bit, even simple ones, as getting six people to agree on a single answer is almost as easy as capping a volcano.

 

[MarauderX]

Word riddles are good for when you end a session and want to give the group something to think about. Often times I would think they would look it up on the internet and show up with it answered so we can move on. Doing it that way is much better than hoping they will solve a tough one in the middle of a session, and IMO I think it's much better if the players solve it than if they don't.

here's another one for fun --

I've little strength, but mighty powers;
I guard small hovels and great towers.
But if perchance my master leaves,
He must ensure he safeguards me.

 

[Angcuru]

I have SO many riddle I can throw at you guys.

But I ask this: Are these riddles.......in the dark?

 

[Bob5th]

None of my characters will answer a riddle again due to a bad experience with a riddle in Heart of Nightfang Spire that I failed to save against.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Here's some riddles for you ...

RIDDLE 1
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It has a golden head
It has a golden tail
But it hasn’t got a body

RIDDLE 2
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It occurs once in every minute
Twice in every moment
And yet never in one hundred thousand years

RIDDLE 3
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You must keep it after giving it

RIDDLE 4
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You can break it even as you name it

RIDDLE 5
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You feed it, it lives, your give it a drink it dies.

RIDDLE 6
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Lighter than what I am made of
More of me is hidden then seen

RIDDLE 7
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If a man carried my burden
He would break his back
I am not rich
Yet I leave silver in my track

RIDDLE 8
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My life can be measured in hours
I serve by being devoured
Thin I am quick
Fat I am slow
Wind is my foe

RIDDLE 9
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Each morning I appear
To lie at your feet
All day I follow
No matter how fast you run
Yet I nearly perish
In the midday sun

RIDDLE 10
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The man who made it didn’t need it
The man who bought it didn’t use it
The man who used it didn’t want it

RIDDLE 11
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Tis Not, tis is
Tis good, tis bad
Tis left, tis right
Tis day, tis night

RIDDLE 12
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They can be harboured, but few hold water
You can nurse them, but only by holding them against someone else
You can carry them, but not in your arms
You can bury them, but not in the earth

RIDDLE 13
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What gets wetter, the more it dries

RIDDLE 14
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I’m often held, yet rarely touched
I’m always wet, yet never rust
I’m sometimes wagged and sometimes bit
To use me well, you must have wit

RIDDLE 15
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As light as a feather, but you can’t hold it for ten minutes

RIDDLE 16
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The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end
The end of every place

RIDDLE 17
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The root tops the trunk
On this backward thing
That grows in the winter
And dies in spring

RIDDLE 18
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I am so simple
That I can only point
Yet I guide men
All over the world

RIDDLE 19
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Three lives have I
Gentle enough to soothe the skin
Light enough to caress the sky
Hard enough to crack the rocks

(Stolen from the Greyhawk Inn board ...)

Answers are to be guessed, not given (source is Riddle #20 ).

 

[Gunslinger]

2: the letter "m"
5: fire
9: your shadow
14: your tongue
15: breath
16: the letter "e"

[edit: 3 isn't a letter...]