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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8168233" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I'd call them all reasonably good, especially since you came up with them yourself. Writing original riddles is hard![SPOILER=&quot;Commentary spoiler&quot;]Ironically, I pretty quickly figured out the first, but I agree that the &quot;not within a dish&quot; can be a little misleading. Maybe &quot;but you must add me to a dish&quot;? Preserves the rhyme and I believe the meter as well, but avoids the potential &quot;no, it can't be poison, because poisoning food IS how you usually poison someone...&quot;#2 definitely seemed the easiest of the bunch, but &quot;flicking tongues&quot; is a pretty common analogy for flame, so that's not too surprising. Unless it needs a specific answer like &quot;forest fire,&quot; I'd be surprised if this stumped anyone for long, but it's good to have a mix of obvious and not-so-obvious stuff.I definitely had to sit and think for a while about #3, possibly because of the &quot;white serpent&quot; line; I was deceived into thinking of something too localized to be fog. Which is probably a good thing, if you want a riddle that isn't easy to solve but has a nice answer.[/SPOILER]I remember a riddle I used for the lockbox of a headmaster's office on a tropical island, riddle originally from Conquests of Camelot:Glittering points that downward thrust,Sparkling spears that never rust.What am I?[SPOILER=&quot;Answer&quot;]Icicle! Chosen by the headmaster because icicles are never found on their island, so even advanced students would be unlikely to think of the word.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8168233, member: 6790260"] I'd call them all reasonably good, especially since you came up with them yourself. Writing original riddles is hard! [SPOILER="Commentary spoiler"]Ironically, I pretty quickly figured out the first, but I agree that the "not within a dish" can be a little misleading. Maybe "but you must add me to a dish"? Preserves the rhyme and I believe the meter as well, but avoids the potential "no, it can't be poison, because poisoning food IS how you usually poison someone..." #2 definitely seemed the easiest of the bunch, but "flicking tongues" is a pretty common analogy for flame, so that's not too surprising. Unless it needs a [I]specific[/I] answer like "forest fire," I'd be surprised if this stumped anyone for long, but it's good to have a mix of obvious and not-so-obvious stuff. I definitely had to sit and think for a while about #3, possibly because of the "white serpent" line; I was deceived into thinking of something too [I]localized[/I] to be fog. Which is probably a good thing, if you want a riddle that isn't easy to solve but has a nice answer.[/SPOILER] I remember a riddle I used for the lockbox of a headmaster's office on a tropical island, riddle originally from [I]Conquests of Camelot[/I]: [I]Glittering points that downward thrust, Sparkling spears that never rust. What am I?[/I] [SPOILER="Answer"]Icicle! Chosen by the headmaster because icicles are never found on their island, so even advanced students would be unlikely to think of the word.[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]

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