Some Riddles and a Story

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From: DevinC@aol.com
Date: Wed 01 Jun 1994 - 19:55:56 EEST


Devin Cutler here:

I have designed some riddles for a heroquest for my campaign (it seems that most HQ's published involve the Trickster and riddling, so I thought I'd include some as well, especially since it is a Lightbringer-type HQ.

In any case, it is difficult for me to know how hard or easy the riddles are..........so I would appreciate guesses from the net and comments on ease or difficultness (sp):

Riddle 1:

What was found by laughter, adopted by truth, used by trees, taken by ambush, and cleansed by the winds?

Riddle 2:

Children of Time
and of Death
Always busy
with every breath
the world their charge
land above heel
watching each
spark and wheel
condemned to live
eternal life
unless cut short
by untimely strife
with wonders taken
by human hands
they've secrets left
to fix the land

Riddle 3:

One of five can find a treasure but never bring it back. Two of five can loose the arrow that starts the attack. Three of five can steal a purse and leave no track. Four of five can pledge a vow so loyalty does not lack. But five of five can do anything once they have the knack.

Riddle 4:

What is square but rolls round and when done spots abound?

Riddle 5:

Weaver and assassin
with the sight og four men
lurks in darkness always waiting
for some play in its pen
knows its place
and knows its fate
and goes out hunting
with its eight
But when Heler falls
and morning hies
majestic artistry
its deadly disguise

Riddle 6:

This Lord has fallen
from his haughty throne
and dead though he be
you'll fine neither skull nor bone
for mercy was given
for his cowardly ways
and now he lives on
at least for some days
but the Lord is afraid
as a timid lark
and he runs for his shelter
with the approach of the dark
but we must give him some credit
where credit is due
were the Lord not craven but dead
then of us there'd be few.

Riddle 7:

Two cows and some trees with a squid running through them lie on a bench and impart wisdom to the world.

My impression is that #7 is very tough, #2 and #5 are very easy. #6 is probably easy also, but I am including it as an insult from the Trickster to one of the PC's.

I'll post answers in a few days-)

I also have a few Nysalor Riddles I thought I'd share. The commentary is missing, and I'll probably write that up one day, but I'd welcome a sample of what such commentary might look like from the net:

  1. What is it that can be climbed but not jumped in one instance, but jumped and not climbed in another?

Answer: A chasm, the first of which is too wide to jump but shallow, and the second of which is too steep to climb but narrow.

Skill Riddled : Climb and Jump

2) What is it that you can stand on by night but lie in by day?

Answer: A block of ice

Skill Riddled: World Lore

3) Name the surest way to follow someone's tracks?

Answer: keep them in sight

Skill Riddled: Tracking

4) Which is a better way to slay a friend, with a thrust or a slice?

Answer: Neither, one should not attack a friend

Skill Riddled: One handed sword

Regards,

Devin Cutler
devinc@aol.com

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