Hiya gang! I'm on the hunt for some riddles to have a fey creature pose to my party as they get lost in some old, dark woods. Apologies if there's already a thread covering this.
Have your players read The Hobbit? They probably have, but on the off chance they haven't then the storybook, fairyland style of the Hobbit would fit the Feywild well and you'd have the entire chapter of Riddles in the Dark to choose from.
There are three doors. In each door is a way to die. The first door has fire and lava. The second door has lions that haven't eaten in 5 years. In the third door, there is a 1000 foot drop into alligators. Which door will you likely survive?
The second door with the lions. Since they haven't eaten for 5 years they will be dead.
What is at the beginning of eternity, at the end of time and space, at the beginning of the end, and at the end of every place?
Think of words ending in -gry. Hungry and angry are two. There are three words in the common tongue. What's the third? It's something we all use every day, and if you've listened carefully, I've already told you what it is.
There are three words in "The Common Tongue," and the third is "tongue"--something we all use every day.
Under a thatched roof, wrapped in a red mosquito net, a chubby man sleeps next to his brother. What am I?
big fan of the witcher. I had an encounter with some hags and wanted a fey riddle so I used the ome from the games with Master Mirror. As long as your players haven’t played the game it’s a nice we riddle.
“To all things and men I appertain,
and yet by some am shunned and distained.
Fondle me and ogle me til you’re insane,
but no blow can harm me, cause me pain.
Children delight in me, elders take fright.
Fair maids rejoice and spin.
Cry and I weep, yawn and I sleep.
Smile, and I too shall grin.
What am I?”
Answer = reflection
I tied this to some environmental stuff. There was a door to nowhere and a giant mirror, the players had to work out the riddle and use the reflection of the door to progress. I also had some smaller regular mirrors so if players just tried to use their own reflection doppelgängers could attack them
Since this relates to getting lost in the woods, maybe have something tied to the woods? So a riddle about the moon or stars to help with navigation? Or something about water if a portal involves going into a lake?
Doing a google search and then thinking about Fae, I selected these for you:
Q: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
A: Footsteps.
Q:David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
A: David.
Q: What is more useful when it is broken?
A: An egg.
Q: I am easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I?
A: A feather.
Q: What goes up, but never comes down?
A: Age.
Q: A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three nights and rode out on Friday. How is this possible?
A: His horse's name is Friday.
Q: If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?
A: Zero
Q: I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
A: Seven.
Q: Pronounced as 1 letter, And written with 3, 2 letters there are, and 2 only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, and the same either way. What am I?
A: Eye
Q: Who has married many women but was never married?
A: The priest
Q: Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
A: A ton
Q: What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
A: Your left hand.
Q: I have a head like a cat and feet like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?
A: A kitten.
Q: Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A: A coffin.
Q: What gets broken without being held?
A: A promise.
Q: Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
A: Nothing.
Q: They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?
A: Stars!
Q: What is always in front of you, but can’t be seen?
A: The future.
Q: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
A: A joke.
Q: I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. What am I?
A: An echo.
Q: When you stop to look, you can always see me. But if you try to touch me, you can never feel me. Although you walk towards me, I remain the same distance from you. What am I?
A: The horizon
Q: I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night.I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone.
A: The morning dew.
Q: What can go through glass without breaking it?
A: Light.
Q: What gets bigger the more you take away?
A: A hole.
Q: What kind of room has no walls, door or windows?
A: A mushroom.
Q: It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
A: Your name.
Q: What is always on its way but never arrives?
A: Tomorrow.
Q: Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year, and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
A: The two babies are two of a set of triplets.
Q: What has a bottom at the top?
A: Your legs.
Q: What can you catch but never throw?
A: A cold.
Q: What has many teeth but cannot bite?
A: A comb.
Q: What thrives when you feed it but dies when you water it?
A: A fire.
Q: What can you put in a bucket to make it weigh less?
A: A hole.
Q: It is something so magical, it comes to you every night. It takes you places without actually moving you. To see it, you need to close your eyes first. What is it?
A: Dream.
Q: It is not alive, but it still grows. It does not breathe but it can't live without air. It keeps you warm. What is it?
A: Fire.
Q: It can be seen, it can be felt, but it never heard, and never smelt. It comes every day at the end of time, and evils do love it cause now it's their kind. What is it?
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Fey Creature: Funny little mortals, here is my challenge. If I can't answer your riddle then I get to eat one of you. If I can answer your riddle then I give you a boon. Do you accept these terms? Characters: Yes. Fey Creature: Excellent. My answer is the winter moon. What is your riddle?
Hiya gang! I'm on the hunt for some riddles to have a fey creature pose to my party as they get lost in some old, dark woods. Apologies if there's already a thread covering this.
Have your players read The Hobbit? They probably have, but on the off chance they haven't then the storybook, fairyland style of the Hobbit would fit the Feywild well and you'd have the entire chapter of Riddles in the Dark to choose from.
This one is really well known but maybe you haven’t heard it.
As I was going to Saint Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Each wife had seven sacks
Each sack had seven cats
Each cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives
How many were going to Saint Ives?
The answer is one.
I am a one-way conversation with history
Unless you know me what I say's a mystery
I am a boneless vertebrate that never lived
But embrace me and you'll swear I did.
What am I?
Answer: A Book!
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There are three doors. In each door is a way to die. The first door has fire and lava. The second door has lions that haven't eaten in 5 years. In the third door, there is a 1000 foot drop into alligators. Which door will you likely survive?
The second door with the lions. Since they haven't eaten for 5 years they will be dead.
What is at the beginning of eternity, at the end of time and space, at the beginning of the end, and at the end of every place?
The Letter "e".
Think of words ending in -gry. Hungry and angry are two. There are three words in the common tongue. What's the third? It's something we all use every day, and if you've listened carefully, I've already told you what it is.
There are three words in "The Common Tongue," and the third is "tongue"--something we all use every day.
Under a thatched roof, wrapped in a red mosquito net, a chubby man sleeps next to his brother. What am I?
A peanut.
big fan of the witcher. I had an encounter with some hags and wanted a fey riddle so I used the ome from the games with Master Mirror. As long as your players haven’t played the game it’s a nice we riddle.
“To all things and men I appertain,
and yet by some am shunned and distained.
Fondle me and ogle me til you’re insane,
but no blow can harm me, cause me pain.
Children delight in me, elders take fright.
Fair maids rejoice and spin.
Cry and I weep, yawn and I sleep.
Smile, and I too shall grin.
What am I?”
Answer = reflection
I tied this to some environmental stuff. There was a door to nowhere and a giant mirror, the players had to work out the riddle and use the reflection of the door to progress. I also had some smaller regular mirrors so if players just tried to use their own reflection doppelgängers could attack them
Since this relates to getting lost in the woods, maybe have something tied to the woods? So a riddle about the moon or stars to help with navigation? Or something about water if a portal involves going into a lake?
Doing a google search and then thinking about Fae, I selected these for you:
Q: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
A: Footsteps.
Q:David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?
A: David.
Q: What is more useful when it is broken?
A: An egg.
Q: I am easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I?
A: A feather.
Q: What goes up, but never comes down?
A: Age.
Q: A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three nights and rode out on Friday. How is this possible?
A: His horse's name is Friday.
Q: If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?
A: Zero
Q: I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
A: Seven.
Q: Pronounced as 1 letter, And written with 3, 2 letters there are, and 2 only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, and the same either way. What am I?
A: Eye
Q: Who has married many women but was never married?
A: The priest
Q: Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
A: A ton
Q: What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
A: Your left hand.
Q: I have a head like a cat and feet like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?
A: A kitten.
Q: Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A: A coffin.
Q: What gets broken without being held?
A: A promise.
Q: Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
A: Nothing.
Q: They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?
A: Stars!
Q: What is always in front of you, but can’t be seen?
A: The future.
Q: I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
A: A joke.
Q: I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. What am I?
A: An echo.
Q: When you stop to look, you can always see me. But if you try to touch me, you can never feel me. Although you walk towards me, I remain the same distance from you. What am I?
A: The horizon
Q: I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night.I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone.
A: The morning dew.
Q: What can go through glass without breaking it?
A: Light.
Q: What gets bigger the more you take away?
A: A hole.
Q: What kind of room has no walls, door or windows?
A: A mushroom.
Q: It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
A: Your name.
Q: What is always on its way but never arrives?
A: Tomorrow.
Q: Two girls were born to the same mother, on the same day, at the same time, in the same month and year, and yet they're not twins. How can this be?
A: The two babies are two of a set of triplets.
Q: What has a bottom at the top?
A: Your legs.
Q: What can you catch but never throw?
A: A cold.
Q: What has many teeth but cannot bite?
A: A comb.
Q: What thrives when you feed it but dies when you water it?
A: A fire.
Q: What can you put in a bucket to make it weigh less?
A: A hole.
Q: It is something so magical, it comes to you every night. It takes you places without actually moving you. To see it, you need to close your eyes first. What is it?
A: Dream.
Q: It is not alive, but it still grows. It does not breathe but it can't live without air. It keeps you warm. What is it?
A: Fire.
Q: It can be seen, it can be felt, but it never heard, and never smelt. It comes every day at the end of time, and evils do love it cause now it's their kind. What is it?
A: Darkness.
There is also this set of them: https://www.dndspeak.com/2018/11/28/100-riddles-and-their-answers/
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.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
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How about a reverse riddle?
Fey Creature: Funny little mortals, here is my challenge. If I can't answer your riddle then I get to eat one of you. If I can answer your riddle then I give you a boon. Do you accept these terms?
Characters: Yes.
Fey Creature: Excellent. My answer is the winter moon. What is your riddle?
Look up old Middle English riddles. They are hilariously nonsensical:
what does a man have beneath his skirt that makes a woman weep when she squeezes it?
an onion!!!
also, the treasure chests from betrayal at krondor are pure gold
Just gonna throw this out there, but Chat-GPT can actually be a big help with riddles if you guide it effectively.