Hey gang, What's some of you favorite riddles, mind teasers or prophesy's that you have dropped on your players? I love riddles and word games as much as setting actual traps in game, but I also find it annoying when playing online during these physically restrictive times that players can google answers or try and seek help.
One thing I personally have done is use a codex (yes, the one from DaVinci Code) and the players got the device on session 2 but 20 sessions later have yet to solve it. I have also tried writing mind teasers on my own or finding them online then heavily editing them to make googling more difficult...
One such is:
"I am a being with many faces. My first is peaceful and calm, but can suffocate you. My second is wild and unconquerable, strong enough to rend planks and break timbers. My third flies when born, and runs when dead. My fourth dissipates, that face never seen again."
Let me know what you think or if you can guess the answer.
All stars fade. Some stars forever fall. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homebrew (Mostly Outdated):Magic Items,Monsters,Spells,Subclasses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there was no light, people wouldn't fear the dark.
Hey gang, What's some of you favorite riddles, mind teasers or prophesy's that you have dropped on your players? I love riddles and word games as much as setting actual traps in game, but I also find it annoying when playing online during these physically restrictive times that players can google answers or try and seek help.
One thing I personally have done is use a codex (yes, the one from DaVinci Code) and the players got the device on session 2 but 20 sessions later have yet to solve it. I have also tried writing mind teasers on my own or finding them online then heavily editing them to make googling more difficult...
One such is:
"I am a being with many faces. My first is peaceful and calm, but can suffocate you. My second is wild and unconquerable, strong enough to rend planks and break timbers. My third flies when born, and runs when dead. My fourth dissipates, that face never seen again."
Let me know what you think or if you can guess the answer.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner... Water is the answer
What's really fun is the room I put this riddle in... If the players get the riddle wrong they have 3 minutes to answer correctly otherwise it fills with water and they all drown... They have yet to discover this room.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner... Water is the answer
What's really fun is the room I put this riddle in... If the players get the riddle wrong they have 3 minutes to answer correctly otherwise it fills with water and they all drown... They have yet to discover this room.
That sounds fun. I'm trying to think of a riddle for a situation coming up in a few sessions.
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All stars fade. Some stars forever fall. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homebrew (Mostly Outdated):Magic Items,Monsters,Spells,Subclasses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there was no light, people wouldn't fear the dark.
Hey gang, What's some of you favorite riddles, mind teasers or prophesy's that you have dropped on your players? I love riddles and word games as much as setting actual traps in game, but I also find it annoying when playing online during these physically restrictive times that players can google answers or try and seek help.
One thing I personally have done is use a codex (yes, the one from DaVinci Code) and the players got the device on session 2 but 20 sessions later have yet to solve it. I have also tried writing mind teasers on my own or finding them online then heavily editing them to make googling more difficult...
One such is:
"I am a being with many faces. My first is peaceful and calm, but can suffocate you. My second is wild and unconquerable, strong enough to rend planks and break timbers. My third flies when born, and runs when dead. My fourth dissipates, that face never seen again."
Let me know what you think or if you can guess the answer.
Hey gang, What's some of you favorite riddles, mind teasers or prophesy's that you have dropped on your players? I love riddles and word games as much as setting actual traps in game, but I also find it annoying when playing online during these physically restrictive times that players can google answers or try and seek help.
One thing I personally have done is use a codex (yes, the one from DaVinci Code) and the players got the device on session 2 but 20 sessions later have yet to solve it. I have also tried writing mind teasers on my own or finding them online then heavily editing them to make googling more difficult...
One such is:
"I am a being with many faces. My first is peaceful and calm, but can suffocate you. My second is wild and unconquerable, strong enough to rend planks and break timbers. My third flies when born, and runs when dead. My fourth dissipates, that face never seen again."
Let me know what you think or if you can guess the answer.
Water.
Now the question is... Is that too easy?
It wasn't. There is another good water puzzle in ToA, though.
While I got the “water” answer right away, it’s far from too easy. A good riddle for a puzzle book and a good riddle for D&D are two different things. The goal of riddles and puzzles, I always say, isn’t to force the players to be smart; it’s to make them feel smart. If the riddle is actually hard, bad things might happen. The game grinds to a halt, the wizard wants to roll for it (which isn’t an unreasonable request), and, worst comes to worst, nobody gets it and everyone gets mad at you for halting their epic monster-slaying adventure with an unsolvable riddle. So if you think it’s too easy, it’s probably just right!
There is an extensive Riddles thread in Forum Games, but I'm very interested in D&D Prophecies (official and unofficial) and their possible interpretations - a different kind of riddle with more than one possible answer.
What prophecies have you all used, how did the players interpreted them, and if the campaign is over and the players were wrong, what was the actual prophesized conclusion?
(Seriously: I can proofread 1000 times and still mis something.)
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
While I got the “water” answer right away, it’s far from too easy. A good riddle for a puzzle book and a good riddle for D&D are two different things. The goal of riddles and puzzles, I always say, isn’t to force the players to be smart; it’s to make them feel smart. If the riddle is actually hard, bad things might happen. The game grinds to a halt, the wizard wants to roll for it (which isn’t an unreasonable request), and, worst comes to worst, nobody gets it and everyone gets mad at you for halting their epic monster-slaying adventure with an unsolvable riddle. So if you think it’s too easy, it’s probably just right!
Thanks, trust me, I want them to answer... this riddle will give them possession of an artifact that I have spent quite some time creating Lore around, but at the same time I don't want the PC's to think I am spoon feeding them or treating them like idiots, if you know what I mean.
There is an extensive Riddles thread in Forum Games, but I'm very interested in D&D Prophecies (official and unofficial) and their possible interpretations - a different kind of riddle with more than one possible answer.
What prophecies have you all used, how did the players interpreted them, and if the campaign is over and the players were wrong, what was the actual prophesized conclusion?
(Seriously: I can proofread 1000 times and still mis something.)
What I did for a session was bust out my set of tarot cards. I took some of the main campaign things that I knew about... hints of the BBEG, threats of a pretender, death... lots of death etc... then I preordered the tarot cards... the players on a shopping expedition wandered to a stall of a mystic woman NPC who read them their fortune for a silver... I had a lot of fun with it... the PCs after words were like "I feel like we just got a huge Lore dump, but I don't know what any of it means..." lol
Hey gang, What's some of you favorite riddles, mind teasers or prophesy's that you have dropped on your players? I love riddles and word games as much as setting actual traps in game, but I also find it annoying when playing online during these physically restrictive times that players can google answers or try and seek help.
One thing I personally have done is use a codex (yes, the one from DaVinci Code) and the players got the device on session 2 but 20 sessions later have yet to solve it. I have also tried writing mind teasers on my own or finding them online then heavily editing them to make googling more difficult...
One such is:
"I am a being with many faces. My first is peaceful and calm, but can suffocate you. My second is wild and unconquerable, strong enough to rend planks and break timbers. My third flies when born, and runs when dead. My fourth dissipates, that face never seen again."
Let me know what you think or if you can guess the answer.
Let your paintbrush tell a story!
The Leprechaun Fantasy Workshop (@leprechaun-fantasy-workshop) | AllMyLinks
J.p. McNeill
It's some kind of air or water, right?
All stars fade. Some stars forever fall.
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If there was no light, people wouldn't fear the dark.
Water.
I have a weird sense of humor.
I also make maps.(That's a link)
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner... Water is the answer
What's really fun is the room I put this riddle in... If the players get the riddle wrong they have 3 minutes to answer correctly otherwise it fills with water and they all drown... They have yet to discover this room.
Let your paintbrush tell a story!
The Leprechaun Fantasy Workshop (@leprechaun-fantasy-workshop) | AllMyLinks
J.p. McNeill
That sounds fun. I'm trying to think of a riddle for a situation coming up in a few sessions.
All stars fade. Some stars forever fall.
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If there was no light, people wouldn't fear the dark.
Now the question is... Is that too easy?
Let your paintbrush tell a story!
The Leprechaun Fantasy Workshop (@leprechaun-fantasy-workshop) | AllMyLinks
J.p. McNeill
It wasn't. There is another good water puzzle in ToA, though.
I have a weird sense of humor.
I also make maps.(That's a link)
While I got the “water” answer right away, it’s far from too easy. A good riddle for a puzzle book and a good riddle for D&D are two different things. The goal of riddles and puzzles, I always say, isn’t to force the players to be smart; it’s to make them feel smart. If the riddle is actually hard, bad things might happen. The game grinds to a halt, the wizard wants to roll for it (which isn’t an unreasonable request), and, worst comes to worst, nobody gets it and everyone gets mad at you for halting their epic monster-slaying adventure with an unsolvable riddle. So if you think it’s too easy, it’s probably just right!
Wizard (Gandalf) of the Tolkien Club
There is an extensive Riddles thread in Forum Games, but I'm very interested in D&D Prophecies (official and unofficial) and their possible interpretations - a different kind of riddle with more than one possible answer.
What prophecies have you all used, how did the players interpret
edthem, and if the campaign is over and the players were wrong, what was the actual prophesized conclusion?(Seriously: I can proofread 1000 times and still mis something.)
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Thanks, trust me, I want them to answer... this riddle will give them possession of an artifact that I have spent quite some time creating Lore around, but at the same time I don't want the PC's to think I am spoon feeding them or treating them like idiots, if you know what I mean.
Let your paintbrush tell a story!
The Leprechaun Fantasy Workshop (@leprechaun-fantasy-workshop) | AllMyLinks
J.p. McNeill
What I did for a session was bust out my set of tarot cards. I took some of the main campaign things that I knew about... hints of the BBEG, threats of a pretender, death... lots of death etc... then I preordered the tarot cards... the players on a shopping expedition wandered to a stall of a mystic woman NPC who read them their fortune for a silver... I had a lot of fun with it... the PCs after words were like "I feel like we just got a huge Lore dump, but I don't know what any of it means..." lol
Let your paintbrush tell a story!
The Leprechaun Fantasy Workshop (@leprechaun-fantasy-workshop) | AllMyLinks
J.p. McNeill