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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Sphinx’s Riddle Oliekintara confirms her identity to anyone who asks, but before she’ll say more, she insists visitors answer this riddle: You’ve come to meet me at my temple,And I’ll give you all of
engraved around the sphinx statue. Each is an ancient symbol for a different hour. If the characters fail to answer the riddle correctly, Oliekintara seems pleased with her own cleverness. She offers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Sphinx’s Riddle Oliekintara confirms her identity to anyone who asks, but before she’ll say more, she insists visitors answer this riddle: You’ve come to meet me at my temple,And I’ll give you all of
engraved around the sphinx statue. Each is an ancient symbol for a different hour. If the characters fail to answer the riddle correctly, Oliekintara seems pleased with her own cleverness. She offers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Handout 15: Papazotl’s Riddle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Handout 15: Papazotl’s Riddle
Monsters
Monster Manual
the Riddle.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"Radiant"} Radiant damage.
Curse of the Riddle
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
god of death and memory who dwells on that plane. Accounts of that bet and its outcome vary: some say the Raven Queen answered every riddle the giants posed until the giants collapsed from exhaustion
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
: some say the Raven Queen answered every riddle the giants posed until the giants collapsed from exhaustion, while others describe a series of increasingly improbable events favoring the Raven Queen in
monsters
Voice below). A creature that hears the voice can tell it’s an imitation with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check. The DC increases to 19 for a voice the ketgrinn has stolen.
Riddle Bound
. As an Influence action, a creature that poses a riddle to the ketgrinn and succeeds on a DC 16 Charisma (Deception) check gives the ketgrinn the Incapacitated condition until the start of the
classes
. This tradition believes that a spell’s formula holds more than the gathering and shaping magical energy, that the underlying properties of reality itself are illustrated through a spell. By unlocking the mechanisms that construct spells, these Wizards can slowly unlock the riddle of the universe.
classes
. This tradition believes that a spell’s formula holds more than the gathering and shaping magical energy, that the underlying properties of reality itself are illustrated through a spell. By unlocking the mechanisms that construct spells, these Wizards can slowly unlock the riddle of the universe.
backgrounds
ancient forest Fey in a riddle contest, or rolled dice with the fabled Mister Crossroads.
Feat: Fate Gambler
Skill Proficiencies: Deception,Insight
Tool Proficiencies:Choose one kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
some tips: Reinforce a Theme. A good riddle is related to something the characters are currently dealing with. A tricky beholder, for example, might pose riddles whose answers all have something to
do with eyes or orbs. Give Three Clues. A strong riddle provides multiple clues about the answer; three is a good number. To vary a riddle’s difficulty, you could split the clues up, providing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
some tips: Reinforce a Theme. A good riddle is related to something the characters are currently dealing with. A tricky beholder, for example, might pose riddles whose answers all have something to
do with eyes or orbs. Give Three Clues. A strong riddle provides multiple clues about the answer; three is a good number. To vary a riddle’s difficulty, you could split the clues up, providing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Where to Use Riddles Puzzle-loving antagonists and mischievous monsters are the most common ways to introduce a riddle. Here are some suggestions for how to incorporate riddles into adventures
: Creatures. Not every adversary wants to engage in mortal combat. Certain creatures might delight in a battle of wits. The reward for answering a creature’s riddle might be a small treasure, a bit of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
form neat stacks with narrow aisles winding between them.
Arch. Embedded in the north wall, hidden behind the chests and trunks, is a stone arch. Inscribed on the wall inside the arch is a riddle in
Common.
Arch Gate to Level 9 The arch is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Inscribed on its wall is the following riddle in Common: “What appears once in an hour, twice in a blue moon, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Where to Use Riddles Puzzle-loving antagonists and mischievous monsters are the most common ways to introduce a riddle. Here are some suggestions for how to incorporate riddles into adventures
: Creatures. Not every adversary wants to engage in mortal combat. Certain creatures might delight in a battle of wits. The reward for answering a creature’s riddle might be a small treasure, a bit of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Lords
Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea
Unchanged but e’er changing eternally
—Riddle of White Plume Mountain
Answer to the riddle of White Plume Mountain The Moon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Riddles A riddle is a verbal puzzle. Riddles can be simple or complex, brief or protracted, and low stakes or deadly. This section includes basic guidance for DMs who want to design and use riddles in adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
(60 feet from the group). He says he knows their quest is to slay a great monster. He’ll help them if they solve his two riddles. The first riddle is simple. All they have to do is catch him. He runs
solution is to stop chasing the Lost Knight, turn around, and go back the way they came. Once the group goes back one room, they automatically find the Knight’s second riddle. Second Riddle. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
form neat stacks with narrow aisles winding between them.
Arch. Embedded in the north wall, hidden behind the chests and trunks, is a stone arch. Inscribed on the wall inside the arch is a riddle in
Common.
Arch Gate to Level 9 The arch is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Inscribed on its wall is the following riddle in Common: “What appears once in an hour, twice in a blue moon, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
with a particular image of a creature, consider presenting a riddle alongside each lock. The answer to each riddle should be the related creature’s name, allowing characters to match the riddles’ answers to the proper keys.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
(60 feet from the group). He says he knows their quest is to slay a great monster. He’ll help them if they solve his two riddles. The first riddle is simple. All they have to do is catch him. He runs
solution is to stop chasing the Lost Knight, turn around, and go back the way they came. Once the group goes back one room, they automatically find the Knight’s second riddle. Second Riddle. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Lords
Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea
Unchanged but e’er changing eternally
—Riddle of White Plume Mountain
Answer to the riddle of White Plume Mountain The Moon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
with a particular image of a creature, consider presenting a riddle alongside each lock. The answer to each riddle should be the related creature’s name, allowing characters to match the riddles’ answers to the proper keys.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Solution The answer to each riddle begins with a letter indicating the direction of the path the characters should follow next. The path provided by the riddles’ answers takes the following route
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Solution The answer to each riddle begins with a letter indicating the direction of the path the characters should follow next. The path provided by the riddles’ answers takes the following route
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Riddles A riddle is a verbal puzzle. Riddles can be simple or complex, brief or protracted, and low stakes or deadly. This section includes basic guidance for DMs who want to design and use riddles in adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
has a +1 bonus to Intelligence checks and Intelligence saving throws. It can speak and understand all languages. The Sphinx’s Riddle. Instead of asking a traditional riddle that the characters must
solve, the enhanced sphinx demands that they ask a question that it cannot answer. This could be a riddle, a secret, a logical contradiction, or any other question — but the sphinx warns the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Curse of the Riddle.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) Radiant damage.
Curse of the Riddle
. Intelligence Saving Throw: DC 15, one creature the sphinx can see within 60 feet. Failure: 21 (6d6) Psychic damage, and the target is cursed with a riddle. The cursed target has Disadvantage on ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
pedestal finds a riddle inscribed on its base. (Give players a copy of handout 15 in appendix E.) Unlike other inscriptions in the trial chambers, this riddle is etched in Common: Comes with sunshine
Leaves with night
Hides in darkness
Does not bite
Always joined to its caster
Never strays from its master
The answer to the riddle (“a shadow”) is a clue to finding the secret chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Curse of the Riddle.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) Radiant damage.
Curse of the Riddle
. Intelligence Saving Throw: DC 15, one creature the sphinx can see within 60 feet. Failure: 21 (6d6) Psychic damage, and the target is cursed with a riddle. The cursed target has Disadvantage on ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
new riddle that hints which direction to travel in next. If they make an error, the characters encounter a monster of your choice and then must backtrack from their last correct turn. After three
provides the first riddle, then waits for the party to venture down a passage of its choice. The goblin stops at each intersection and either provides the next riddle (if the party chose the correct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
new riddle that hints which direction to travel in next. If they make an error, the characters encounter a monster of your choice and then must backtrack from their last correct turn. After three
provides the first riddle, then waits for the party to venture down a passage of its choice. The goblin stops at each intersection and either provides the next riddle (if the party chose the correct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
pedestal finds a riddle inscribed on its base. (Give players a copy of handout 15 in appendix E.) Unlike other inscriptions in the trial chambers, this riddle is etched in Common: Comes with sunshine
Leaves with night
Hides in darkness
Does not bite
Always joined to its caster
Never strays from its master
The answer to the riddle (“a shadow”) is a clue to finding the secret chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
has a +1 bonus to Intelligence checks and Intelligence saving throws. It can speak and understand all languages. The Sphinx’s Riddle. Instead of asking a traditional riddle that the characters must
solve, the enhanced sphinx demands that they ask a question that it cannot answer. This could be a riddle, a secret, a logical contradiction, or any other question — but the sphinx warns the characters