Riddle: 3) The more that there is,The less that you see.
Squint all you wish when Surrounded by me.
Speak my name!
Clearly "Darkness". That one is very easy. Then again, the dragon might start out with that, to gauge the party's intelligence and hook them into the game.
Others don't seem so obvious, at least to me.As to being fair, I like riddles and don't see them as some burden. Of course,not in ever dungeon or every "intelligent ancient being" encounter, as it can get old quickly, but to me it is a nice pause. Stop thinking about damage, dice and tactics and get shoved into an entirely new ballgame. But this depends on the players. Some might find this annoying, especially if there is not way to obtain hints. Even if a party has a wise sage or a wizard with extraordinary command of language, the players might not be able to match those skills in real life and that can be irritating. In short, if you are willing to leave a little trail of crumbs for the players to follow, full steam ahead.
1) Either glassy obsidian or stars
2) 3 girls + mother + 4 boys - even split of gender
3) Darkness
1)stars
2) mother included makes 8. 8/4=2
3) darkness
I'm a fan of riddles in obscure or dead languages.
Examples:
é AN-gin uru ki-gar-ra
é AN-gin uru gar-ra
é AN-gin uru ki-ra
é dub-sen-gin gada mu-un-dul
é dub-sin-gen gada mu-un-dul
é dub-sin-gan gana mu-en-dal
é uz-gin ki-gal-la gub-ba
é uz-gin ki-gal-la guz-za
é uz-gin ki-gal-la gul-la
igi-nu-gál ba-an-ku
igi-nu-bad ba-an-ku
igi-nu-bad ba-an-ku
igi i-gál ba-an-ta-é
igi-bad ba-an-ta-é
igi-bad ib-ta-é
ki-búr-bi é-dub-ba-ám
ki-búr-bi é-dub-ba-a
ki-búr-bi é-dub-ba-ám
Answer: school.
dingir nam-lú-lu-gin
su ba-an-kar-re
ki-búr-bi pés-gi
Answer: canebrake mouse.
PRORA PVPPIQVE
CARENTEM
Answer: "Hi." This translates to "I send you a ship lacking stern and bow." Ship was "navem", and "hi" was "ave". "navem" minus "n" and "m" makes "hi."
The letter "m". It translates as "I am the beginning of the world and the end of ages, yet I am not a god." Mundi, "world" begins with M and saeculoum, ages, ends with M.
Here's some classics
"I can have no color, though there may be darkness within. I have no weight and hold nothing, and if placed in a container it becomes lighter."
Answer: Hole
"Of all your possessions, I am the hardest to guard. If you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me, you no longer have me."
Answer: Secret
"Alive as you but without breath, as cold in my life as in my death; never a thirst though. I always drink dressed in a mail but never a cling."
Answer: Fish
"I am free for the taking through all of your life, though given but once at birth. I am less than nothing in weight, but will fell the strongest of you if held."
Answer: Breath
"I have holes throughout, from back to front and top to bottom to core. More nothing than something within, and yet I still hold water."
Answer: A Sponge
"They flow and leap, but only as you pass. Dress yourself in darkest black, and they are darker still. Always they flee in the light, though without the sun there would be none."
Answer: Shadows
"They come to witness the night without being called, a sailor's guide and a poet's tears. They are lost to sight each day without the hand of a thief."
Answer: Stars
"The more that there is, the less that you see. Squint all you wish when surrounded by me."
Answer: Darkness
"The life I lead is mere hours or less, I serve all my time by being consumed. I am quickest when thin, slowest when fat, and wind is the bane of the gift that I bring."
Answer: A Candle
"The man who invented it, doesn't want it for himself. The man who bought it, doesn't need it for himself. The man who needs it, doesn't know when he needs it."
Answer: A Coffin
"A spirited jig it dances bright, banishing all but darkest night. Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die."
Answer: Fire
"Lighter than what I am made of, more of me is hidden than is seen, I am the bane of the mariner, a tooth within the sea. Speak my name."
Answer: Ice
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Well evil dragon can get pissed off very easily but like you say, you don't want to roast them. So just tell them to drop their money and equipment on the ground, now if one of them is foolish enough to actually fight the dragon for it...yeah it's a dragon, he will not show any mercy, even less from not even level 3 adventurers. Or of course, you could take advantage of the wyrm being able to cast sorcerer spells, to cast a spell that would knock them out, like sleep and fade to black with them later on without any equipment somewhere outside of the forest.
The answer to the male one is incorrect. It says "half", not "more than half", and 5 male, 2 female is still more than half, so all of them having to be male doesn't make sense even with that proviso.
The answer to the male one is incorrect. It says "half", not "more than half", and 5 male, 2 female is still more than half, so all of them having to be male doesn't make sense even with that proviso.
Yes half are male, and the other half are also male.
Bastion Girl you could also use Bilbo and Gollum's riddles.