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[Bri]

You face south, it faces north.
You appear sad, it is also sad.
You appear glad, it is also glad.

[Bri]

Four stunning feet I have and hands a pair,
Unlike myself, not one and one I fare,
I ride and walk at once for me two bodies bear.

[Bri]

There was a girl in our town
Silk an' satin was her gown
Silk an' satin, gold an' velvet
Guess her name, three times I've telled it


And another one:
Long, swift daughter of the forest and borne along,
With an innumerable throng of companions
equally encompassed,
I speed over many paths, leaving not a trace behind.


And another one...
Two brothers we are; great burdens we bear,
By which we are heavily pressed;
The truth is to say, we are full all the day
And empty when we go to rest.

[Bri]

Goes 'round the house and 'round the house
And drops a white glove at each window.


And another one...
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And never goes?

[Bri]

What weeps without eye or eyelid, her tears rejoicing songs and fathers--
And when she laughs and no tears fall, her laughter saddens all hearts.


Another one:
Soldiers without souls fight without pay.


Another one:
It increases and decreases
And no one sees it
It is not a fire
And yet it can be quenched.


Yet again:
What is it that is wingless and legless
Yet flies and cannot be imprisoned

[Kish]

And another one...
Two brothers we are; great burdens we bear,
By which we are heavily pressed;
The truth is to say, we are full all the day
And empty when we go to rest.

I can think of one immediate problem with this--and with a lot of the riddles Tashia already asks in-game, too.

They're posed at Spellhold.

I'd really suggest taking all riddles that duplicate riddles used elsewhere in the game out.

[Bri]

Ah, yes, that is what I plan to do. These were ones I had that I wasn't sure if they were up in there or not, but I would have double checked to make sure if they were or they weren't.

However, up to this point, I do believe outside of one individual mentioning a riddle book for me to peruse, I am the only one to even take a stab at adding new riddles, even though the thread has been open a long time.

[Uriel]

Has anyone here played "Betrayal at Krondor"? The game has some pretty good riddles on the Moredhel word boxes. Most of them are simple, others seem complicated until solved, then afterwards they seem brain-dead easy. For example:

"Brought to the table.
Cut and served.
Never eaten."

This had me stumped for hours, until I found the obvious answer: Cards.
Boy I felt stupid after this incident.

[Bri]

Hmm, looks like a good riddle. Myself, I've heard of the game, but never played it.

[Uriel]

Hmm, looks like a good riddle. Myself, I've heard of the game, but never played it.

It's a great game. Good story, and it's chapter based, like BG. Made many years before BG, as well. Never did complete it, though.

I have the whole list of the game's riddles on my HD. Here's two more:

1. "Be you ever so quick, With vision keen, By your eyes, We are
never seen. Unless, perchance, It should come to pass, You see our
reflection, In a looking glass."

Answer = Eyes

2. "Put into a pit. Locked behind a steel grate.
Guarded all through the night, still it goes out."

Answer = Fire

[Bri]

One thing I will also do is not only try to cull the in game riddles from Tashia's list, but there are some that have the same answer...but different riddles (like 2 or 3 different riddles which the answer is star). Frankly, I think one answer should be appropriate...and one answer for that riddle. But this may not be doable if too much of it is already taken by the in game riddles