Good, little known, riddles

[2012 Wont Happen]

I am currently working on a Mod for Morrowind called the Riddle Castle. It adds a small shack outside of Balmora that, when entered, reveals a large, multilevel dungeon that the player will progress through by following a series of riddles. Failure to complete riddles, once inside, will result in the death of the player.

The problem is, I am not the best at constructing riddles myself, and I want to provide players with a somewhat unique experience. That's not to say that I don't want any riddles that are well-known (for example, I'm using the always truth always lies riddle from The Labyrinth), but I want to mix in at least a few unknown riddles so progress doesn't become tedious.

So, what are some good, and not too well known, riddles you guys know?

side topic
If any of you have ideas for rewards to get at the end of the castle, I'd like to hear them.

 

[iLikeHippos]

"If a beggar tells you "I always lie" is he telling you the truth?" < No. He occasionally lies though.
(I'll let other posters fill in some other questions.)

Side topic subject: Some sort of weapon with "Wit" in the end of it or something.

 

[Shru1kan]

Hm, maybe some sort of overall magicka booster or at least a decent increase in the areas of magic.

Seems the most fitting, sorry I cant help with the riddles part, though.

Oh, and beta test the hell out of it before you release it to the public. A death penalty style play that glitches makes people want to burn your house down.

If possible, incorporate a very vast and subtle (as in it'll take forever to take any hints to get through it) labyrinth that changes every time you enter the castle (have a rotation of 4-10 of them) so that its not as simple as memorizing the riddles. Adds replay value with some tedious, but simple work. This is a suggestion of how to increase replayability, but the point I feel I need to force on you is to somehow make it replayable besides just remembering what answers you clicked before.

 

[Ibanez887]

I got a good riddle for ya. "A bosmer walks into an inn. He asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a crossbow and aims for the wood elf's face. He says thank you and leaves. Why did he thank the bartender?" The answer would be He had hiccups.

Somw good loot would be something that boosts intelligence and maybe fority magicka. Something else like, maybe some resistances to things maybe good too
EDIT: also, try to make the loot level with the character, so a super high leveled, say, Spellsword who goes in to your castle doesnt get pissed for the lost time

 

[cuddly_tomato]

I am currently working on a Mod for Morrowind called the Riddle Castle.

Heavens to Betsy! Bit past it's prime no?

Anyway...

What do you call a 100 year old ant?

Spoiler

An antique.

SORRY!

Why don't anteaters get sick?

Spoiler

The are full of Antibodies

Ack!

Here is one that you might be able to adapt for Morrowind.

A man kills his wife. Many people watch him doing so. Yet no one will ever be able to accuse him of murder. Why?

Spoiler

He is an executioner and she happened to be sentenced to death.

 

[Brotherofwill]

What do you call a 100 year old ant?

Spoiler

An antique.

SORRY!

Why don't anteaters get sick?

Spoiler

The are full of Antibodies

Ack!

Those are hilarious!

Suggestion: Go play Prof. Layton on the DS, tons of these type of riddles for you, or just go and watch a 'Let's Play' of it.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

I am currently working on a Mod for Morrowind called the Riddle Castle.

Heavens to Betsy! Bit past it's prime no?

Past its prime? Yes. Past its relevance? No.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

What do you call a 100 year old ant?

Spoiler

An antique.

SORRY!

Why don't anteaters get sick?

Spoiler

The are full of Antibodies

Ack!

Those are hilarious!

Suggestion: Go play Prof. Layton on the DS, tons of these type of riddles for you, or just go and watch a 'Let's Play' of it.

What games to ants play with elephants?

Spoiler

squash

What do you call an ant who likes to be alone?

Spoiler

an independant

What kind of ant is good at maths?

Spoiler

an accountant

I AM SORRY EVERYONE!

I am currently working on a Mod for Morrowind called the Riddle Castle.

Heavens to Betsy! Bit past it's prime no?

Past its prime? Yes. Past its relevance? No.

I did rather love the game, but it is a tad dated for me.

Anyway, here you go...

You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again.
Then I die, 'Til you call me again
What am I?

Spoiler

An echo

I have streets but no pavement.
I have cities but no buildings.
I have forests yet no trees.
I have rivers yet no water.
What am I?

Spoiler

A map

A cloud was my mother,
the wind is my father,
my son is the cool stream,
and my daughter is the fruit of the land.
A rainbow is my bed,
the earth my final resting place,
and I'm the torment of man.
What am I?

Spoiler

Rain

 

[Daniel_Rosamilia]

'Until I am measured I am not known, but how you will miss me when I have flown'

Spoiler

Time

'The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?'

Spoiler

It's pretty obvious, a coffin.

'You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?'

Spoiler

An onion

'What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?'

Spoiler

A river

'I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?'

Spoiler

A shoe

Also, wheee do you plan of uploading this, if you ever do?
It would be rather popular, and very challenging.

 

[Snarky Username]

A man builds a house with all sides facing north. A bear walks by the house. What color is the bear?

Spoiler

It's white, because the house is built on the north pole.

You could also make this into a trick question, and say that the man built a house with all sides facing south, and ask what color the bear is.

Spoiler

This is a trick question, because there are no bears in the south pole

If all sides were pointing north, wouldn't the house be on the South Pole?

OP- Here's an oldie but a goodie. You walk into town wanting to get a haircut, but you don't want a hackjob. There are two barbers in town. Own has a good haircut, and one has a terrible one. Which do you go to?

Spoiler

The one with the terrible haircut because barbers can't cut their own hair, meaning they'll have to use each other to cut their hair. Meaning the person with a good haircut had his hair cut by the other barber.

Off-topic- am I the only one finding the Six Flag ad at the bottom of the website extremely creepy? The old man is staring at the kid with leukemia very strangely...

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

'Until I am measured I am not known, but how you will miss me when I have flown'

Spoiler

Time

'The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?'

Spoiler

It's pretty obvious, a coffin.

'You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?'

Spoiler

An onion

'What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?'

Spoiler

A river

'I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?'

Spoiler

A shoe

Also, wheee do you plan of uploading this, if you ever do?
It would be rather popular, and very challenging.

If I can get all the scripting working properly, I will upload it when I finish it. So far, I'm still working out scripting problems for room 1, but I am new to scripting for Morrowind, so maybe the work rate will pick up as I get used to using the tools.

 

[Superior Mind]

Don't know about little-known riddles but this is my favourite riddle.

'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in Hell,
And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of Earth, 'twas permitted to rest,
And in the depths of the ocean its presence confessed;
'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder,
Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder;
'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath,
Attends him at birth and awaits him at death,
Presides o'er his happiness, honor and health,
Is the prop of his house and the end of his wealth.
In the heaps of the miser, 'tis hoarded with care,
But is sure to be lost on his prodigal heir;
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound;
With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned;
Without it the soldier and seaman may roam,
But woe to the wretch who expels it from home!
In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found,
Nor e'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned;
'Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear,
It will make him acutely and instantly hear.
Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower;
Ah! Breath on it softly, it dies in an hour.

Spoiler: Answer

The letter "H".