Can you solve this riddle?

Renodox · Sun 10/02/2013 08:46:11

*Sigh* I was really hoping they wouldn't be taken that quickly...

One pace to the North.
Two paces to the East.
Two paces to the South.
Two paces to the West.
One pace to the North.

selmiak · Sun 10/02/2013 14:53:49

a square?

Renodox · Sun 10/02/2013 22:28:35

I'm somewhat wondering if everyone has the game already... Oh well, here's a few of them:

1. Four legs in front, two behind.
Its steely armor scratched and
Dented by rocks and sticks
Still it toils as it helps feed
The hungry.

2. Though not a plant, has leaves.
Though not a beast, has spine.
Though many wouldn't need this thing,
'Tis more valuable than wine.

3. The chill of its death,
You may soon mourn.
But though it dies,
It cannot be born.

Stupot · Sun 10/02/2013 23:27:28

Quote from: Renodox on Sun 10/02/2013 22:28:35
2. Though not a plant, has leaves.
Though not a beast, has spine.
Though many wouldn't need this thing,
'Tis more valuable than wine.

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A book? Not sure about the other ones, yet.

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selmiak · Mon 11/02/2013 00:10:55

3 could be fire.

Renodox · Mon 11/02/2013 00:21:53

Okay, the two answers I got are correct. That last one still has to be solved since a new one is brought up.

Snake · Mon 11/02/2013 01:28:17

1. A Harrow of some sort? I thought disc harrow at first, but I don't think they have wheels. Tracker = the four legs in front and the harrow = the two legs in back. The hungry = the cows

Renodox · Mon 11/02/2013 03:02:18

CLOSE! That's VERY CLOSE. However, that's not QUITE the answer to the riddle...

Crimson Wizard · Mon 11/02/2013 07:49:43

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1. Four legs in front, two behind.
Its steely armor scratched and
Dented by rocks and sticks
Still it toils as it helps feed
The hungry.

That's a horse, the man and the plow, I guess

Renodox · Tue 12/02/2013 04:22:22

Very good. Okay, three more:

1. The light one breaks but never falls.
His brother falls but never breaks.

2. You see it about in field and town,
It cannot get up, but will oft fall down.

3. Though easy to spot, when allowed to plume
It is hard to see, when held in a room.

Andail · Tue 12/02/2013 08:00:11

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1. Day/night
2. The rain?

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Haggis · Tue 12/02/2013 10:24:05

3 = Smoke. In a home the fireplace / chimney would conceal it... unless it's raging out of control.

Renodox · Wed 13/02/2013 06:22:40

Okay, let me know when you get tired of these.

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.

2. A precious gift, this, yet it has no end or beginning,
And in the middle nothing.

3. Silently he stalks me, running as I run,
Creeping as I creep, dressed in black
He disappears at night, only to return with the sun.

Crimson Wizard · Wed 13/02/2013 07:58:15

These three were too simple

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1. Ears
2. The ring.
3. Shadow.

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Renodox · Wed 13/02/2013 08:21:26

Simple they were but you got one wrong. The first one. (Though your answer may technically be right, this is going off of the answers in the game).

Crimson Wizard · Wed 13/02/2013 08:56:03

Quote from: Renodox on Wed 13/02/2013 08:21:26
Though your answer may technically be right, this is going off of the answers in the game.

What an interesting rule. Meaning, if the riddle is composed so that it may have 100 possible answers, the correct one is still the one... that was chosen in some game?

mkennedy · Thu 14/02/2013 02:31:14

As I recall many of these riddles are from "Betrayal at Krondor"

Here's one I made up that gives a new twist to a rather well known riddle

What has 4 legs for breakfast, two legs for lunch, and 3 legs for dinner?

CaptainD · Thu 14/02/2013 09:02:05

Quote from: mkennedy on Thu 14/02/2013 02:31:14
What has 4 legs for breakfast, two legs for lunch, and 3 legs for dinner?

A housebot with detachable limbs?

Renodox · Thu 14/02/2013 09:05:54

QuoteWhat an interesting rule. Meaning, if the riddle is composed so that it may have 100 possible answers, the correct one is still the one... that was chosen in some game?

HA HA! That's a good one! Yes, it is odd but it was what I figured was needed.

The actual answer was "Eyes." However, yes they are from Betrayal at Krondor and those are the answers I'm looking for. Since we seem to have a pretty worthy riddle up, I'll leave off for now.

Crimson Wizard · Thu 14/02/2013 09:17:27

Quote from: Renodox on Thu 14/02/2013 09:05:54
The actual answer was "Eyes."

Oh noes... I was so close.

Quote from: mkennedy on Thu 14/02/2013 02:31:14
What has 4 legs for breakfast, two legs for lunch, and 3 legs for dinner?

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I remember very similar riddle, that was like "Who walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in midday and 3 legs in the evening". The answer was: a man, who crawls on four as a baby, walks on two as a grown up and uses stick for extra support in the older ages.
But at this time, it might be just a guy who loves eating chicken legs or something.

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