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Hymn
Senior Scribe
Sweden
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 Posted - 29 Jul 2003 : 10:58:50
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Here are another riddle.
How many halflings can a troll eat on an empty stomach?
I havent experinced it myself, beeing a halfling and all, but I am sure it's not that nice in there.
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Sauro moki kara ochiro - Even monkeys falls from trees.
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Nocturno
Acolyte
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Posted - 30 Jul 2003 : 13:19:07
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| Of course only one because after the first the stomach will not be empty but ý dont think that troll would care this much he would eat until the halflings finish |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 30 Jul 2003 : 13:52:18
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Dang it, Nocturno beat me to it.  |
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Nocturno
Acolyte
25 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2003 : 15:37:08
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Dang it, Nocturno beat me to it.
ý must admit ý read this riddle in elfsong and ý knew the answer ý think knowlage beats intelegece sometimes |
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DarkMistress
Acolyte
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 Jul 2003 : 21:26:54
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Heres one for ya:
You are by a river. all you have is a chicken, a fox some corn and a boat. You must cross the river in the boat and your other belongings must be unharmed. The boat only holds two people. Which order do you take your things across in? |
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Mythander
Learned Scribe
USA
121 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2003 : 22:45:59
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Originally posted by DarkMistress
Heres one for ya:
You are by a river. all you have is a chicken, a fox some corn and a boat. You must cross the river in the boat and your other belongings must be unharmed. The boat only holds two people. Which order do you take your things across in?
Bring Chicken, then fox, bring back chicken, leave chicken, take corn, leave corn with fox, then get chicken.
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Wow! That has no saving throw written all over it. |
Edited by - Mythander on 30 Jul 2003 22:46:41 |
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Salabasha
Learned Scribe
Portugal
216 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2003 : 00:02:22
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Riddles eh? Here are 5.
1) A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?
2) A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?
3) If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
4) There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time? (Toughy... unless you already know the answer  )
5) The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how? (Think hard on this one)
I will post the answers later. Good luck. |
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Nocturno
Acolyte
25 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2003 : 00:54:26
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Originally posted by Salabasha
Riddles eh? Here are 5.
1) A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?
2) A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?
3) If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
4) There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time? (Toughy... unless you already know the answer )
5) The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how? (Think hard on this one)
I will post the answers later. Good luck.
the third is the esiest one so you will be the first ýf itthough ý will try to think about the others with a good sake of mind ý drank 2 bootles of wine and ý m not a dwarf |
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Zacas
Learned Scribe
USA
261 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2003 : 04:20:04
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1. All of them are boys.
2. The Farmer... he carried the actual sack of grain, the hired help just carried sacks... empty.
3. If you passed the person in second place, you'd now be the person in second place... as there'd still be a person in front of the 2nd place person...
4. Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing- sin - in- i
5. C and Y |
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Hymn
Senior Scribe
Sweden
514 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2003 : 05:58:19
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Good that was an easy on if you read the book, as one should.
Here comes another one. (not from the book though)
First will be last
Last will be first
And all in between will also be cursed
Open the door and the thing will be there
So be carefull and beware! |
Sauro moki kara ochiro - Even monkeys falls from trees.
The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant - Miyamoto Musashi |
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Mournblade
Master of Realmslore
USA
1288 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2003 : 06:53:54
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Why is there more than one riddle scroll? Can't we concentrate them to one scroll?
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A wizard is Never late Frodo Baggins. Nor is he Early. A wizard arrives precisely when he means to... |
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DarkMistress
Acolyte
United Kingdom
11 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2003 : 14:08:16
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Mythander, your answer to my riddle is correct. Well done! It confused me at first.
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2003 : 01:49:51
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Indeed, Mournblade. As it is, these riddles aren't exactly FR material (though I like the idea of putting riddles in a campaign), and I'm sure that multiple instances of this must be annoying a certain moderator.
Perhaps he might use his secret spell on the excess: Alaundo's Improved Arcane Lock. |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Aug 2003 : 19:51:19
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quote:
Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Indeed, Mournblade. As it is, these riddles aren't exactly FR material (though I like the idea of putting riddles in a campaign), and I'm sure that multiple instances of this must be annoying a certain moderator.
Perhaps he might use his secret spell on the excess: Alaundo's Improved Arcane Lock.
Well Met
Indeed, my dear Bookwyrm. I had mentioned sticking to a single scroll for riddles some time ago, but alas there are now even more clogging up the library. I will cast the spell of Alaundo's Arcane Lock (I must work on the "improved" version though ) and will also be calling an end to such topics. Whilst entertaining, I fail to see Realmslore relevence in such as these and... ::dodges a thrown rotten tomato:: ....therefore, such scrolls ....::bends to pick up scrolls as a foul rotten egg narrowly misses his head::
  ::quickly runs out the room with a bundle of scrolls under his arm::  |
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