D&D 5E Sphinx riddles

[TheCosmicKid]

There's a CLEAN answer?

Sort of. I'm an Old English geek, so I actually know that one. It and a couple of other "dirty mind" riddles are written down in the primary source without any answers, but there's a scholarly consensus on what they are. You guys are on the right track.

 

[jaelis]

Sort of. I'm an Old English geek, so I actually know that one. It and a couple of other "dirty mind" riddles are written down in the primary source without any answers, but there's a scholarly consensus on what they are. You guys are on the right track.

I didn't know the original answer wasn't given, that is pretty cool. But the answer I know (I assume its the consensus) fits very well, at least when you bear in mind the time the riddle was written.

So what are the other old English dirty mind riddles? Those monks were good

 

[TheCosmicKid]

But the answer I know (I assume its the consensus) fits very well, at least when you bear in mind the time the riddle was written.

Yeah, once you unlock the answer it's very obvious. It's not like some old riddles (like that Babylonian one upthread) where you just go WTF?

So what are the other old English dirty mind riddles? Those monks were good

The 'Obscene' Riddles of the Exeter Book

(And there are a bunch of other riddles too.)

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Well, I checked the link and thus accidentally "cheated." Although I agree that the answer is obvious once you get it, there's a huge stumbling block in that the thing in question is...not quite the same nowadays as it was when the Exeter Book was written.

 

[jaelis]

Yes, that's why I made sure to mention when it was written. But it's an appropriate time period for dnd you must admit

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Figured out the "dirty" one- it was actually the first thing I thought, but convinced myself that couldn't be it.

 

[Bacon Bits]

Seated high above the land,
I have a face; I have no hands.
Night might wax and day may wane:
Beneath me, no one walks unseen.
Ever at rest, but no rest for me,
I determine your destiny.
You knew me not for all your lives.
Now, know me not, and you shall die.

The sky.

Swings by his thigh
A thing most magical!
Below the belt
Beneath the folds
Of his clothes it hangs
A hole in its front end,
Stiff-set and stout
It swivels about.

Leveling the head
Of this hanging tool,
Its wielder hoists his hem
Above his knee;
It is his will to fill
A well-known hole
That it fits fully
When at full length.

He's oft filled it before.
Now he fills it again.

A belt, or possibly just pants.

The old Betrayal at Krondor wordlock chests are still my favorite. With the exception of a few world-centric chests, they're all good riddles.

My favorite is still:

With flashing sword and booming cry
With darkness staining land and sky
The army comes prepared to die
Soldiers fall in glistening dress
As battles are joined without egress
Save comfort in the earth's caress

It's not difficult, but it's very poetic.

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

Run a sphinx recently? Or maybe you're just a fan of the classics? Share your riddles here!

Seated high above the land,
I have a face; I have no hands.
Night might wax and day may wane:
Beneath me, no one walks unseen.
Ever at rest, but no rest for me,
I determine your destiny.
You knew me not for all your lives.
Now, know me not, and you shall die.

Tomorrow? Or, the future?

 

[TheCosmicKid]

The sky.

Tomorrow? Or, the future?

Andro: Surely you're not going to eat all those people, dear?
Gyno: I'm afraid I must, my love. The terms of our contest are quite uncompromising on this point. Why, if I didn't eat them, they could sue me!
Andro: It does see a bit... excessive, though. Couldn't you just kill them, and eat them later?
Gyno: And where would we keep them? Mortal bodies raise the most terrible stink, you'll recall. What would the neighbors think?
Andro: The neighbors are jackalweres. Still, I suppose you're right. Very well, if duty calls, I shan't sit in your way.
Gyno: OM NOM NOM

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Andro: Surely you're not going to eat all those people, dear?
Gyno: I'm afraid I must, my love. The terms of our contest are quite uncompromising on this point. Why, if I didn't eat them, they could sue me!
Andro: It does see a bit... excessive, though. Couldn't you just kill them, and eat them later?
Gyno: And where would we keep them? Mortal bodies raise the most terrible stink, you'll recall. What would the neighbors think?
Andro: The neighbors are jackalweres. Still, I suppose you're right. Very well, if duty calls, I shan't sit in your way.
Gyno: OM NOM NOM

Jackalwere Youth to Andro: Your wife is so fat!

Several Jackalwere Youths in chorus: HOW FAT IS SHE?

Jackalwere Youth to Andro: Ya Gyno is so big and fat that she can get busy
with twenty-two suckling pigs, but times are rough
I seen her in the back of Lembas Bell with handcuffs.*


















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