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Chaosvii7
2011-04-23, 11:51 PM
I hate to get too specific, but I need at least 6 riddles regarding cold weather. And I do not want to use the "0 degrees farenheit outside" riddle because nobody in my roleplaying group is a chemistry major and I'm not that evil. The answers do not have to be multiple words, or even letters, as long as they have an answer(which I'm fairly certain is what makes a riddle).

All the riddles you can manage to give me will be much appreciated.

Don Blake
2011-04-23, 11:58 PM
Q: What bites with no teeth?
A: Frost

Q: When I grow I come closer to the ground.
A: An icicle.

navar100
2011-04-24, 12:17 AM
Painting of a judge in a criminal proceeding.



Justice

Just Ice

Chaosvii7
2011-04-24, 12:17 AM
Q: What bites with no teeth?
A: Frost

Q: When I grow I come closer to the ground.
A: An icicle.

Wow, those are actually very good. Thank you.

Djinn_in_Tonic
2011-04-24, 12:32 AM
I'm thrice again larger than all you can see,
Yet lighter by far than my weighty ancestry.

An Iceberg. Ice is lighter than the water it is formed from, and most of an iceberg is hidden below the surface of the water. This one might be rather difficult without more hints though...

AsteriskAmp
2011-04-24, 12:36 AM
I'm thrice again larger than all you can see,
Yet lighter by far than my weighty ancestry.

An Iceberg. Ice is lighter than the water it is formed from, and most of an iceberg is hidden below the surface of the water. This one might be rather difficult without more hints though...

This one does kinda involve chemistry, and even there, it's an exception to the rule that the densest state will usually be solid.

Chaosvii7
2011-04-24, 11:05 AM
I appreciate the effort. I don't know how well it will go over, but I'll use it. I'd be willing to try and other riddles, too.

@navar: That one's funny. I think I'll try and use that one, too. Just need to change the punchline up a little, which I think I can handle on my own.

Toofey
2011-04-24, 01:09 PM
hehehe...

What's the Rumbling Noise?

An avalanche.

randomhero00
2011-04-24, 01:22 PM
Ice under the spot light
can come in long light
But something between is the biggest fright!
Slippery it remains till night.
But when morning comes its right back to night - mare time.

What am I?

Sleet (or black ice if you're feeling nice)

Fiery Diamond
2011-04-24, 01:44 PM
Ice under the spot light
can come in long light
But something between is the biggest fright!
Slippery it remains till night.
But when morning comes its right back to night - mare time.

What am I?

Sleet (or black ice if you're feeling nice)

Actually, black ice is caused as much (or more often) by freezing rain as by sleet.

randomhero00
2011-04-24, 02:39 PM
Actually, black ice is caused as much (or more often) by freezing rain as by sleet.

Whatever :P know-it-all. Either answer works.

The1exile
2011-04-24, 02:50 PM
This one does kinda involve chemistry, and even there, it's an exception to the rule that the densest state will usually be solid.

You can rewrite it to be less chemistry inclined if you like:

I am the bane of the mariner
A tooth in in the sea
What am I?

This avoids all the extra fluff (lighter than what I'm made of, more of me is hidden than seen, etc) but chuck them together to make whatever riddle you want.

Fiery Diamond
2011-04-24, 03:36 PM
Whatever :P know-it-all. Either answer works.

:smalltongue: *grins widely* :smallbiggrin:

Sillycomic
2011-04-24, 04:11 PM
What did one snowman say to the other snowman?

Smells like carrots.

Chaosvii7
2011-04-24, 08:00 PM
Oh my, these riddles are very helpful. Thanks, everyone.

For reference, I need at least two more. Three would be optimal. Not trying to rush anybody. Thank you all for the help so far.

Popertop
2011-04-24, 09:01 PM
I'm thrice again larger than all you can see,
Yet lighter by far than my weighty ancestry.

An Iceberg. Ice is lighter than the water it is formed from, and most of an iceberg is hidden below the surface of the water. This one might be rather difficult without more hints though...

"Weighty ancestry" seems like it could throw some people off.
If I didn't know it was an iceberg already, then I might have trouble with it.


You can rewrite it to be less chemistry inclined if you like:

I am the bane of the mariner
A tooth in in the sea
What am I?

This avoids all the extra fluff (lighter than what I'm made of, more of me is hidden than seen, etc) but chuck them together to make whatever riddle you want.

This seems too obvious.


Do they need to be riddles, or can it be more like an algebra/word problem?

One thing you can do is put a riddle with no answer, and just see what happens.

Cartigan
2011-04-24, 09:04 PM
hehehe...

What's the Rumbling Noise?

An avalanche.

The best riddles are the ones where they go "What? That's not a riddle- oh shi-"

Lochar
2011-04-24, 09:07 PM
I am utterly unique, yet to you we are all the same.

What am I?


A Snowflake.

Mutazoia
2011-04-24, 09:58 PM
From a sky of lead
Silver crystals start to fall
Dust from angels' hands
Dunes of white cover all
Shifting across the land
What am I?

Dimers
2011-04-24, 11:37 PM
Another wording for the icicle riddle: "Lives in winter, dies in summer, grows with its root upwards."

A variation on a standard form, the answer being "breath" -- "Light as a feather yet you cannot hold it five minutes; you may see it before you but your hands will never capture it."

Snow in an old man's beard: "Silver draped in white, I make the men bow their heads."

Glare: "Though ne'er you look to the sky, still I will burn your eye. Banished by verdure, boulders or mice, I still rule the places where only is ice."

If the cold is due to extreme latitude and the characters are from temperate areas, you can put in a riddle about the changing length of the day.

Asheram
2011-04-25, 01:12 PM
I collect what man values the most.
I keep it all to myself so that men keeps living.

The polar ice.

Cartigan
2011-04-25, 01:16 PM
I collect what man values the most.
I keep it all to myself so that men keeps living.

The polar ice.

No one will ever get that.

Asheram
2011-04-25, 02:07 PM
No one will ever get that.

*shrugs* It's a base to build on. :smallsmile:

Chaosvii7
2011-04-25, 06:15 PM
Thank you for the riddles!

While we're talking about building on stuff, I fixed up the Black Ice/Sleet riddle. I wanted to see what you all thought of it.

Snow comes under the sky bright,
Hail could come in the long night.
But something between is a true fright!
After, it remains in sight.
Encounter it and it's right back to night.
For you, at least.
What am I?

Fiery Diamond
2011-04-25, 09:53 PM
Thank you for the riddles!

While we're talking about building on stuff, I fixed up the Black Ice/Sleet riddle. I wanted to see what you all thought of it.

Snow comes under the sky bright,
Hail could come in the long night.
But something between is a true fright!
After, it remains in sight.
Encounter it and it's right back to night.
For you, at least.
What am I?

I like it! I may yoink it for my own use, if that's okay! :smalltongue:

Chaosvii7
2011-04-26, 06:38 PM
I like it! I may yoink it for my own use, if that's okay! :smalltongue:

That isn't a problem in the least. While we're on the subject, does anyone else have more riddles? One more and I should be good. If not, that's OK.

Don Blake
2011-04-27, 12:47 AM
Walking-mountain, Boulder-Father
Ground-Scorer, Creeping-Juggernaut

What am I?

Fiery Diamond
2011-04-27, 01:05 AM
Walking-mountain, Boulder-Father
Ground-Scorer, Creeping-Juggernaut

What am I?

A Glacier. I like this one too.

CapnVan
2011-04-27, 12:50 PM
If I may suggest one last one, with accompanying problem:

Players get to a sign hung on a frozen tree. It reads, "Who's got neither leaves nor nuts?" Give it to the reader on a piece of paper, so he can read it aloud to the party.

At which point, the very cold, very annoyed treant gives the double-thumbs, and shouts, "This guy right heah!"
:smallwink:

ericgrau
2011-04-27, 01:17 PM
There once was a man named Trevor
Of him a snowstorm got the better
He defeated the weather
With hardwood and leather
You see his ankles used to be wetter

flabort
2011-04-27, 01:27 PM
I hold your trail
Let go in a wind
Blown up high piles
to be knocked down again.

You think the answer is snow? Wrong, it's actually Sand. :smallwink: