Riddle - who can solve this?

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Riddle - who can solve this?

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Ok, working on a riddle for the sub-level. Let me see how hard or how easy this is. Post your answers.

"It lies above, you search below
The depths of which you do not know
A cap of white can touch the sky
Go underneath and you might die."


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Post by Halaster Blackcloak »

And an alternative:

"Four kings, their servants and queens
Ten others standing, their faces unseen
Two families dark, two families bright
Dancing amongst themselves into the night"


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Post by Tawnos76 »

I would say the first it the Ocean.

I will have to give an answer later on the second
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Second riddle: Deck of cards?
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D'oh! Riddles give me a headache! #@ :oops: :)
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Tawnos, "an ocean" is not the right answer.

Tarrax, "a deck of cards" is the right answer.

So which would be better to use?
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Post by Tarrax Ironwolf »

If you're looking to really stump the players, then the first one. I still have no clue as to what it is, unless the answers 'a mountain'? But otherwise, if you want to give your players a fighting chance, then the second.
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Post by Halaster Blackcloak »

Yup, the first one is "Undermountain" or perhaps more accurately, Mt. Waterdeep.
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