Dungeons and Dragons is a game of imagination and strategy, and adding riddles to your session can add an extra layer of challenge for your players. As a Dungeon Master, incorporating riddles into your game can provide a fun and interactive way for players to solve puzzles and advance their quests. To help you get started, we've compiled a list of thought-provoking riddles that are sure to keep your players on their toes. So sit back, sharpen your mind, and get ready for a riddle-filled adventure!
Welcome to our D&D riddles Mega List!
Riddle #67
A word I know, six letters it contains,
Remove one letter and twelve remains.What is it?
~ Dozens
Riddle #66
It stalks the countryside with ears that can’t hear.
What is it?
~ Corn
Riddle #65
People make me,
Save me,
Change me,
Raise me.
What am I?
~ Money
Riddle #64
A precious item born of coal;
The tool with which a hole is made.
A weapon made from unwanted wood;
The beating life that lies within.
Many hands, many faces.
A full court lies inside.
Tell me what I am.
~ A Deck of Cards
Riddle #63
How can four be half of five?
~ IV - When it's written in Roman numerals
Riddle #62
I turn once, what is out will not get in.
I turn again, what is in will not get out.
What am I?
~ A Key
Riddle #61
The more there is, the less you see. What is it?
~ Darkness
Riddle #60
What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
~Your Left Hand
Riddle #59
What is always in front of you but can never be seen?
~The Future
Riddle #58
Red when born,
Oil makes me dull.
Shiny when old,
Water makes me red.
What am I?
~A Sword
Riddle #57
It's the answer to every question you've got.
When you think you have it, you have it not.
What is it?
~Knowledge
Riddle #56
At the beginning I am nothing,
At the end I change it all.
I am the least amongst my siblings,
Yet the first to be recalled.
I am the product of everything,
But I am infinitely small.
What am I?
~0 (Zero)
Riddle #55
Three skins have we.
One of life, then one of death, then one that’s not our own.
We’re dry when we’re wet and wet when we’re dry.
Flesh with no warmth,
Bleed with no blood,
Body but no soul.
What are we?
~Grapes
Riddle #54
While at first I might be brittle,
As you work me, soft I’ll be.
Quench my thirst with dirty water,
Me unbreakable you’ll see.
Put my body not in heaven,
I’ll turn blue, then red, then white.
Though you many times will strike me,
Loyal by your side I’ll fight.
What am I?
~A Sword
Riddle #53
He who takes it doesn’t know it.
He who has it doesn’t tell.
He who makes it always hides it.
He who knows it doesn’t sell.
What is it?
~Counterfeit Money
Riddle #52
Passed from father to son,
And shared between brothers.
Its importance is unquestioned,
Though it is used more by others.
What is it?
~ Surname
Riddle #51
Today he is there to trip you up,
And he will torture you tomorrow.
Yet he is also there to ease the pain,
When you are lost in grief and sorrow.
What is he?
~ Alcohol
Riddle #50
I have lived for many ages,
but I'm no older than a month
What am I?
~ The Moon
Riddle #49
The ocean is my mother,
And my children lakes and streams.
Sometimes clothed in silver and gold,
Many still insist I’m dull.
Though I’m void of any colour,
I give life to all that’s green.
~ Clouds
Riddle #48
Four siblings born together,
Though different could not they be.
The first runs and never wearies.
The second eats and is never full.
The third drinks and is always thirsty.
The fourth sings a song so shrill.
~ Water, Fire, Earth, Wind
Riddle #47
I shine brightest in the dark.
Though I’m there I can’t be seen.
To possess me costs you nothing.
And without me you’ll lose everything.
What am I?
~ Hope
Riddle #46
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What am I?
~ Footsteps
Riddle #45
An untiring servant it is,
Carrying loads across muddy earth.
But one thing that cannot be forced,
Is a return to the place of its birth.
~ River
Riddle #44
In the form of fork or sheet,
I hit the ground.
And if you wait a heartbeat,
You can hear my roaring sound.
What am I?
~ Lightning
Riddle #43
Found by the wise,
Lost by the weak,
Broken, not damaged,
Carried, never touched,
Sweet, not tasted,
Unique, but universal.
What am I?
~ Voice
Riddle #42
Brought to the table.
Cut and served.
Never eaten.
What am I?
~ Cards
Riddle #41
Though I’m tender,
I’m not to be eaten.
Though fresh mint,
Nor your breath to sweeten.
What am I?
~ Money
Riddle #40
What is so fragile even whispering its name will kill it?
~ Silence
Riddle #39
You write me with five letters,
But seven I contain.
I have keys but no locks,
Keep time but no clocks.
~ Music
Riddle #38
The foolish man wastes me,
The average man spends me,
And wise man invests me,
Yet all men succumb to me.
What am I?
~ Time
Riddle #37
When you don’t need me,
you hold me close.
But when you need me,
you have to drop me.
What am I?
~ An Anchor
Riddle #36
Feed me and I will live,
give me a drink and I will die.
What am I?
~ Fire
Riddle #35
Two friends stand
And travel together,
One nearly useless
Without the other.
~ Legs
Riddle #34
What five letter long word becomes shorter when you add two letters?
~ Short
Riddle #33
Many have heard me,
yet nobody has seen me.
I never speak back unless spoken to.
What am I?
~ An Echo
Riddle #32
I have a golden head,
And a tail of gold,
But no body.
What am I?
~ A Coin
Riddle #31
I have holes on the top and bottom.
I have holes on my left and on my right.
And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water.
What am I?
~ A Sponge
Riddle #30
Four letters I contain,
Forward backwards I’m the same,
Upside down I have no change.
What am I?
~ NOON
Riddle #29
What can you catch but never throw?
~ Your Breath
Riddle #28
Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day.
They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish.
One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each.
How can this be possible?
~ It is a Father, Son and Grandfather.
Riddle #27
I am not alive, but I can grow;
I don’t have lungs, but air I breath;
I have no mouth, but water drowns.
~ Fire
Riddle #26
What starts with an E,
Ends with an E,
But only contains one letter?
~ Envelope
Riddle #25
A thousand coloured folds stretch toward the sky,
Atop a tender strand,
Rising from the land,
‘Til killed by maiden’s hand,
Perhaps a token of love, perhaps to say goodbye.
~ A Flower
Riddle #24
I go around in circles,
But always straight ahead
Never complain,
No matter where I am led.
~ A Wheel
Riddle #23
Alive without breath,
As cold as death,
Clad in mail never clinking,
Never thirsty, ever drinking
~ A Fish
Riddle #22
One by one we fall from heaven down into the depths of past,
And our world is ever upturned so that yet some time we’ll last.
~ Sands in an hourglass
Riddle #21
You saw me where I never was and where I could not be.
And yet within that very place, my face you often see.
~ A Reflection
Riddle #20
Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all letter, the first of all numbers, Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.
~ DAVID (Roman numerals)
Riddle #19
Man walks over, man walks under, in times of war he burns asunder.
~ A Bridge
Riddle #18
What is it that you ought to keep after you have given it to someone else?
~ Your Word
Riddle #17
Often held but never touched,
Always wet but never rusts,
Often bites but seldom bit,
To use me well you must have wit.
~ Tongue
Riddle #16
Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.
~ Water
Riddle #15
What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich lack, and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?
~ Nothing
Riddle #14
What goes through a door but never goes in or comes out?
~ A Keyhole
Riddle #13
What falls but never breaks?
What breaks but never falls?
~ Night and Day
Riddle #12
I am born in fear, raised in truth, and I come to my own in deed.
When comes a time that I’m called forth, I come to serve the cause of need.
~ Courage
Riddle #11
The cost of making only the maker knows, Valueless if bought, but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as a king. When one is broken pain and deceit are assured.
~ A Promise
Riddle #10
Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue, and grey,
I’m read from both ends,
And the same either way.
~ Eye
Riddle #9
What has cities, but no houses;
Forests, but no trees;
And water, but no fish?
~ A map
Riddle #8
A Father’s child,
A Mother’s child,
Yet no one’s son.
Who am I?
~ The Daughter
Riddle #7
Never resting, never still.
Moving silently from hill to hill.
It does not walk, run or trot.
All is cool where it is not.
~ Sunshine
Riddle #6
If you drop me, I’m sure to crack.
Give me a smile, and I’ll always smile back.
~ A mirror
Riddle #5
What is it that given one, you’ll have either two or none?
~ A choice
Riddle #4
My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick.
Fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?
~ A Candle
Riddle #3
Bright as diamonds,
Loud as thunder,
Never still,
A thing of wonder.
~ A Waterfall
Riddle #2
I don’t have eyes,
But once I did see.
I once had thoughts,
Now white and empty.
~ A Skull
Riddle #1
What always runs but never walks.
Often murmurs, never talks.
Has a bed but never sleeps.
An open mouth that never eats?
~ A River
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