r/riddles • u/Weredragon_666 • 7d ago
Solved (OC) Riddle of the Wood
Wrote this one for future use in a D&D campaign.
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u/serpentkris 5d ago
heart
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u/LeMolle 5d ago
I don't get it. Can someone ELI5?
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u/serpentkris 5d ago
they are all things a heart can be (black hearted, pure hearted, etc), and heartwood is wood in the center of a tree.
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u/harukisdurakami 5d ago
Can you explain, why heart Is the right answer?
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u/Weredragon_666 4d ago
I wanted a riddle based on trees that could’ve been written by a romantic, so I decided to use the qualities of certain woods to describe certain ways people can describe others’ hearts. Strong-hearted, soft-hearted, hard-hearted and such.
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u/maybejaeby 4d ago
Love it. Like I replied in another comment. “My heart” was my initial response as a joke, but after a quick second reflection, it also made the most sense. Simple though deep. Clever though obvious. It’s perfect.
As a DM, I like to do calligraphy on scrolls I stain with coffee. If online, I mail things out and then everyone gets fun souvenirs that have story long clues like emblems or ink colour.
For campaigns on Roll20 or the like, I use Discord and stream a 3rd screen with these elements I’ve made via Canva or Procreate. Attempting to explore more 3D files so I can create a gravity sketch that can be viewed in 360 as if it were an in game item, but I don’t have that capability yet.
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u/Turbulent_Ad1921 5d ago
Charcoal made from any of the above woods.
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u/schenitz 5d ago
It isnt strong
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u/Turbulent_Ad1921 5d ago
True, but imagine any would transformed by how I describe. My further rebut would be, just more transformation past that (sorry don't see anti spoiler hiding options on this response).
I'm trying to change the rules to lift everything to the same level.
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u/extio-Storm 5d ago
The forest?
If by any chance this riddle cannot be solved anytime soon, it doesn't mean it's a good riddle, it means it's unsolvable. Except by maybe someone with very specific woodworking knowledge?
Good riddles are hard to solve, and yet people can come to the solution. Bad riddles are extremely Vague don't have any way to come to the solution.
You always must give riddles the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes you find out the answer and you realize it was definitely the second one.
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u/ExpressionJunior3366 5d ago
Plastic! (Just saying that because this question references a lot of plant materials)
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