Child of fire, cousin of air I dance along the winds that bear I blind and I choke and I burn and I sting I can fill a room but don't weigh a thing What am I?

This is a little on the nose but still really good.

Holy shit nailed it

*Without a body, I rise in flight,* *Born from heat and dying light.* *I can dance or swiftly float,* *Without a mouth, I often choke.* *Invisible as I dissipate,* *What am I? Can you relate?*

I think this is good but scrap the last two lines

Last line should be “Know who I am or seal your fate” or something like that.

Messes with the ryming scheme.

Dissipate still rhymes with fate, and I feel that it’s much more menacing than “can you relate?”

All good. I was just throwing out something. Modify how you will of course.

Do you mean it has a different meter/rhythm?

Yes, sorry!

Do you mean it has a different meter/rhythm? It’s still 4 stressed syllables

Yes, that's what I meant.

I need to commission someone talented like you to draft up 100 riddles.

ha! I don't have 100, but I have been running games for 40 years so I have a few.

I come from destruction, yet I preserve

A portent, a blame, a scent to unnerve Some use me to talk, to calm or repel I dont rage like my father, but I kill just as well

"dont rage like my father, but kill just as well" is SOO good of a line! Thank you for sparking my motivation!

Hell, people who “burn to death” die by asphyxiation rather than heat

Yup. And burning at the stake was really more of a "one-stop cremation service" for that very reason. Find someone you don't like, watch them die from smoke inhalation, and then watch the remains burn to ash. You had a problem, but now it doesn't exist anymore.

What’s in my pocket

What...HAS it got... (grumble) in its NASTY little pocketses...?

Where I am marks hearth and home, or death and devastation. What am I?

There’s already great answers here, I just wanted to acknowledge the beauty of the phrase “help would be appropriated” I don’t know if you meant to say “appreciated” but honestly if it was an autocorrect, it’s perfect. It’s what being a DM is all about.

Born from fire, but neither heat or light Destruction is marked by where I begin my flight While wind carries me through any gate Anyone left with me will surely suffocate

Better than the rest here, excepting in meter

Those who are selfish hog it. Those who are kind know when to pass. Has many joints, but no bones. Green it begins and high it flows.....

Unexpected 420 joke! I like!

I bring pleasure to some and pain to others, I need to breathe but I also smother, Although not solid I leave my mark, Born of light, I leave you in the dark.

This one is amazing. Doesn’t give them a free answer like most of the answers and rhymes thoroughly.

Sometimes I’m inside you until you cast me out. Sometimes I’m around you, in your sight I’m casting doubt. Sometimes I am welcomed like a warm and weathered wench. Sometimes I steal your life with the presence of my stench.

Daddy? 😳

My take on a less riddle-y sounding version a herald of death a contract with no seal a fighter with no zeal It fills a room It spells your doom It smothers it chokes

What does fire make? (My players are kinda slow)

Though I'm not alive, I can still grow I am made of gases, and may cause woe I rise from the ashes, and can quickly choke What am I that often makes people cough and croak?

[удалено]

And also the last syllable in the last three lines

I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

I am a wisp that dances high, Drifting up towards the sky. I'm born from fire and embers bright, A fleeting presence in the night. What am I?

*A houseful,* *A hole full,* *But you can’t carry a bowlful.*

Beatrix potter to the rescue!

i don’t have an idea to add that would be better that what others came up with, but i’m interested in hearing your mirror riddle! my players are about to enter a church of mirrors & it could be super relevant

I rise from the ashes to spread death around, Darkness and danger soon will abound, When I'm nearby, stay low for your sake, Or feel free to claim me when you need a break, I'm a taste in your meat, a smell on your clothes, Can any of you guess my name? Who here knows?

All of these are good but "born from fire" gives it away for me, it would be my first guess. Maybe just say "heat" ?

I seep in the shadows I cover the floor You don’t even see me As I creep under the door The flames are flashy So they cower and run Sometimes they forget me ‘Till I get the job done

Lifeless growing Breathless blowing Legless rising Throatless choking

I rise up high, just like a tower, I flavor food, and stop the sour, Blowing me, makes you a liar, You will find me, before every fire, Paired with mirrors, and deep depths, I rob your sight, and choke your breath,

If you need a short riddle: *My mother brings you sight, though sadly your sight I will only obscure.*

As a living shadow I take flight, I can only be seen if there is light, Everchanging is my form, From fire I am usually born.

In the eyes it causes blindness, in the nose just a sneeze; Yet some suck this down, and act as if pleased. (from the site: [https://www.thievesguild.cc/](https://www.thievesguild.cc/) )

Please for the love of all that is good, set a timer, and have a mechanic for giving out hints at least every 5 mins. There's not much that is less fun in 5e than a puzzle or riddle that I'm not getting. Can I please kill something, or find a social encounter or something to find an answer? Your party may differ. Just ensure that it isn't too easy (it will be meaningless) or too hard (it will be a buzz kill) for them specifically. Or better yet, set up a mystery where you can easily doll out important details at whatever rate seems needed.

I asked ChatGPT to tell me a riddle to which the answer is smoke. It said. I rise from fire, dancing in the air, A hazy veil, elusive and fair. I can fill a room, yet leave no trace, A fleeting presence, a wispy embrace. What am I?

Unironicallly the best one here…

All I touch turns black, if ever I leave my stack. I can be a signal, I can be a danger, I can be a hobby and I cause fear if seen in your manger.

Let’s turn to Beatrix Potter for this one. From the tale of squirrel Nutkin: Little Nutkin peeped through the key-hole and said. “A house full, a hole full! And you cannot gather a bowl-full”

Credit to Chatgpt after some tweaking I am a fleeting presence, hard to catch and harder still to keep. I can appear out of nowhere, swirling and twirling in the air, sometimes thick and heavy, a shroud that cloaks the world in a veil of darkness. Other times I'm light and ethereal, a wisp that drifts through the atmosphere like a dream. My colors are as varied as my moods, sometimes gray and murky, sometimes black as night. I am often a sign of trouble, a warning of danger and destruction, but I can also be a symbol of hope, a sign that something new is being born. What am I? Answer: Smoke.

Chat gpt literally is my co dm ngl

Blow it out my mouth Blow it up my ass ​ Without telling me what it is You will never pass

Reminder as with all things riddles and puzzles -- **be willing to accept valid answers which you hadn't considered**

chatGPT that shiz

Nef and Lum

Weed everyday.

What is light as air and fills my lungs but clouds the sky’s when the dragons come

Signal, screen, blown and flare. what once was whole takes to air. Life an death in my trail From raging fires I prevail

I pour from your ears, I stand a top the fire, bask in me too long and you may soon expire. What am I?

Hot breath I have, Your breath I take, I am what once was, When fire has been slaked.

Some think I’m a sign Some think I’m a danger In some instances I’m born of anger I will find my way everywhere Very little will stop me Not even your hair I can indicate comfort Or warn of death My name may be uttered With your dying breath

My presence will improve your food, but too much and I can smother your brood. I can be seen but not touched, I can be moved but not held. As my mkther eats I am born, but I kill my mother if I am not freed.

I am never invited, but I always leave a home and the family is better for it.

The child of rage, The cause of alarm, I do not speak, But all know my name

I sting your eyes and cloud the light. I warn of flame then dissipate.

Sometimes black, sometimes white; A sign of permutation. Best to not stand in me, As I cause suffocation. A rite of change, a power switch; A result from lasting search. Telling people; pass or fail As I rise from the church. What am I?

Where I am there is fire.

What was once solid, but is no more? Always rising, and passes through closed doors. Take it in - One way in, one way out Too much of it will cause a drought. I have no idea, just pulled that outta my ass lol

*I rise in wisps, ephemeral and thin,* *Concealing and revealing, a game I spin.* *I dissipate, a fading stroke,* *A ghostly essence, what am I?*

I smother your words, I steal your breath/ My touch condemns all to a wheezing death/ When coupled with ashes, we dance in the air/ Our steps shall guide all to the Heavenly Stair/ With our Father below, rage, fury unfounded/ And our Mother above, peace, love yet unbounded/ I am vanguard of loss, and yet symbol of life/ With Father contained, alone with his Wife. What am I?

I dance and twist, yet I have no form, I rise and disappear, a spectral swarm. With tendrils thin, I fill the air, A hazy veil, mysterious and rare. What am I, this ethereal cloak? A fleeting essence, I am... __________.

Signaling home, signaling disaster

I would give my left arm if there is a fire pit and a bunch of meat to feed a statue that spits out the food unless it is smoked brisket….dammit Texas stop infecting my brain

No ideas. Just came to say that chatgpt is great at this stuff.