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[Lord Shonus]

I've always enjoyed riddles, and I like to share them with others. I figured I'd see how well this works here.

For those who don't know what a riddle is (the term is often used for a simple question-answer joke nowadays), a riddle is a short verse that alludes to a specific person, place or thing. For example, this famous riddle from The Hobbit:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Alive without Breath
As cold as death
Never Thirsty, ever drinking
Clad in mail never clinking

The answer to this particular riddle is "fish."

Alive without Breath  - The fish does not breathe, as it is always submerged
As cold as death - Fish are cold
Never Thirsty, ever drinking - The fish does not drink in the way we do, but water always passes through it's mouth
Clad in mail never clinking - Fish scales resemble mail armor.

Here's how the game works. I post a theme, and a riddle fitting that theme. Anyone can guess it, but they are required to post line-by-line reasoning as in the example. This is to help ensure that riddles get solved, as one person's reasoning can help someone figure it out.

Rules:
1. One, and Only one riddle can be active at a time. Contestants who post an unauthorized riddle will have their score set to zero.
2. Each riddle will have three available hints. These will be revealed one at a time, and reduce the score value of solving the riddle. Three seperate people must request a hint for it to be revealed, and a hint must be revealed after three requests.
3. A riddle must be solved within six days. After this time period, the poster must post the answer and reasoning. If I judge the riddle to be fair, the poster gets the remaining value of the riddle in points.
4. Every two weeks, the scores reset, and the player with the highest score sets the new theme.
5. No memes are allowed.
6. Reasoning does not have to be exactly correct (or correct at all) for the score. It merely needs to be present.

Scoring:
1. The base value of a riddle is 31 points. Ten points are deducted for each revealed hint.
2. If the very first person to guess posts a correct answer, a 19 point bonus is given.

Current Theme: NES games/characters

[Lord Shonus]

Round 1 Winner: Lord Shonus

Results:

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Lord Shonus: 150
RedWarrior0: 100
Archangel: 50
Sgt Sherman: 50
Kashyyk: 50
Rarborman: 50
Pruvan: 31
Argembarger: 31
Syvarris:11

[mission0]

Spoiler: Here's my first guess (click to show/hide)

A vehicle

Every day this thing you see: This is pretty common place these days
A killer if misused can be: Yeah if you are hit by a car you can die easily
Few can do without what this provides: Transportation to your job is almost impossible without this.
A mighty servant in here resides:This is a bit tougher, my guess is that the servant is the driver of the vehicle?

[Kashyyk]

I agree with mission0's reasoning, although for the servant I think he means the engine.

[RedWarrior0]

Yeah, I think Kash/Mission got it. Not too bad.

[Lord Shonus]

Sorry, I'm afraid that's wrong. Very nice reasoning, though.


EDIT: You do not need to wait for the guess to be confirmed or denied before you make an answer, as long as you personally have only one answer active at a time and provide reasoning.

[Argembarger]

Spoiler: My Guess (click to show/hide)

Alright, so I wanted to guess something abstract, like trust, but it's an "Everyday Object" so it must be some kind of concrete item.

Therefore, my guess is

A heater.

Every day this thing you see - Nearly everyone has one in their homes.
A killer if misused can be - They can start house fires if you derp around with them.
Few can do without what this provides - Warmth is something you need to have to not die. Not everyone needs a heater, but everyone needs warmth, which it provides.
A mighty servant in here resides - Fire/electricity is considered a servant to humans.

[Lord Shonus]

Exactly correct. Your riddle, and 31 points.

[Argembarger]

This has two arms which cannot fold,
It's been around since times of old.
Ere has it been the runner's bane,
and of the thin and pulpy pane.

[Lord Shonus]

Are you sure you're using the word "ere" right? It means "before."

[Argembarger]

I know it means before.

Close enough.

Artistic license.

DON'T JUDGE ME.

Oh god what am I doing with my life

I'm so depressed

*sob*

...

but yeah, if you replace it with "Before has it been the runner's bane", you get the basic gist of what I'm going for. It shouldn't affect anything tangible in the riddle, and I used ere because it's hard to constrain myself in the meter pattern I used haha.

[Lord Shonus]

Thought you might have been going for e'er (ever).



Guess:

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Scissors

This has two arms which cannot fold, -the two blades, or "arms" can only cross
It's been around since times of old. - Fairly old device
Ere has it been the runner's bane, - You are not supposed to run with them
and of the thin and pulpy pane. - Only thing i can think of is paper, which loses to scissors.

[Argembarger]

That works too.

Take it how you will, they are both appropriate enough choices.

[Lord Shonus]

I added a guess.

[Argembarger]

Yep, you nailed it!