Riddles for D&D Sessions and Fantasy Campaigns
Challenge adventuring parties with riddles for D&D sessions that unlock doors, treasure, and plot twists.
🗡️ The door won’t open without clever thinking.
These riddles for D&D sessions give Dungeon Masters ready-made puzzles for dungeons, temples, and talking statues.
🧙 D&D Riddles with Answers
I have a tail and scales but swim through flame. What am I?
I guard the library of ages, yet my eyes are made of glass. What am I?
Speak my name and I vanish. Walk through me and you’re lost. What am I?
I mark the chosen one with light in the night. What am I?
I open when truths are spoken, lock when lies are told. What am I?
I roll across tavern tables yet decide your fate. What am I?
I am a sword that never cuts, yet decides who rules. What am I?
I whisper secrets in runes only moonlight reveals. What am I?
I’m a bridge made of song, collapsing when the chorus ends. What am I?
Three stones glow red, blue, green. Only two open the gate. Which do you press?
I keep dragons asleep with a lullaby of smoke. What am I?
By day I am a statue, by night I sketch the stars. What am I?
I record every oath sworn in this hall. What am I?
Feed me gold and I grant you rest; feed me lies and you wake the dead. What am I?
I am the final riddle: speak a kind word and I disappear. What am I?
🎲 Use these riddles for:
- Dungeon crawl puzzle rooms
- Guild initiation tests
- One-shot adventures
- Bard storytelling sessions
- Fantasy writing prompts
Customize the answers to fit your campaign lore—players love when riddles tie directly to their backstory.