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Secret Poltergeist Riddles

By isaacbee

There are 3 secret riddles, not mentioned anywhere in Open Sorcery, but if you provide their answers to the poltergeist, he will reward you handsomely. This guide lists the riddles, their rewards, and if you are stumped by them, their solutions.

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Category: Secrets, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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16 May, 2017 @ 8:02pm

28 Jun, 2017 @ 12:46am

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Guide Index

Overview

Introduction

Riddle 1

Riddle 2

Riddle 3

Solutions

Comments

Introduction

During PAX West, Open Sorcery developer Abigail Corfman posted 3 riddles to her Facebook page:

If, when the poltergeist asks you one of his normal riddles, you give one of the answers to these secret riddles instead, the poltergeist will then ask you the next secret riddle (so if you give the answer to riddle 1 they'll ask you riddle 2, if you give the answer to riddle 2 they'll ask you riddle 3, and if you give the answer to riddle 3 they'll ask you riddle 1). Answer this second riddle correctly as well, and they'll give you a reward, depending on which riddles you answered, and then return to wherever you were in the normal set of riddles.

Note that when I list the rewards below, I am giving them based on the SECOND riddle, the one they actually ask you, since the rewards are thematically linked to that riddle. Also, you can only get ONE of these secret rewards in a playthrough, the poltergeist will simply berate you for getting greedy if you try to give the last remaining answer or repeat one of the answers you already used.

Riddle 1

One night four men sat down to play.
They played and played till the break of day.
They played for money, not for fun,
With separate scores for everyone.
And when time came to square accounts
They all had made quite fine amounts.

What were the men playing?

Reward: +10% to Relationship with Decker and Janet

Riddle 2

A certain crime is punishable
If attempted
But not punishable
If committed.

What is this crime?

Reward: Learn the motive Death

Riddle 3

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?

Reward: Firepower +10%

Solutions

Alright, fine, here's the part you're really here for. I'd encourage you to try and figure out the solutions to the riddles yourself first, now that you know they exist, but if you're really stumped, here are the answers:

Riddle 1: music
Riddle 2: suicide
Riddle 3: candle

6 Comments

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Spockus 13 Jan, 2018 @ 12:24pm

@werewing at the end of the game, have the final boss kill anyone, than get her to kill Decker. Then, simply win.

Werewing 2 Dec, 2017 @ 9:36am

I wanted to ask here so the author might answer, can you tell me how to get rid of Decker for the Janet's Final Log achievement?

Oispa Kaljaa 25 Sep, 2017 @ 3:33pm

damn, you cant get the "Learn death" achievement by learning it through the second riddle :<

isaacbee [author] 28 Jun, 2017 @ 12:48am

Also, the riddle you are on doesn't matter, but the secret answer you give determines which other secret riddle he asks you, and that in turn determines your reward.

isaacbee [author] 28 Jun, 2017 @ 12:38am

Basically, yeah. Instead of giving an answer to one of the riddles it asks you, give one of the "special" answers, and depending on which secret answer you gave, he'll ask you one of the other secret riddles. Answer that one as well, and he will then reward you for doing so before returning to the "normal" riddle he originally asked.

nova_25 25 Jun, 2017 @ 8:58pm

I'm a bit confused, as the what to do exactly to the 'wind - chaos'/poltergeist, so that it asks you these riddles ?

So... When you first encounter it, you talk to it and let it ask you riddles... but instead of giving the right answer, you give one of those depending on which riddle you are on- before it then asks you the ''special ones'' ? Is that it ?

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