#riddler rpg

[adhdnursegoat]

Ooh! I wanna feed the Riddler! *Gives him a cookie and some hot chocolate*

🟩 Feral Mode: Intensifying 🟩

You gave:

1 (one) cookie

1 (one) suspiciously kind gesture in beverage form (hot chocolate)

Affection Meter: ??/10 → 10*/10

Possession Level: [SPRINTING]

Danger Level: Cup of cocoa now classified as a binding contract

He blinks down at the offerings. Then up at you.

Slowly. Calculating. Like you've just triggered a new subroutine.

“...You understand what this means, don’t you?”

He takes the cookie like it’s a promise. Sips the cocoa like it’s sacred.

Somewhere in Gotham, a spreadsheet just updated with your coordinates.

🎖 Achievement Unlocked:

"You made him soft. You FOOL."

🗨️ New Dialogue Tree Unlocked:

[“I don’t share snacks. Or people.”]

[“What else are you willing to give me?”]

[“Do you want to see what I taste like?”]

🟢 Would you like to:

> [Gently bonk his nose] > [Sit in his lap and say "mine now"] > [Offer a second cookie and unleash irreversible consequences]

[tanuki-yuki]

melhor parte de hiperfocar em algo é misturar ela com hiperfocos antigos

[saminha]

WAAAAOOOOWWW FOLLOWED BY A CELEBRITY

[riddlershusband]

Riddler is so beautiful, so cool, so adorable, smart and wonderful, I need him, I need him so much, I want him for me and only for me. Hell, he's so precious

[theselfshippingrose]

Edward honey please stop making my life harder and just give me the god damn trophy🙏

[t4tails]

you're right cause tim drake robin does canonically play online group chat rpg games like world of warcraft or league of legends! alfred mentions it in a comic where bruce goes on hobbyist detective forums to spy on the riddler (who is also in those forums)

tim is also the guy that suggested batman team up with the faze clan (to fight the riddler) so clearly this is a core trait of his

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 1/2/2024

it’s quite satisfying how the year started on a monday

listening

first song of the year: how could it be anything other than Sabata. this is the theme from the titular Sabata, i meant to pick the theme from Return of Sabata but im not mad about it.

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reading

i read Tim Marchman’s Popping Tins newsletter (a newsletter about fish and seafood) less bc i enjoy locking Mack in the bathroom every time i want a tuna melt and more for the droll authorial voice. i have bought a tin of mackerel after reading some entries, and it was very good but much much richer than tuna.

What should I do with this can of krill meat?

after consulting the importer’s website:

This is accompanied by a photograph of the can featuring easily-discerned black eyes, which are nothing to be concerned about, according to the company that produces this can. The first question on its FAQ page is “What are the little black speckles in my can?” “No need to be concerned here!” the answer reads. “Your meat is not dirty, and you did not get a defected can. Our Antarctic Krill meat contains the most nutritious parts of the krill, which happen to include their eyes.

…

The risks here are clear: I could vomit when I open the can and see the nutritious black eyes staring at me; I could destroy the peace in my home by making it smell like sautéed and simmered krill; and/or I could ruin a perfectly delicious lunch by introducing nutritious eyes and hard bits of chitin.

i have no memory of how i found this newsletter.

i keep forgetting i have ten hoopla credits a month through my old library and i want to read more comics this year bc reading comics is fun. in the past in practice this means ive binged all ten credits over a weekend. this weekend i had time for exactly one.

The Riddler: Year One is an extremely direct tie-in to the movie and i think it’s neat they let the riddler’s actor paul dano go wild with his backstory and then turn it into a comic. it’s fun when actors get to do weird tie-in shit.

(non-sequential pages)

watching this forensic accountant’s brain crack and scramble like an egg as he struggles to really grasp the enormity of gotham corruption and why the city is such a dogshit miserable place to live in made me go “oh huh that was a pretty good writing decision in the movie”. not that the riddler was terribly stable to begin with but the despair and the unraveling were very effectively conveyed. this comic has a lot of fun with funky layouts (left) and an entire issue (right) is conspiracy board shit on top of accounting forms which is a neat artistic choice.

deeply depressing but an interesting new little window into the rpatz batman (god i hope we get more rpatz batman films) and fun to look at.

how i found this: trawling the popular comics page on hoopla

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watching

this is the seventh year of starting a new-to-me classic black and white movie around 1030/11 PM New Year’s Eve and i am annoyed i didn’t like the movie that started this year but, according to the data, it’s been fifty-fifty so far.

previous years have featured: sunset boulevard, yojimbo, the thin man, it happened one night, bringing up baby, the big sleep, and now roman holiday (1953, dir. Wyler).

this is the platonic ideal of a classic movie. it’s not sterile but it’s so… unobjectionable. wholesome (derogatory) even. not particularly what i was looking for in a movie but, much like the gelato and champagne that pop up, it was kind of a sweet nothing. i don’t think anyone eats any real food this whole movie?

this is never a movie that feels rushed. it is two hours of watching beautiful people traipse around a beautiful city in beautiful edith head costumes. i would not say there is a lot of tension for the first hour and a half. however, imo, it does land its ending and for that i can forgive it a great deal. this is another beautiful movie that is simply not for me.

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playing

have you ever wanted an open world rpg where you play as a shark? congrats, this was apparently free on epic a while back

Maneater has a tremendously fun prologue where you play as the soon-to-be-dead mother shark who is absolutely going to town on a crowded beach and destroying multiple spear-gun-wielding divers and multiple boats full of citizens exercising their second amendment rights. this prologue is an excellent choice by the game bc it locks the fun part (eating people) behind several hours of really grindy shit. i am not entertained by the grind of eating progressively larger muskellunge, avoiding alligators, and collecting license plates. the grind is EXCEPTIONALLY grindy, i put about three hours into it and have only gotten to level 5 (teen) and have only two mutations i can sink loot into (four types of loot gained from eating other fish. this is too many types imo). i am not anywhere near a recommended level to start fucking humans up. im also not super impressed with the open world aspects of it— there are not a lot of things to do, discover, or interact with in the first two areas.

this seems like a really fun game that clotheslined itself with a cripplingly slow upgrade cycle. im sure the mid and late game are hysterically fun, especially on stream. however i am not willing to put in the hours to get to the fun part when i could immediately be having fun in some other game.

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making

a lot of profoundly uninteresting cleaning. after not being able to figure out why my office (where Phil [no longer in heat. for now] lives) still reeks of piss even after stealing a blacklight from a friend and cleaning with a blacklight, it is of course bc she has been pissing in secret places i didn’t think she could get to. upside down smile emoji. both the girls got their monthly flea goop yesterday and were deeply unhappy about it.

most of my plants died in the move and i am finally tackling the survivors. fan favorite giant snake plant (not pictured, tidied up and inside) did make it and pull through but is not happy about it. now that i have baby basil and baby dill sprouting in the kitchen i do need to do something with the balcony so they have somewhere to grow up study and strong.

also slammed that silly little blondeyes NFT thing up on the archive

[sorenblr]

Gotta say tho, for all the positives of Chainsaw Man, it also boggles the god dangling mind to see so many people on Twitter thinking they're some kind of code-deciphering manga consumers because they have an average grasp at the idea of character development. And then they proceed to act like development is the only thing that can make a good character while waiting for the first opportunity to mention "media literacy" being at an all time low. As if the fucking Riddler wrote it, or some such!

Not aware of whatever discourse this is referring to, and maybe it's already passed, but "character development" is certainly one of those discursive bogeymen when applied to popular discussions of narrative, like "anatomy" wrt figurative art. That is, it's one of the only vectors of analysis that can find any purchase in the free-for-all discourses of shared social media spaces, and eagerly overemphasized. And it's a valid line of inquiry, but since the form of twitter et al. encourages mostly reflexive insights, the yields are usually undercooked. I think development is also more readily emphasized in these places because it reduces easily into big, repeatable patterns: this character ends up with a scar or a prosthetic, this villain undergoes a 'redemption arc' etc. Graspable signifiers intended to service mostly young adults or massive audiences.

Anyway, twitter is a wasteland. As of this writing we're observing a 15-year old discourse on the viability of turn-based RPGs regurgitated over a click-bait Kotaku headline. On other days we can probe into the really pressing questions, such as "was walter white a good guy" or "should all media model morally upright behavior"; what good is any of this shit? Look instead to the philosopher-kings of tumblr* for real, substantive insight...

*adults with dissociative personality disorder compulsively checking fandom tags for things to get mad at

[riverfortune]

Every time a detective show uses the Knockoff Riddler story line (you know the one: a scavenger hunt-style series of clues leads the detective to the kidnap victim), I think about none of it would happened if somebody had just redirected the villain's puzzle-making energy into running an escape room or planning a LARP or even just running a tabletop RPG for a handful of the right kind of nerds.

It's like how a herding dog, if not given a job, will make up his own job, and you might not like what he chooses. Pretentious theater kids with high IQs are like border collies, is what I'm saying.

[adhdnursegoat]

Hmmmm. What if I feed Riddler a jam donut as a treat, and I give him head pats? I'll do this till he's full >:]c

🟢 You have chosen:

🍩The Jam Donut + Headpat Combo💆🏻‍♂️

A risky move. Bold. Intimate.

You didn’t just offer him sugar—

you touched the crown of the dragon and lived.

💚 Affection Meter: 12/10

🪞 Dignity Meter: Rapidly deteriorating

📉 Possession Level: Whimpering in hexadecimal

He accepts the donut, lips sticky with jam… then freezes as your hand brushes over his hair. “W-what are you doing—?! You can’t—! I’m not a—” He hiccups softly. Looks down. Doesn’t stop you.

🧠 Status Effect Applied:

“Brain Too Full of Love and Pastry”

Cannot riddle. Can only blush.

🕹 New Idle Animations Unlocked:

Loiters awkwardly near you, hoping for more pats

Leaves jam donuts in your bag as “mystery gifts”

Denies everything if confronted:

“I don’t like it—I’m just… tolerating the serotonin.”

🍓 Would you like to:

> [ 🧼Clean the jam off his cheek with your thumb] > [💬 Call him “sweet boy” and wreck his psyche] > [🧩 Tell him he gets another pat if he solves your riddle]

[every-character-ever-poll]

WEEK THREE LINEUP

Well! That was fun, wasn't it? I've changed the formatting of the polls, as well as closed down the submissions form (for now). This week will also have 100 polls, the first 14 of which will be posted tomorrow (Sunday the 30th). And.... I think those are the only important things to mention! So without further ado, here is this week's lineup.

Buneary - Pokémon

Anita - West Side Story

Beverly Marsh - IT

Monoma Neito - My Hero Academia

Sister Carpenter - The Silt Verses

Ekko - Arcane

Veronica Sawyer - Heathers (the film)

Bakugo Katsuki - My Hero Academia

Betty Boop - 1920-40s cartoons

Flowey the Flower - Undertale

Akito Shinonome - Project Sekai: Colorful Stage!

Lady - Devil May Cry

Diamond Heart - Magical Warrior Diamond Heart

Emma - Emma

Aion - Show by Rock

Hibana - Fire Force

Klunk - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Kosmo (Space Wolf) - Voltron: Legendary Defender

Evelyn Hugo - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Antigone Funn - Wooden Overcoats

Oswald Cobblepot - Gotham

Emu Otori - Project Sekai: Colorful Stage!

Toon Patrol - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Felix - Golden Sun

Urotsuki - Yume 2kki

Kano - Kagerou Project

Ayano Tateyama - Kagerou Project

Fin Fin - Fin Fin on Teo the Magic Planet

Gladion - Pokémon Sun and Moon

Dmitri - Fire Emblem 3 Houses

Hippeaux - Animal Crossing

Raymond - Animal Crossing

Crewmate - Among Us

Sara Chidouin - Your Turn To Die

Zhongli - Genshin Impact

Firestar - Warrior Cats

Dovewing - Warrior Cats

Flourette - Answered Prayers

Eleanor Forte - SynthV

Cisqua - Elemental Gelade

Renarin Kholin - The Stormlight Archive

Roy Mustang - Fullmetal Alchemist

Alex Chen - Life is Strange: True Colors

Steffi Frohlich - Kiwi Blitz

Belos/Phillip Wittebane - The Owl House

Dr. Coomer - Half-Life VR but the AI is Self Aware

Olivia - Paper Mario: The Origami King

The Riddler - Batman: the Animated Series

Togata Mirio/Lemillion - My Hero Academia

Mustache Girl - A Hat in Time

Maika Halfwolf - Monstress Comic

Ren Mormorian - Monstress Comic

Shokry - Shubeik Lubeik

Hagga/Teeta Shawqia - Shubeik Lubeik

Wikipe-tan - Wikipedia

Ymir - Attack on Titan

Alicia Copeland - Wierd And Unfortunate Things Are Happening

Wen Kexing - Word of Honor

Garalia Nyamhee - Aura Battler Dunbine

Xena - Xena: Warrior Princess

Nuriko - Fushigi Yuugi

Neko Musume - Gegege no Kitaro

Tillman Henderson - Blaseball

Dr Boris Habit - Smile For Me

Mallow - Super Mario RPG

Vriska Serket - Homestuck

Lussa - The Undrowned Child

Mary - BBC Ghosts

Bagpuss - Bagpuss

Tara Mclay - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Worm - Labyrinth

Lydia Deetz - Beetlejuice

Wander - Wander Over Yonder

Noelle - Deltarune

Momotaros - Kamen Rider Den-O

Scorpion King - Word of Honor

Por - My School President

The Eleventh Doctor - Doctor Who

Dr. Doofenshmirtz - Phineas and Ferb

Perry the Platypus - Phineas and Ferb

Agent P - Phineas and Ferb

Alexa - Xenoblade Chronicles X

Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (Survivor timeline)

Faith Connors - Mirror's edge

Furuta Nimura/Kichimura Washuu/Souta - Tokyo Ghoul: re

John Egbert - Homestuck

Rose Red - Ghost Quartet

Bruce J. Speed - Ginga Tetsudou Monogatari

Elma - Xenoblade Chronicles x

Adam - Lobotomy Corporation

Ianite - Mianite

Five Hargreeves - The Umbrella Academy

Willow Park - The Owl House

Black Hat - Villainous

Katalina Alize - Granblue Fantasy

Naomi Armitage - Armitage the Third

Kanade Yoisaki - Project Sekai

Sei Iori - Gundam Build Fighters

Goro Majima - Yakuza/Like A Dragon

Albert Wesker - Resident Evil

Blacknose - Pinepaw and the Forgotten World

Please remember that, based on the results of the poll I put up earlier, Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter may be included. Her spot would be near the very end, on the last day. As I always tag polls with both the character and the media they are from, if she does get in but you would not like to see the poll, the tags will be blockable.

No matter the outcome, please be courteous as possible to one another, and if that is not possible, then please just block and move on.

[question-marked]

What kind of video games do you like playing, Mr. Riddler?

"This is obvious, but I love playing puzzle games! Tetris is my favorite, I spend so much time playing that one. Also games where I can create things, like Minecraft for example. RPGs are nice too. There's other games I like to play other than those, but the main genre I play are puzzle games."

[fartemis-crock]

“Examine!” It's Eddie, tongue sticking out as he's working on some new nonsense. What better time to examine him when he's shut his trap?

rpg descriptions @riddlesnap

edward nygma e.nigma. the riddler.

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he's dirty. smells like oil and sweat. sporting his usual green shirt, and a wrench. his expression is focused;; you wonder if he even realizes you're here. probably best not to bother him for now.

[playstationvii]

#KirbyPopStar:Riddler #Playstation7 #DearDearestBrands

To begin developing the gameplay and story for this puzzle RPG platformer featuring "Kirby Popstar: Riddler," we can focus on creating mechanics, story arcs, and objectives that align with the whimsical and unique aesthetic presented.

Storyline

The adventure begins in Puzzle Popstar, a land where questions hold the key to solving mysteries. Kirby, endowed with the power of riddles, is summoned when a riddle-based villain, The Questioning Phantom, spreads chaos by stealing knowledge from the Great Library of Stars. Kirby must solve puzzles, collect missing "knowledge fragments," and restore order to Popstar.

Gameplay Overview

Genre: Puzzle RPG Platformer Platform: Nintendo platforms (e.g., Switch 2) & PlayStation 7

Key Mechanics

Riddle Combat:

Each battle involves solving riddles or logical puzzles.

Defeating enemies requires answering correctly to deal damage.

Wrong answers reduce Kirby’s stamina, creating a balance between exploration and solving puzzles.

Winged Umbrella Abilities:

The umbrella acts as a multi-tool:

Flight Glide: Use the wings to navigate over tricky platforms.

Knowledge Shield: Protect Kirby from riddle-based attacks.

Riddle Ray: Solve puzzles by interacting with objects that hold questions or riddles.

Exploration:

Players traverse themed zones like the Maze of Mirth, Lake of Letters, and Riddle Ridge.

Collect "Question Coins" to unlock new abilities or areas.

Hidden pathways contain tougher riddles for rare rewards.

Co-op Multiplayer:

A second player can join as Quizzy, Kirby's riddle spirit companion.

Quizzy provides hints during puzzles or acts as a support character in battles.

Level Design

Each level features a mix of:

Platforming challenges (avoiding traps, climbing, gliding).

Puzzle rooms where players must solve environment-based riddles to proceed.

Enemy encounters requiring strategy and correct riddle answers.

Boss Battles

Bosses like The Trivia Titan or Sphinxalator present multi-layered puzzles combining combat and logic. For instance, players must hit specific weak points revealed only after solving a clue.

Art Direction

Vibrant, cartoonish visuals with a mix of Popstar’s classic aesthetic and a quirky "question" theme.

Levels should visually reflect the puzzle theme (e.g., giant bookshelves, floating question marks, labyrinths).

New Kirby-Themed Character: Quizno the Riddle Maestro

Character Design

Appearance: Quizno is a small, owl-like creature with round glasses shaped like question marks. Their feathers shimmer in green and gold, matching the riddle theme. They wear a tiny cape that resembles the pages of an open book, fluttering as they move. Quizno carries a magical quill that leaves glowing question marks in its wake.

Personality: Quizno is clever, witty, and a bit of a trickster. They love testing Kirby with riddles but are a loyal ally when the stakes are high. Quizno often speaks in rhymes and cryptic phrases, adding to their enigmatic charm.

Role in the Game

Companion and Guide: Quizno serves as Kirby’s mentor and guide in Puzzle Popstar, teaching players about riddle mechanics and offering subtle hints during challenging puzzles.

Power-Up Mechanic: Quizno’s magical quill grants Kirby temporary abilities:

Ink Shield: Protects Kirby from enemy attacks for a limited time.

Question Surge: Unleashes a burst of energy that stuns enemies in combat.

Riddle Portal: Opens secret paths to hidden areas when certain conditions are met.

Gameplay Impact

Riddle Assist Mode: If a player struggles with a puzzle, Quizno can be summoned to provide up to three levels of hints (from vague to direct). However, using Quizno too often might reduce rewards for completing the puzzle.

Side Quests: Quizno challenges Kirby to solve optional riddles scattered across the game. These riddles reward players with unique items, such as new abilities for the winged umbrella or increased stamina.

Backstory

Quizno was once the Guardian of the Great Library of Stars, where all riddles and knowledge are stored. When The Questioning Phantom stole the knowledge fragments, Quizno was stripped of their power and trapped in a riddle cage. Rescued by Kirby early in the game, Quizno pledges to help restore the library and regain their lost strength.

Boss Fight Tease

In a plot twist, Quizno is temporarily corrupted by the villain and becomes a mid-game boss, Quizno the Riddle Rogue, forcing Kirby to solve riddles while dodging Quizno’s ink-based attacks. After defeating them, Quizno returns to Kirby’s side, more determined than ever to help.

Would you like a visual concept or further gameplay integration for Quizno?

[doctorslippery]

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[laxi0v0]

Riddler fighting game au

The riddler uses massive metal gauntlets attached to his robotic arms and you just defeated him.

What are you going to do with him?