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A small one I'd like to share from our upcoming puzzle game. Not that hard for the experienced.

The angry can not find me, yet the proud go to my door.

My tail eludes me when through the wind I soar.

My shrines are east and west, my drums alert my master.

But give me a dollar value, and you'll lose me even faster.

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  • $\begingroup$ "But give me a dollar value, and you'll loose me even faster." Should that be lose rather than loose? $\endgroup$
    – dcfyj
    Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 20:20
  • $\begingroup$ Is the spelling in the last line intentional -- loose? Or should it be lose? $\endgroup$
    – feelinferrety
    Commented Jun 11, 2016 at 3:57
  • $\begingroup$ Last line was me derping. Its fixed now. $\endgroup$
    – Nils Munch
    Commented Jun 11, 2016 at 9:36

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Someone will need to edit this to prevent spoilers...

I think it is

Head

Angry people "lose their head," while proud people let things "go to their head."

When an arrow flies, the head and tail do not meet.

The shrines are your temples, and the eardrums in the head alert the head's master.

With a price on their head, people tend to go into hiding.

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  • $\begingroup$ OK, I edited it to prevent spoilers. For future reference, what you do is to put ">!" at the start of any paragraph you want hidden. (You have to do slightly funny things if you want to consecutive hidden paragraphs.) $\endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan ♦
    Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 22:30
  • $\begingroup$ Correct :) The head and tails thing is a double whammy, because its also the parts of a coin-toss outcome. $\endgroup$
    – Nils Munch
    Commented Jun 11, 2016 at 18:18
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"The angry can not find me, yet the proud goes to my door."

Angry people tend not to listen reasoning but when they're proud of something they have achieved they want to hear praises.

"My tail eludes me, when through the wind I soar."

Probably a reference to The Doppler Effect, eh?

"My shrines are east and west, my drums alert my master."

Shrines and the cardinal points refer to ears on the sides of one's head. Eardrums transmit the sound to the inner ear eventually the brain gets alerted.

"But give me a dollar value, and you'll lose me even faster."

One dollar is not much. If you do not value your hearing high enough and protect your ears during loud activities then you will definitely lose it.

Thus I believe the riddle pertains to:

hearing.

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