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This grammar point is also possible with adjectives.

Is the たり construction limited to two things? Do you also have to have an object for your verbs? D: I had a comment on my sentence that suggested I do.

I don't think it's restricted, but I think it's usually two (or sometimes one, like furfaro suggested). You do not need objects on your verb.

昨日は休みだったから寝たり食べたりした。

I wonder if it is specfic to 読む, and that maybe the Japanese just don't usually just say 'I read', but they specify what they read.

What if you try this one (can you ask this same person?)
酒場で飲んだり話したりしました.

While 飲む can take an object, the context suggests what it is you were drinking. I can't say for sure, but I just don't feel like it's the grammar that is making the object requisite, but the context and the verb used.

Is that sentence still in your list? What grammar point is it under? That comment's probably from awhile back - I don't think I've seen that user on in quite awhile.

「雨だったりした場合は、遠足は中止です。」 [i]In the case of conditions like rain, the trip will be suspended.[/i]

I tried parsing a sentence with adjectives, and the り kept throwing it off. Maybe my sentence is faulty but I couldn't get it to work; using brackets I then got 'unlisted' for the adjectives.

Is it okay if the adjectives are of different types? Like, can you say 元気だったりやさしかったりする?

As the construction for verbs and い-adjectives are basically the same for this grammar point, could the い-adjective description change to match the verb? I.e. {い-adjective, past} り?

If I say I don't do things like x and y and I use the negative forms of those verbs within the sentence, am I better off ending the sentence with ｙをnegative verbたりします。or しません?