VagabondShad to RPGMemes English · 1 year agoClassic puzzle, new approach or just a "two kinds of people" moment?ttrpg.networkimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1729arrow-down115
arrow-up1714arrow-down1imageClassic puzzle, new approach or just a "two kinds of people" moment?ttrpg.networkVagabondShad to RPGMemes English · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareDauntingFlamingo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·1 year agoI never liked this riddle. “Am I standing in front of you?” would tell you immediately
minus-squarechaosTechnician@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoTo actually make it a puzzle, the trick is that you get only one question. Ever.
minus-squareCileTheSane@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoThe third guard stabs people who ask tricky questions.
minus-squaredeejay4am@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down9·1 year agoPedantic correction: you only get one answer from a single guard. You can’t ask both for an answer, even if they’re both within earshot.
minus-squarechaosTechnician@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSeems like a valuable (and welcome, in this case) pedantic correction given the way some people are interpreting the whole thing.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoThe object isn’t to identify the liar, it’s to find out which path is safe. And you only get one question.
minus-squareMeanEYE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot much of a riddle anyway. You ask any guard what other guard would say and then negate that.
I never liked this riddle. “Am I standing in front of you?” would tell you immediately
To actually make it a puzzle, the trick is that you get only one question. Ever.
The third guard stabs people who ask tricky questions.
Pedantic correction: you only get one answer from a single guard. You can’t ask both for an answer, even if they’re both within earshot.
Seems like a valuable (and welcome, in this case) pedantic correction given the way some people are interpreting the whole thing.
The object isn’t to identify the liar, it’s to find out which path is safe. And you only get one question.
Not much of a riddle anyway. You ask any guard what other guard would say and then negate that.