1y ago

Classic puzzle, new approach or just a "two kinds of people" moment?

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On the one hand, usual formulation is you only get one question, finding out which is the liar alone is easy but useless as then you're out of questions to actually get through the gate. On the other hand, unless you get the information about the behavior of the guards from a trusted source that isn't them you have no reason to believe them, and in fact they cannot relay the setup to you accurately without giving it away if you assume they're always like that as many do.
- The full setup is that they can both tell you about the setup, but for the One Question, they follow the rules stipulated. Neither is actually bound to always lie and always tell the truth outside of the One Question.
  
  Well yeah you can make anything work when the rules change on a whim

Both guards told the truth in their first lines
- Not if they were both lying. Both guards are liars.
  
  Which would mean guard 2 is telling the truth and not a liar
- The way guard 2's first line is worded could be interpreted as him saying "the other (guard says) nothing but lies", meaning he's saying guard 1 is the liar which is a lie.

Sadistic DM Take - Both guards are liars and they came up with this rouse to fuck with people because they were bored.
- Necro raises first guard, compels him to kill second guard.
  Necro raises second guard, has them each explore the path they blocked to check for danger

What if... they both only tell lies? No "one of us" about it, and it would totally mess with players' heads.
- Ah, the Yu-Gi-Oh approach.

Barbarian street smarts ain't by the book (or all that smart), but damn are they effective

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