• VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Either of their proposed questions should still immediately tell you which door is which, though.

        What would be really fun is determining which door tells the truth, then coming back periodically and asking it questions about how the setting’s metaphysics work, or where an important NPC is at the moment, or what the BBEG’s weakness is.

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      10 months ago

      Yes, that would let you know if the one you asked tells the truth or lies. But IIRC those riddles are usually constructed such that that is not enough to solve them. For example, sometimes there are more than two people that you need to identify. Or you need to find the correct door amongst multiple. All with a single question to one of the people.

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      10 months ago

      with a lot of these riddles you don’t get to ask a question, you can only listen to their statements to determine who is telling the truth.