Screenshot thread

[fazisi]

The original problem was just two guardians, one who lied and one who told the truth. The trick would be to ask them "Which path would the other one say to take?" The one who lies will lie about what the truthful one would say (telling you the wrong path) and the one who tells the truth will honestly tell you about what the lying one would say (telling you the wrong path). Then you just take the other path.

However, with this third uncaring 50/50 guardian, I can't think of a single question that would be able to solve this. Either multiple questions or being able to ask more than one guardian a question would be required to solve this problem from my understanding.

[Silfir]

As far as I'm concerned, Order of the Stick references are ace because I get them. Screw anyone else!

[Elone]

Hands to yourself Silfir.

[MrNiceguy]

I'll chime in and confess to being an OoTS junkie as well! I've bought 2 copies of The Origin of PCs - one for myself and one as a Christmas present for my brother a couple of years ago. (and I love the current strip's take on 'good' goblins)

As for the 3rd guardian that lies half the time, I haven't seen that variation of the riddle before, and I don't see any way to definitively solve it by asking the same question to all parties, the way you can with the 2-guardian version. You can still ask all parties which way the other guards would say to go, but the truthful guard will have to say, "I don't know" in regards to the inconsistent guard. However, the lying guard can either lie by directing you to the wrong path, or they can lie and say they don't know.

Of course, with the 2-guard version, the lying guard can always say, "I don't know," but that would immediately reveal him as the liar.

[Dudley]

And in the darkness, thee shall find light.

[da1edwin]

And in the darkness, thee shall find light.

Double altar? :O

(It's "thou" shall find light - nominative case, not accusative)

[fazisi]

No, the underline under the PC is his terminal cursor.

Better than the first time I got the stumbled over a stone block message in the dark and cast light... to find out it was a C altar and a kobold was in the room.