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He's lying, he's not sorry.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The classic riddle has the caveat that you are only allowed to ask one question so how is asking "what's 2+2?" going to let you know which door to take?

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The solution being, for the singular person on Earth who hasn't heard already, "If you were the other guard, which door would you say is the safe one?"

Alternatively, the barbarian in the party just splatters one of the guards in one hit and asks the remaining one, "Which door? You'll go through it first."

[–] teft@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Doors tend to be weak to slashing or bludgeon so i keep an axe and hammer in my bag for just such a purpose.

Signed, your local barbarian

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I expect your average guard would be weak to slashing or bludgeon too, UST goes to show how wise barbarians are.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I put my 10 in WIS to good use.

[–] chellewalker@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Alternatively: the one that explained the riddle is a liar, and they both lie.

[–] weird@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is it just one question or one question per?

[–] teft@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just the one question. Here is the wiki on this riddle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_and_Knaves

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks! I was suddenly ashamed that I’d never thought of this until you pointed this out.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What if G1 is lying and both of them always tell lies?

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

Or the "only" part is the lie?