Riddle for u to solve round 2
Riddle for u to solve round 2
I hope you guys enjoy these and if so ill keep testing your riddle solving skills, ok heres the riddle:
A village has been tormented by a dragon the past few years. So a brave knight challenges the dragon to a game of wit. On this island there are 6 pools of drinking water. Regular water, Poison water level 1, Poison water level 2, Poison water level 3, Poison water level 4, and Poison water level 5 wich only the dragon has access to because it is on top of a mountain. The cure to drinking the poison water is to drink the next level higher of poison water, so if you drink level 3 you need to drink level 4 to cure it. The dragon and the knight agree to each feed the other one drink, then drink one on their own in response.
How does the knight kill the dragon and live to tell the story?
A village has been tormented by a dragon the past few years. So a brave knight challenges the dragon to a game of wit. On this island there are 6 pools of drinking water. Regular water, Poison water level 1, Poison water level 2, Poison water level 3, Poison water level 4, and Poison water level 5 wich only the dragon has access to because it is on top of a mountain. The cure to drinking the poison water is to drink the next level higher of poison water, so if you drink level 3 you need to drink level 4 to cure it. The dragon and the knight agree to each feed the other one drink, then drink one on their own in response.
How does the knight kill the dragon and live to tell the story?
feed the dragon plain water. the dragon then drinks poison in response and dies.
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TELL the dragon you gave him rank 4, but actually give him pure water.
He'll go "hah, ill give you rank 4 too then, then go drink rank5 and cure myself, while you sit here and die" He'll go get Pure water, thinking its the Rank4 that you gave him, and then go off and kill himself while you sit back and be refreshed.
He'll go "hah, ill give you rank 4 too then, then go drink rank5 and cure myself, while you sit here and die" He'll go get Pure water, thinking its the Rank4 that you gave him, and then go off and kill himself while you sit back and be refreshed.
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Vaughn wrote:TELL the dragon you gave him rank 4, but actually give him pure water.
He'll go "hah, ill give you rank 4 too then, then go drink rank5 and cure myself, while you sit here and die" He'll go get Pure water, thinking its the Rank4 that you gave him, and then go off and kill himself while you sit back and be refreshed.
ok this works, its kinda dumb in this riddle that you have to assume that the dragon is a cocky prick, but you guys are missing the "and live to tell the story" part
Im assuming that he gives you pure water, thinking its the Rank4 that you gave him. Therefore you really don't have to drink anything else in response.
As for the having to assume hes a cocky prick... yeah, i was stuck till i remebered, In the words of bill (or maybe morgan?) "the only think better than a coke, is Matt's Coke"
As for the having to assume hes a cocky prick... yeah, i was stuck till i remebered, In the words of bill (or maybe morgan?) "the only think better than a coke, is Matt's Coke"
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you haven't provided enough information. there is no escape from the rank 5 water. pure water doesn't cure it, and there's nothing stopping the dragon from giving it to you. it's not like you've limited it to only 1 use per water type. if the dragon gives you type 5 then you die, and there's no contingency that allows for the elimination of type 5 from the dragons options.
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Matt wrote:you haven't provided enough information. there is no escape from the rank 5 water. pure water doesn't cure it, and there's nothing stopping the dragon from giving it to you. it's not like you've limited it to only 1 use per water type. if the dragon gives you type 5 then you die, and there's no contingency that allows for the elimination of type 5 from the dragons options.
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Yeah there's really no reason for the dragon not to give the knight Number 5 and irrevocably poison him
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You actually failed the riddle hardcore, Corax. It's not 'The next level' it's 'any higher level'. There's no solution, otherwise. The knight would die.
In actuality, the knight drinks from the lowest level of poisoned wells before the game of wit. The dragon, thinking that only he can reach the fifth well, brings his most powerful poison. The knight gives him water, and the dragon offers his fifth level poison.
The knight's first level of poison is cured by the fifth level, while the dragon's fifth level of poison water manages to poison himself.
Ta da.
Edit: I honestly shouldn't've answered this, considering I've answered it before, but... I hate seeing a failmate. Er, stalemate.
In actuality, the knight drinks from the lowest level of poisoned wells before the game of wit. The dragon, thinking that only he can reach the fifth well, brings his most powerful poison. The knight gives him water, and the dragon offers his fifth level poison.
The knight's first level of poison is cured by the fifth level, while the dragon's fifth level of poison water manages to poison himself.
Ta da.
Edit: I honestly shouldn't've answered this, considering I've answered it before, but... I hate seeing a failmate. Er, stalemate.
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Allen! wrote:There's no rules saying you can't poison yourself before. It's merely a "Here you drink this, and I'll drink something you give me."
Inside the rules.
Outside the box.
It's no more cheating than drinking poison to build up an immunity.
I see it more as 'here the situation, here's the set up', oh but to solve it, do something beforehand. It isn't that bad, but I still don't like it.
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I will play the dragon.
I suspect that this dumb knight has done something funny to try and best me even though I am an ancient, terrible beast and really have almost no reason /not/ to stomp on him. But you know, I just got my front claws manicured, so lets roll with this fool.
If he were dumb, I could just give him level 4 poison because there is no accessible cure for him. I'll bet he already knows this, so I must suspect him of shenanigans. Thus, as the contest starts and he offers me his water, I am going to take a nap. That's right, a really fucking long nap. Believe you me, dragons are pretty good at naps, they can last for /years/. It doesn't matter how strong the poison is, the fool will eventually just die because he is an honorable prick and won't break the rules by curing himself before I give him my drink.
I suspect that this dumb knight has done something funny to try and best me even though I am an ancient, terrible beast and really have almost no reason /not/ to stomp on him. But you know, I just got my front claws manicured, so lets roll with this fool.
If he were dumb, I could just give him level 4 poison because there is no accessible cure for him. I'll bet he already knows this, so I must suspect him of shenanigans. Thus, as the contest starts and he offers me his water, I am going to take a nap. That's right, a really fucking long nap. Believe you me, dragons are pretty good at naps, they can last for /years/. It doesn't matter how strong the poison is, the fool will eventually just die because he is an honorable prick and won't break the rules by curing himself before I give him my drink.
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the only problem with the riddle is that you have to assume the dragon is a cocky douche. Allen pretty much got it, but it is only the next level higher water so the knight drink rank 4 before the game and then is able to drink rank 5 as a cure and not as a poison. it does work with the wording that i provided but you have to assume that the knight is smarter than the dragon and that the dragon assumes theres no possible way for the knight to win. also matt loses.
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