[d20] What don't you know? (free pdf books)

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Don't all these solutions depend on there being an even mix of red and green flames?

I mean, if *I* were an Evil necromancer, I'd make 'em all red just to screw with 'em.

EDIT:

And then, of course, I'd kill them all anyway. I keep my Evil Overlords' Handbook next to my bedside.

 

[TheLe]

PINOTAGE. Please email me.

~Le

 

[Pinotage]

Don't all these solutions depend on there being an even mix of red and green flames?

I mean, if *I* were an Evil necromancer, I'd make 'em all red just to screw with 'em.

EDIT:

And then, of course, I'd kill them all anyway. I keep my Evil Overlords' Handbook next to my bedside.

Congratulations, Interwyrm. Well done!

Heh, Patryn! One would hope that if the color was green and the flames were all red, the first person called even, which would then give the second person a chance to figure out that they're all red. Not that zero greens is 'even' but then the second person would realise that he can't be green since that would imply 'odd' greens and hence all the flames must be red. You could always just force them all to make Int checks, and kill them if they failed and couldn't come up with this idea!

The'Le, e-mail on the way.

Pinotage

 

[reveal]

Don't all these solutions depend on there being an even mix of red and green flames?

I mean, if *I* were an Evil necromancer, I'd make 'em all red just to screw with 'em.

EDIT:

And then, of course, I'd kill them all anyway. I keep my Evil Overlords' Handbook next to my bedside.

First person: Red
Necromancer: Wrong
First person: ARGH!

Second person: Red
Necromancer: Wrong
Second person: But... ARGH!

Third person: Red
Necromancer: Wrong
Third person: Hey... ARGH!

.....


Tenth person: Green?
Necromancer: Wrong
Tenth person: ARGH!
Necromancer: Well that sure was fun.

 

[TheLe]

Don't all these solutions depend on there being an even mix of red and green flames?

I mean, if *I* were an Evil necromancer, I'd make 'em all red just to screw with 'em.

EDIT:

And then, of course, I'd kill them all anyway. I keep my Evil Overlords' Handbook next to my bedside.

not quite. The solution is actually to yell out the the ODD number of colors (sorry for the confusion), because the 1st person always sees an odd number of people.

Example 1 (all one color):
-Player A sees 9 RED flames. So he says "RED". (remember, his own color is random, so he has a 50/50 chance of living).
-Player B sees 8 RED in front of him, so he knows his flame is the 9th one (odd), so he shouts RED. The moment he does that, RED now becomes EVEN.
-Player C sees 7 Red in front of him, and it was originally ODD, But he knows player B shouted RED, so there should be an even number of red in total, therefore HE is the 8th red, so he shouts RED... etc

Example 2 (mixed):
-Player A sees 2 RED flames and 7 GREEN, so he shouts "GREEN", because GREEN is ODD.
--Assume player B sees 1 RED and 7 GREEN in front of him. Well, Green is ODD, which is still truee from his point of view, therefore he knows his is RED.
--Assume player B sees 2 RED and 6 GREEN in front of him. Well, Green is ODD, but he does not see an odd number, so he knows that he is GREEN.

Mathematically it is sound. Remember, play A always sees an odd number of players. So one of the colors must be odd.

Conclusion:
-It sucks to be player A

~Le

 

[interwyrm]

Ok... I hope I'm not speaking too soon on this one. If you say red if there are even red, and green if there are odd red, then it doesn't matter how many adventurers there are... only the first one might die. (Well... assuming that somebody doesn't screw up and lose track.)

Hehe... a devious necromancer might put a whole village to this test... something like... I dunno... 1000 people, and laugh when they start losing track.

 

[interwyrm]

Oh yes... and with the original situation, make sure that the lawful stupid paladin is first to be asked.

 

[TheLe]

4th of July, aka Independance Day

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This one should be pretty easy, especially with all my hints.

The 4th of July is very important to American history, as it celebrates Independance Day. The 4th of July is celebrated every year here in the USA and serves as the most patriotic day of the year. The 4th of July is big enough to influence even movies, as noted in the movie Independance Day, which was shortened to ID4 (Jeff Goldblum rocks). The 4th of July celebrates the Decleration of Independance (1776), which basically announces that we are seperating from Britain and will no longer be their Colony. Needless to say, Britain was not happy.

Question: Is there a 4th of July in Britain?

Think carefully.

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[Wystan]

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[BvS]

Of course there is a 4th of July in Britain! It will occur on a Monday this year. I don't believe they celebrate anything about it though.