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

[reveal]

This idea might work! Except that Red Light + Green Light = Yellow Light

Then everyone could survive except the guy at the front of the line (the last one to speak).

Updated my post but it doesn't really matter since they give off no illumination.

 

[BvS]

Blast!


So I'm assuming my timed-response answer is no good either then?

reveal - awesome Russell quote by the way

 

[Kae'Yoss]

clarification: you can clearly see each flame color that is in front of you. so the first person can see all 9 of his teammates and each flame color that is on their heads, but never his own. The second person can only see the 8 in front of him, but never his own and never the one behind him. etc.

clarification: the flames above your head do not illuminate. It's magical thing. So no, you cannot tell the colors based on your flame illumination.

~Le

If you're clarifying: What do the others "hear"? Will the message they hear about the flame retain any inflactions or speech patterns from the original speaker?

 

[TheLe]

If you're clarifying: What do the others "hear"? Will the message they hear about the flame retain any inflactions or speech patterns from the original speaker?

Nope. The Necromancer will mentally tell all the others what the person said, giving absolutely no hints as to what their own colors may be.

~Le

 

[TheLe]

Blast!
So I'm assuming my timed-response answer is no good either then?

correct. Assume each person has exactly 30 seconds to answer, and the Necromancer always mentally tells the others what color was chosen on the 30th second.

~Le

 

[BvS]

But he still has to wait to convey the message telepathically, if the speaker is taking a certain amount of time with his answer...

Edit: Blast again!

 

[reveal]

Can the people move or do they have to stay stationary the whole time?

Another idea, going back to colors, would be to move forward enough so that your flame mingled with the flame of the person in front of you (you can't see your own flame but you can see the persons flame in front of you). If it's a solid color, yours is the same as the person in front of you. If it's yellow, you have the opposite color to the person in front of you.

 

[Richards]

I have another clarification question: Do the people in line know whether the people behind them are right or wrong with their guesses? Is the whole thing done in silence, or is it more like the tenth person in line says "green," and then there's either an agonizing scream and a burst of flames on the part of the tenth person, or a "congratulations, you may leave" on the part of the necromancer?

...Just fishing for more facts to work with, really.

Johnathan

 

[BvS]

Another clarification question:

strips you of all your equipment, powers & abilities.

So there is absolutely no spellcasting allowed in the one hour that the Necromancer is away?

 

[TheLe]

I have another clarification question: Do the people in line know whether the people behind them are right or wrong with their guesses? Is the whole thing done in silence, or is it more like the tenth person in line says "green," and then there's either an agonizing scream and a burst of flames on the part of the tenth person, or a "congratulations, you may leave" on the part of the necromancer?

...Just fishing for more facts to work with, really.

Johnathan

Actually, it does not matter. The person could die/live immediately, or they could all be judged after the 10th person gives his response.

The answer to my riddle does not matter one way or the other.

Hint: The colors of the flame does not matter either. In another example of the same riddle, the Necromancer can put a red or green "X" on each person's back, and they have to guess the color.

The results are the same. There is a way to insure that 9 out of 10 people have a 100% chance of survival.

What sucks is that you are all going to kick yourselves when you find out what it is.

`Le