Lady or the Tiger and other challenges.

[Voadam]

I seem to remember a logic puzzle where there were two doors, one with a tiger behind it, and one with a lady and writing on the doors, one true, one false. But I can't remember the writing for the logic puzzle. Does anybody remember how it goes?

I'd like to use it in a game this weekend if I can come up with a good logic puzzle to challenge my players. The scenario is in a rakshasa run temple of Kali with lots of traps and punishing challenges.

I remember reading the actual story which doesn't help out as the logic puzzle is from elsewhere I believe.

Any other suggestions of challenges (illusions, clerical, trap, or puzzles) would be appreciated as well.

thanks

 

[evileeyore]

The only story I know of concerning a lady and a tiger goes something like this, paraphrased:

Two men desired a ladies attention. She couldn't choose between them as the both had equally desirable traits. So to solve the dilema she led them to a cave and said "Inside lives a man eating tiger." She then throws her silk hanky into the cave and says "I will marry the man that will retrieve my hanky". One man (a warroir type) says I shall go in and in he goes. The other (a businessman) says he shall not go in. From here there are two endings:

In the first the warroir gains the hanky with no problems as there was no tiger (or it was just not home). He marries the lady and courage wins the day.

In the second, the warroir is eaten and the businessman leaves with the lady. He buys her a new hanky, marries her and caution wins the day.


I know not really helpful but maybe you could have the begining of the story writ between the doors and the endings on the doors. Let the players then decide which door is courage and which is caution.

And a third ending has tigers behind both doors... hehehe

 

[Voadam]

Or there is a hungry tiger behind one door. . .

and a medusa (harpy, eryine, six armed demoness, hag, nymph, etc.) behind the other.

 

[Jezrael]

Here is the story The Lady or the Tiger by Frank Stockard.

 

[jasper]

i THINK the gentle is looking for the logic puzzle which has two guards in it.
one tells the true always.
one always lies.
Both guards know which door has the tiger behind it.
The crook is given one question to ask either guard.
The question is going up to either guard and asking
"what would your buddy tell me your would say which the door the tiger is behind."

The answer is always the opposite door.