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Klybesian Monks Luurve Logic Problems!posted by Michael at 12:29 AM, July 11, 2006 | Filed under : Miscellaneous | Comments and Followups Meera’s post for Marius today contained a classic logic problem. See how you do! “Rather than giving directly what is arguably mine to give,” Marius says, “I offer you a puzzle of sorts instead.” He smiles, remembering Sir Xenial’s first explanation of Mincarti-rules chess. “I have said this is a matter of Family, but I have a very large family, and we are in the habit of giving gifts to each other. The answer is in the following few statements. 
“I have in my possession four gifts, a ring, a bracelet, a scarf, and an affine. Each of these gifts was given via a woman, or at least all have worn the guise of one, and all gifters are related to me in some fashion. Each of the gifts come from a different named reference point, and consist of two elements. Second, the item from Shadow (which isn’t the scarf) and the one that I received from a fellow Knight (which wasn’t the ring in question) are both non-sentimental. Fourth, the charge from my mother to Signy (who is not Mistress Carper), and which is not made of forest & finery, was not knowingly Rebman in origin; the sentimental item from Amber is neither of air & stone, nor fire & secrets. Finally, neither the scarf (which was not from Chaos) nor the item containing both pearls & the hint of the moon were received via Dame Aisling.”My results here… Follow up: the trackback URL for this entry is: http://www.whiterose.org/MT/mt-tb.cgi/6824 1 Comments Michael Oh, and to remind you all what an utter dork your right-brained GM is, I solved it as Brother Tomat, so that I could determine what Marius had told him that he didn't already know... |
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