Saturday, March 9, 2019

Darklands Puzzle #12

A grim iron door blocks your way. Above the door is carved:
ALL STATEMENTS ARE TRUE.
NAME TIFSYN'S FOLK TO OPEN THE DOOR.
On the door are embossed six statements:
  1. All full-blooded kobolds love to drink rust wine.
  2. Tifsyn is Hoondit's child.
  3. Hourly, Tifsyn calls out the correct time from the depths of his lair.
  4. Tifsyn is either a gnome, dwarf, or kobold.
  5. Hoondit hates rust wine.
  6. No gnome is ever truthful.
You ponder, then say...
...Tifsyn must be a dwarf.
...Tifsyn must be a gnome.
...Tifsyn must be a kobold.
(Source: Darklands cluebook from MicroProse Software)

Statement #5 means, per statement #1, that Hoondit is not a kobold. Per statement #2, Tifsyn is Hoondit's child, meaning that Tifsyn can only be a gnome or dwarf. Per statement #6, no gnome is ever truthful and accordingly, per statement #3, Tifsyn cannot be a gnome. Tifsyn is a Dwarf.

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