OOTS #1277 - The Discussion Thread

[HalfTangible]

No, the caves is a shell game. A shell game is not a game in which you have a 1-in-x chance of guessing right. It is a game that makes you think you have a 1-in-x chance of guessing right, but where you in fact have 0 chance of guessing right, because it is not a guessing game at all. Which is what "pick a door, any door" is. And Xykon fell for it hook, line and sinker, since he thought it was all about "getting lucky" when in fact it was a "do all of them before the monster regenerate" or whatever. Had he kept with his original "1-2 doors a night" he'd never have beaten the dungeon, because it is a shell game and he was never going to "get lucky".

I think you missed the point I was getting at. The main reason that the Order decided there might be a shell game involved here is that the dungeon is being overseen by a rogue. But it was in honor of a barbarian, so instead of a rogue's shell game, they got a barbarian's gauntlet.

First layer (dungeon at face value): Pick a door, any door.
Second layer (it's a rogue trying to trick you): Bypass the doors, because none of them are right.
"Real" layer (in honor of a barbarian): Actually you have to visit *every* door.