I always thought this! Just ask, “Are my eyes blue?” And see what they have to say. If your eyes are blue, the one who says “yes” is telling the truth.
Dont downvote him... The only thing that makes this 'complicated' (which isnt presented here) is the fact that you only get one questions, so you have to ask a questions which both lets you figure out which door you should take. You can't afford to spend your question figuring out which one is true and THEN ask which door to take.
So that barbarian lost.
You explained the puzzle but failed to answer the question in the comment you replied to.
I'd assume they are allowed to explain how they work before actually only truthing and only lying
Hmm I guess the allowed to explain thing makes sense. I always assumed it was some curse or enchantment that made them only be able to tell truths or lies so that didn’t occur to me.
Guard 2 is a liar, he states the the other one guard 1/the truth guy, is a liar. He’s still lying.
Guard 1s statement is true as he doesn’t specify who
The puzzle never originally stated anything about a curse or a reason other than to be puzzleholding Gate keepers as to them lying and truthing. There is nothing saying they can't first explain the rules of the puzzle before starting the actual puzzle part of the encounter
How about this :
"Hey guys. We are under no curse or anything, we're just gatekeepers trying to feed our family. One of this door leads to salvation, the other to certain death. Your choice. Obviously we know which is which, but since this job gets a little boring at times, we've created a little game for yall fellas : You only get one question to find out which door is which, and one of us will answer with the truth, while the other one will lie."
Basically the gards will follow the rule for liying / saying the truth only for the one question they have. So they can explain the concept.
So that barbarian lost.
I'd assume they are allowed to explain how they work before actually only truthing and only lying
Guard 1s statement is true as he doesn’t specify who
"Hey guys. We are under no curse or anything, we're just gatekeepers trying to feed our family. One of this door leads to salvation, the other to certain death. Your choice. Obviously we know which is which, but since this job gets a little boring at times, we've created a little game for yall fellas : You only get one question to find out which door is which, and one of us will answer with the truth, while the other one will lie."
Basically the gards will follow the rule for liying / saying the truth only for the one question they have. So they can explain the concept.