> If on the other hand, [someone] knows the answer from a non-illuminate
> ('Er, somebody asked this funny question and I told him...') and is later
> questioned by the Riddler ('I know this one! 'Seasy! The answer is blah
> blah...*om*..whaddafu-?') then he doesn't have to make a skill roll when
> questioned IMO.
Nah, I don't like it. Too "pat", and way too open to abuse. The Socratic model implied, to me, that you've got to do a whole lot of introspection, examination, and questioning of your beliefs and understanding, either as a softening-up process before the Riddle's "answer" is surprised out of you ("Fish! ... Now, why the HELL did I say that?"), or else during the answering of the Riddle ("Umm... Let me think... Ah! Fish!").
Under Peter's model, I don't see why the answerer would even need to know the language his "answer" was in, since it's irrelevant for him to have any experience in, or comprehend in any way, the subject of the Riddle he's "answering". Might as well use nautical metaphors to explain something to a Pentan.
Another thing: IMHO, the Philosophy, Paradox and Comparative Morality (i.e. Illumination) classes at the Lunar College of Magic take a lot longer to complete than one session of the following:
Magister: Today, students, you are going to become Illuminates. On the desk in front of you, you will see a list of 100 questions. The answers to these questions are: 1) Fish, 2) They're both the same, 3) Without the goat, Student 1: *AM* [Levitates slightly] Magister: Well done, Philarchus! The Irrippi Ontor Prize for Speedy Insight is yours. Now, if you'll allow me to continue: 4) The sound of a man dying, 5) In a different bucket, Student 2: *AM* ... Aieee!!! We're all Chaos Monsters!!! Kill the EvilOnes!!!
[Enter Paramedics, stage left]...
I don't like this. And I'm *sure* it's not what happens at the LCM!
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