Talk:Astral Plane

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The following edit is misleading and was removed:

"If you do not have a Helm of opposite alignment, you may use a probability trick to increase the chance to ascend on the second high altar you visit. It works so: first choose an altar without exploring it (left, right, middle), go explore an altar you didn't choose, then, if the first altar you explore wasn't the right one, go explore the remaining altar (the one you did not choose). It has a 2/3 chance to be the right one."

This 'technique' appears to be a parallel of the Monty Hall problem () except it nets you absolutely nothing. The player has a 1/3 chance of picking the right altar on the first try. If you follow the above method the second altar you visit will have a 1/2 chance of being the right one. The author of that method drew a parallel with the problem Monty Hall problem except there is