Harrowing without a Harrow Deck

[Lazaro]

So I'm running my group through Edge of Anarchy, and they just reached Zellara for their first reading.

Now here's the problem how do you handle the reading without a, mine went missing suddenly, harrow deck?

Any help would be highly appreciated.

[Jason Beardsley]

Isn't there something in the book that says something about rolling dice instead of using cards?

[Cpt_kirstov]

Jason Beardsley wrote:

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there are - there are also rule about using a playing card deck for it (they're either in a side bar or an article in PF7

[azhrei_fje]

Cpt_kirstov wrote:

there are - there are also rule about using a playing card deck for it (they're either in a side bar or an article in PF7

Sorry to revive such an old thread, but I'm running my group through CotCT using MapTool and wanted images for the harrow deck cards without having to buy the deck and scan the images in!

I just found out recently that the faces of all 54 cards are in the last book of the CotCT series, PF#12. I was able to use Adobe Acrobat Pro to "extract all images" from the PDF that comes with my subscription for that page (70? 71?) and then create tokens for them for my MapTool campaign. I'm now working on a set of macros to allow me to actually display a 3x3 grid with the harrow cards on them as they are drawn from the deck -- all using an online "virtual tabletop" application! (I'm GM'ing an online game, but I also use MapTool for local F2F gaming as well.)

Just FYI. :)

[Elorebaen]

I'd love to see the Maptool macros you are using, if you feel so inclined. jasonck(at)comcast.net

Thanks,
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azhrei_fje wrote:

Cpt_kirstov wrote:

there are - there are also rule about using a playing card deck for it (they're either in a side bar or an article in PF7

Sorry to revive such an old thread, but I'm running my group through CotCT using MapTool and wanted images for the harrow deck cards without having to buy the deck and scan the images in!

I just found out recently that the faces of all 54 cards are in the last book of the CotCT series, PF#12. I was able to use Adobe Acrobat Pro to "extract all images" from the PDF that comes with my subscription for that page (70? 71?) and then create tokens for them for my MapTool campaign. I'm now working on a set of macros to allow me to actually display a 3x3 grid with the harrow cards on them as they are drawn from the deck -- all using an online "virtual tabletop" application! (I'm GM'ing an online game, but I also use MapTool for local F2F gaming as well.)

Just FYI. :)

[Revan]

You could also substitute actual Tarot cards using the same playing card table. Take all the minor arcana, and match the cards to the table using the suit equivalencies Cups/Chalices=Hearts, Wands/Staves=Clubs, Coins/Pentacles=Diamonds, and Swords=Spades. Then feel free to switch things around and put in a few Major Arcana to taste--just remember to make a note of it all!

[azhrei_fje]

I've done about as much as I'm going to do on the MapTool macros. Right now it's a pain to import/export lookup tables in MapTool, but I'm working on a better way to handle it. (I'm a programmer from the old days; when something doesn't work the way you want it to, you grab the source code and make your own changes. ;) )

The macros that draw cards from the deck and display a 3x3 table work fine, however. In fact, the GM gets an HTML table with tooltips that have the card meanings, while players get only the card visuals and names.

Until I find a better way to export tables, using these will require a bit of work on your part! So if you PM or email me that you would like to try them, be prepared! ;)