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For some reason I can't seem to grasp the harrow deck rules when I read the player's guide for Carrion Crown or CoCT. Do the AP's modify how the deck works?

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If I recall correctly, the rules for the using the Harrow deck in Carrion Crown or Council of Thieves are separate rules from the rules insert included with the deck.

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wraithstrike wrote:
For some reason I can't seem to grasp the harrow deck rules when I read the player's guide for Carrion Crown or CoCT. Do the AP's modify how the deck works?

The Harrow Deck itself is a tool with lots of uses. The two APs we've published so far that incorporate the Harrow Deck each present different ways to utilize the Harrow in an adventure, both of which are different than those given in the Harrow deck's booklet sold with the actual product. This is on purpose and by design—we want to encourage GMs to come up with new and creative ways to use the Harrow deck, after all, so we're trying to lead by example.

As for how Harrow Decks work IN game... that's more or less nailed down. The Pathfinder RPG rules for that appear in the upcoming Inner Sea World Guide.


James Jacobs wrote:
The two APs we've published so far that incorporate the Harrow Deck each present different ways to utilize the Harrow in an adventure, both of which are different than those given in the Harrow deck's booklet sold with the actual product.

There's also the Harrower prestige class, Harrowed feat as well as the Harrowing spell which all introduce altogether different mechanics for incorporating the Harrow into game play.

Personally, I'd like to see a variety of new Harrow spells; some better suited to spontaneous casters who'd benefit from a spell that's worth casting several times a day.


Thanks. I was looking at the deck rules, and at the AP. I got it now. :)


So, i want to use the Harrow in Carrion Crown like Crimson Throne.
How do you determine which adventure is WHich Attribute?
( strength, dex, etc.)
or am i missing something?

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