Ever since I started playing D&D 20+ year ago, I've loved the chaos of the Deck of Many Things. It can really change a game, both empowering or ruining characters. It definitely produced some of the most memorable sessions I've every played. I even wrote an expanded version. Now, a decade later I have updated it and am sharing it with the world.
Today I published it at DMsGuild.com: The Tarot Deck of Many, Many Things. It is written for 5th edition D&D, but easily convertible to Pathfinder. Please take a look! (Shameless self promotion over.)
http://tinyurl.com/zttufso
One game, a player got lucky enough to get a random drop of a Shield +5, just to lose it to a bad draw of the deck. Anyone else have memorable time with the Deck? As a DM or as a player?
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Right now I am on my phone, so I can't check it. But I'll do it in the morning. The tarot deck of many many things. Sounds cool!
Ladies and gentlemen,
I cannot endorse this product enough. Kevin Ohannessian is one of the first people I ever played with, and one of my first DMs. I remember the earlier version of the deck of many many things, and it was an amazing piece of game craft even then. I believe it has only grown more amazing as time has gone by, and I am so very glad that he had published it. Please, give it a look folks.
Dot for later.
Thanks, Freehold DM. I believed you got burned -- literally -- by the 3rd edition version of the Tarot deck once. Thank you for not holding that against the deck!
Yeah, I've got some good stories from the deck. Like the time it gave us a magic treasure map that sent us on a months-long side quest that ended up tying in to the actual plot.
Or the time we got 3 wishes, but ended up hiving to spend them all to cancel other effects from the deck that would have screwed either a character or the whole party. (Like having the cleric get changed to a fighter in a party with basically no secondary healers)
Well, damn. If Freehold endorses it, it's good enough for me to try it out.
Yeah, I've got some good stories from the deck. Like the time it gave us a magic treasure map that sent us on a months-long side quest that ended up tying in to the actual plot.
Or the time we got 3 wishes, but ended up hiving to spend them all to cancel other effects from the deck that would have screwed either a character or the whole party. (Like having the cleric get changed to a fighter in a party with basically no secondary healers)
Actually, using the wishes of the Deck against the Deck is part of the mini-adventure in the PDF! Pretty brilliant that you did it in your game. It never crossed my mind as a player.
Thanks, Freehold DM. I believed you got burned -- literally -- by the 3rd edition version of the Tarot deck once. Thank you for not holding that against the deck!
I have not forgotten what happened my friend. Reverse phoenix. In those days, it meant immolation with no chance of resurrection.
That's why they call it play testing! To figure out the flaws!