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	* '''The Temptress''': You are automatically Charmed by the next sexually attractive person you see.		* '''The Temptress''': You are automatically Charmed by the next sexually attractive person you see.
	* '''The Artifact''': You immediately gain a powerful, but probably cursed, magic item.		* '''The Artifact''': You immediately gain a powerful, but probably cursed, magic item.

			==See Also==
			[[The death of Hydronos]]. A game session where The Deck, homebrew, and good old fashioned stupidity combine to produce the single most bizarre death in the history of sequential storytelling.

	[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]][[Category:Magic Items]]		[[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]][[Category:Magic Items]]

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Cards of the Deck

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	* '''Balance''' (''2 of Spades''): Your alignment flips to its opposite (e.g Lawful Good becomes Chaotic Evil). No effect if you're True Neutral (although you could flavor it as switching between the "actively maintaining a balance" and "ambivalence" varieties").		* '''Balance''' (''2 of Spades''): Your alignment flips to its opposite (e.g Lawful Good becomes Chaotic Evil). No effect if you're True Neutral (although you could flavor it as switching between the "actively maintaining a balance" and "ambivalence" varieties").
	* '''Comet''' (''2 of Diamonds''): If you beat the next monster or group of monsters by yourself, you get a free level up.		* '''Comet''' (''2 of Diamonds''): If you beat the next monster or group of monsters by yourself, you get a free level up.
	* '''Donjon''' (''Ace of ~~Spaces~~''): You disappear into an extradimensional sphere, leaving your stuff behind. Divination magic can't find the sphere, but Wish can. You are stuck in suspended animation within the sphere until someone pulls you out of it. Lose any further draws.		* '''Donjon''' (''Ace of Spades''): You disappear into an extradimensional sphere, leaving your stuff behind. Divination magic can't find the sphere, but Wish can. You are stuck in suspended animation within the sphere until someone pulls you out of it. Lose any further draws.
	* '''Euryale''' (''Queen of Spades''): You're cursed with -2 to all saves. Only a god or the effect of The Fates can lift the curse.		* '''Euryale''' (''Queen of Spades''): You're cursed with -2 to all saves. Only a god or the effect of The Fates can lift the curse.
	* '''The Fates''' (''Ace of Hearts''): You can avoid or erase an event as if it never happened. You can trigger this at any point before your death.		* '''The Fates''' (''Ace of Hearts''): You can avoid or erase an event as if it never happened. You can trigger this at any point before your death.

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Cards of the Deck

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	* '''The Fates''' (''Ace of Hearts''): You can avoid or erase an event as if it never happened. You can trigger this at any point before your death.		* '''The Fates''' (''Ace of Hearts''): You can avoid or erase an event as if it never happened. You can trigger this at any point before your death.
	* '''Flames''' (''Queen of Clubs''): A powerful devil becomes your enemy and will seek to ruin your life before it kills you. This enmity will last until either you die or the devil dies.		* '''Flames''' (''Queen of Clubs''): A powerful devil becomes your enemy and will seek to ruin your life before it kills you. This enmity will last until either you die or the devil dies.
	* '''Fool''' (''Black~~/Trademarked~~ Joker''): Lose 10,000 XP (if that would cause you to lose a level, you keep the exact amount needed to retain it) and draw again, counting both as the same draw.		* '''Fool''' (''Black Joker''): Lose 10,000 XP (if that would cause you to lose a level, you keep the exact amount needed to retain it) and draw again, counting both as the same draw.
	* '''Gem''' (''2 of Hearts''): 50,000 gp worth of jewelry materializes at your feet.		* '''Gem''' (''2 of Hearts''): 50,000 gp worth of jewelry materializes at your feet.
	* '''Idiot''' (''2 of Clubs''): Permanently reduce Int by 1d4 + 1 (to a minimum of 1), but you get another draw.		* '''Idiot''' (''2 of Clubs''): Permanently reduce Int by 1d4 + 1 (to a minimum of 1), but you get another draw.
	* '''Jester''' (''Red~~/Nontrademarked~~ Joker''): Either gain 10,000 XP or draw two more times.		* '''Jester''' (''Red Joker''): Either gain 10,000 XP or draw two more times.
	* '''Key''' (''Queen of Hearts''): A magic weapon you're proficient with of at least Rare rarity appears in your hands. The GM chooses what the weapon will be.		* '''Key''' (''Queen of Hearts''): A magic weapon you're proficient with of at least Rare rarity appears in your hands. The GM chooses what the weapon will be.
	* '''Knight''' (''Jack of Hearts''): You gain the service of a 4th level fighter of your race, who appears in a space within 30 feet of you. The fighter will serve you for life and is controlled by you.		* '''Knight''' (''Jack of Hearts''): You gain the service of a 4th level fighter of your race, who appears in a space within 30 feet of you. The fighter will serve you for life and is controlled by you.

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Cards of the Deck

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	Of course, you can't have a magical deck of cards without each of those cards meaning something, so here's the drill on just what the Deck of Many Things features. Names in brackets list the "equivalent cards", so you can emulate drawing from the deck with any standard playing card. (This particular set of descriptions applies to the 5e version, for what it's worth.)		Of course, you can't have a magical deck of cards without each of those cards meaning something, so here's the drill on just what the Deck of Many Things features. Names in brackets list the "equivalent cards", so you can emulate drawing from the deck with any standard playing card. (This particular set of descriptions applies to the 5e version, for what it's worth.)

	* '''Balance''' (''2 of Spades''): Your alignment flips to its opposite (e.g Lawful Good becomes Chaotic Evil). No effect if you're True Neutral.		* '''Balance''' (''2 of Spades''): Your alignment flips to its opposite (e.g Lawful Good becomes Chaotic Evil). No effect if you're True Neutral (although you could flavor it as switching between the "actively maintaining a balance" and "ambivalence" varieties").
	* '''Comet''' (''2 of Diamonds''): If you beat the next monster or group of monsters by yourself, you get a free level up.		* '''Comet''' (''2 of Diamonds''): If you beat the next monster or group of monsters by yourself, you get a free level up.
	* '''Donjon''' (''Ace of Spaces''): You disappear into an extradimensional sphere, leaving your stuff behind. Divination magic can't find the sphere, but Wish can. You are stuck in suspended animation within the sphere until someone pulls you out of it. Lose any further draws.		* '''Donjon''' (''Ace of Spaces''): You disappear into an extradimensional sphere, leaving your stuff behind. Divination magic can't find the sphere, but Wish can. You are stuck in suspended animation within the sphere until someone pulls you out of it. Lose any further draws.

1d4chan>LGX-000 at 01:29, 13 June 2019

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	===Tarot Deck of Many Things===		===Tarot Deck of Many Things===
	Featured in [[Dragon Magazine]] #77, the Tarot Deck of Many Things is~~... well, what the fuck do you expect? It's~~ a tarot deck that grants magical effects when you pull a card from it.		Featured in [[Dragon Magazine]] #77, the Tarot Deck of Many Things is a tarot deck that grants magical effects when you pull a card from it.

	Released for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, this version of the Deck of Many Things has '''seventy ~~fucking~~ eight''' different cards, each of which has ''at least'' two different effects, depending on whether you draw it in the upright position or the inverted position.		Released for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, this version of the Deck of Many Things has '''seventy eight''' different cards, each of which has ''at least'' two different effects, depending on whether you draw it in the upright position or the inverted position.

	This version was made official when it was reposted in the Encyclopedia Magica, Vol. 1.		This version was made official when it was reposted in the Encyclopedia Magica, Vol. 1.

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You missed the section about the descriptions applying to the 5e version

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	* '''Balance'''		* '''Balance'''
	* '''Fool'''		* '''Fool'''


	Note that many DMs have opted to homebrew effects for all the other cards in a standard real-life deck, or even to discard the above list for an entirely different one. You could for example make the three of spades give someone ken doll anatomy, have the eight of hearts give someone a free familiar/mount, or one red and one black card each that make the deck disappear.

	==Variant Decks==		==Variant Decks==

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	* '''Balance'''		* '''Balance'''
	* '''Fool'''		* '''Fool'''


			Note that many DMs have opted to homebrew effects for all the other cards in a standard real-life deck, or even to discard the above list for an entirely different one. You could for example make the three of spades give someone ken doll anatomy, have the eight of hearts give someone a free familiar/mount, or one red and one black card each that make the deck disappear.

	==Variant Decks==		==Variant Decks==

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	So how exactly does it work? Well, assuming your DM is foolish (or, alternately, [[Tzeentch\|cunning]]) enough to allow you to obtain one, the deck is basically just an ordinary deck of cards, with each card corresponding to a specific effect.		So how exactly does it work? Well, assuming your DM is foolish (or, alternately, [[Tzeentch\|cunning]]) enough to allow you to obtain one, the deck is basically just an ordinary deck of cards, with each card corresponding to a specific effect.

	Some of the cards have good effects (gain a level, obtain wealth, etc) and some effects are bad (idiocy, getting your soul sucked out, etc). You can choose to draw however many cards you want, but players with at least some sense in them will opt for a small number, as ~~the~~ probability of drawing a card that will completely buttfuck you increases with each ~~card~~. And if you happen to survive your ordeal, you may find that your character's life circumstances are so drastically different that it completely derails the campaign if it hasn't already.		Some of the cards have good effects (gain a level, obtain wealth, etc) and some effects are bad (idiocy, getting your soul sucked out, etc). You can choose to draw however many cards you want, but players with at least some sense in them will opt for a small number, as basic probability means drawing a card that will completely buttfuck you increases with each pull. And if you happen to survive your ordeal, you may find that your character's life circumstances are so drastically different that it completely derails the campaign if it hasn't already.

	Whether it's your character losing every save throw, or turning into a greedy bag of dicks, the wisest option may simply be to just say no. Unless you're definitely going to die, you're much better off avoiding the deck as typically at least two of the cards will effectively take your character out of the game forever, and many more will set you back ''tremendously''. In short, this is for use by Chaotic Neutral and Chaotic Evil DMs only.		Whether it's your character losing every save throw, or turning into a greedy bag of dicks, the wisest option may simply be to just say no. Unless you're definitely going to die, you're much better off avoiding the deck as typically at least two of the cards will effectively take your character out of the game forever, and many more will set you back ''tremendously''. In short, this is for use by Chaotic Neutral and Chaotic Evil DMs only.
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	* '''The Void''' (''King of Clubs''): Your soul is removed and imprisoned in an object of the GM's choice, which will be guarded by at least one powerful being. You're incapacitated until you get your soul back, and while Wish can't return your soul it can reveal where it's being kept. Lose any further draws.		* '''The Void''' (''King of Clubs''): Your soul is removed and imprisoned in an object of the GM's choice, which will be guarded by at least one powerful being. You're incapacitated until you get your soul back, and while Wish can't return your soul it can reveal where it's being kept. Lose any further draws.

	Apart from the very first version of the Deck, which had 18 cards, the Deck of Many Things have been traditionally divided into two formats; Imperfect (13 cards) and Perfect (22). An Imperfect Deck lacks the following cards:		Apart from the very first version of the Deck, which had 18 cards, the Deck of Many Things have been traditionally divided into two formats - Imperfect (13 cards) and Perfect (22). An Imperfect Deck lacks the following cards:
	* '''Vizier'''		* '''Vizier'''
	* '''Comet'''		* '''Comet'''
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	===4e's Deck of Many Things===		===4e's Deck of Many Things===
	The 4e version of the Deck of Many Things is a very different beast to its kin in other editions. At its basis, it functions as an artifact grade Tome - a special implement unique to [[Wizard]]s - in two differing tiers; a Paragon tier version in [[Dungeon Magazine]] #177, and a Heroic tier version in the adventure "Madness at Gardmore Abbey".		The 4e version of the Deck of Many Things is a very different beast to its kin in other editions. At its basis, it functions as an artifact-grade Tome - a special implement unique to [[Wizard]]s - in two differing tiers; a Paragon tier version in [[Dungeon Magazine]] #177, and a Heroic tier version in the adventure "Madness at Gardmore Abbey".

	~~The paragon version works like this: aside~~ from the ability to draw cards and trigger their effects as normal, ~~it's~~ a +5 tome that can also be used by [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)\|Chaos Sorcerers]] as an implement. It renders the bearer immune to domination effects, can force an enemy within 10 squares to reroll an attack roll/skill check/saving throw and take '''your choice''' of the two results once per encounter, and once per day, allows you to roll a D20 and swap it in for the roll of an ally or enemy - depending on whether you want them to roll high or low.		Aside from the ability to draw cards and trigger their effects as normal, the Paragon Deck is a +5 tome that can also be used by [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)\|Chaos Sorcerers]] as an implement. It renders the bearer immune to domination effects, can force an enemy within 10 squares to reroll an attack roll/skill check/saving throw and take '''your choice''' of the two results once per encounter, and once per day, allows you to roll a D20 and swap it in for the roll of an ally or enemy - depending on whether you want them to roll high or low.

	This version cleverly makes use of 4e's Artifact Concordance mechanic, making the bearer more likely to draw good cards if the Deck likes them and more likely to get the bad cards if it doesn't.		This version cleverly makes use of 4e's Artifact Concordance mechanic, making the bearer more likely to draw good cards if the Deck likes them and more likely to get the bad cards if it doesn't.

	There is one particular difference in this version of the Deck compared to any others~~; you~~ only ever get to draw '''ONE''' card from it; once that card's magic has blessed or cursed you, the Deck vanishes from your possesion and is gone forever, never to appear before you again.		There is one particular difference in this version of the Deck compared to any others. You only ever get to draw '''ONE''' card from it; once that card's magic has blessed or cursed you, the Deck vanishes from your possesion and is gone forever, never to appear before you again.

	===Tarot Deck of Many Things===		===Tarot Deck of Many Things===
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	Released for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, this version of the Deck of Many Things has '''seventy eight''' different cards, each of which has ''at least'' two different effects, depending on whether you draw it in the upright position or the inverted position.		Released for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, this version of the Deck of Many Things has '''seventy eight''' different cards, each of which has ''at least'' two different effects, depending on whether you draw it in the upright position or the inverted position.

	This version was made official when it was reposted in the Encyclopedia Magica, Vol. 1.		This version was made official when it was reposted in the ''Encyclopedia Magica, Vol. 1''.

	===Tarokka Deck of Many Things===		===Tarokka Deck of Many Things===
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	* '''The Artifact''': You immediately gain a powerful, but probably cursed, magic item.		* '''The Artifact''': You immediately gain a powerful, but probably cursed, magic item.

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