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Qucalion of Celene
Sergeant
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Salt Lake City, Utah
 | | 02/20/2007 4:35 PM |
| I picked up the Deck of Many Things by Green Ronin Publications.
For $9.95, it's not a bad accessory for role-playing. the cards are on good card stock, and are shuffleable. the art work is very nice and reminiscent of tarot cards.Â
The product includes 2 rules cards. One side has the ubiquitous D20 SRD and on the other side appears to be the description of the magic item from the SRD (exactly written except for creation information, and notes a tabel where you can use a normal playing card deck - the table doesn't exist). It also has a table that has a brief summary.
The other card has brief descriptions of each card. This has to be used in conjunction with the table on the other card. For example, drawing the Jester, the description says "This card is always discarded when drawn, unlike all others except the fool. The additional draw is optional."
However, looking at the summary table, the Jester has the following effect: "gain 10,000 XP or two more draws from the deck".
This method of reference is annoying at best having to look in two different places for the rules. Of course one can always use the DMG.
It's a nice product, and if you really like this kind of thing for your games, I would recommend picking it up. | |
Qucalion of Celene
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Monsoon28
Underboss
2290 Posts
Toronto
| | 02/20/2007 10:19 PM |
| I also bought the cards at the same time I picked up the 3-Dragon Ante cards last month. Nice set that for a good price, sure the 'Deck of Many Things' is a artifact rarely to be used. But with these cards you may find yourself tempted to bring them into your campaign....at least until your Wizard selects Dungeon and tears them up!  | |
"I was sittin' here eatin' my muffin, drinkin' my coffee, replayin' the incident in my head, when I had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity." - Jules Winnfield
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Star
Sergeant
978 Posts
New Britain, CT
| | 02/20/2007 10:53 PM |
| I bought the deck of many things too. It doesn't come up very often but the times that it had I regretted using playing cards - it looked cheesy. This is a good product for $10. WOTC should have made this years ago.
My only complaint (and it's a small one) is I would have liked the cardstock to be a little thicker. Not so thick that you can't shuffle them but just a little thicker so they feel a bit more substantial. | |
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Qucalion of Celene
Sergeant
913 Posts
Salt Lake City, Utah
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GuJiaXian
Sergeant
641 Posts
Roswell, GA
| | 02/21/2007 1:33 PM |
| Am I the only person who just used the old Dragon magazine DoMT? Heck, the artwork's better on that version anyway (at least in my opinion, of course).
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Qucalion of Celene
Sergeant
913 Posts
Salt Lake City, Utah
| | 02/22/2007 4:11 PM |
| Posted By GuJiaXian on 02/21/2007 1:33 PM
Am I the only person who just used the old Dragon magazine DoMT? Heck, the artwork's better on that version anyway (at least in my opinion, of course).
I really like the art of the new DoMT, but I have to agree with you that the old Dragon version was more appropriate.
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Qucalion of Celene
Master Champion of the Dice Tale[http://dicetales.kuglerworld.com/]
Ringleader of the Magical Mystery Trade
Conductor of the MaxMinis Commuter Trade
Official Wizards of the Coast Delegate
King of the Caveats
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