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zenthrus
Warlord
5081 Posts
    
SLC, UT
 | | 12/07/2006 8:24 PM |
| Has there been any word on Green Ronin's Deck of Many Things? There was a lot o' hype waay back in August but I haven't seen anything since.....
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Knight Warlord a.k.a. Commander (#32) in only 6 months. Where's my pie?
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 12/07/2006 10:41 PM |
| From http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=197 (gotta love Google):
WT: If you had to pick a favorite of your new releases, which might it be? Any particular reason for the favoritism?
CP: I’m pretty excited about the Deck of Many Things, which should be out the week before Christmas. It takes a classic artifact and makes it real, with evocative art by Eliane Bettochi on tarot-sized cards. The reason I’m particularly keen on it is that I can imagine my 12-year old self thinking it was really cool. Generally, my tastes have changed a lot since I was 12, so I find it comforting that I still have a few things in common with my younger self. | |
Completed trades: blackthorne, Drakkengi,Thorgrin, Ironfist Boulderbender x2, ckissee, nasamonkey, Username, Star, Ace13 x3, emontedodger x2, Drconveyor, church, Joeyb, Sir Bozak The Damned, Xeromod, the other guy x2, Qucalion of Celene, Dagaron x2, berus316, qillan_dvra, AshloreDarkShadow
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realmaster
Underboss
2010 Posts
Home of the 2002 Winter Olympics
| | 12/08/2006 12:32 AM |
| | I really hate decks of many things and tarot decks of many things. they always strike down my character with problems. | |
Thanks, realmaster. Let's split up!!!!!
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Star
Sergeant
978 Posts
New Britain, CT
| | 12/08/2006 2:08 AM |
| Posted By realmaster on 12/08/2006 12:32 AM
I really hate decks of many things and tarot decks of many things. they always strike down my character with problems.
Yeah - but they show up in every campaign and I almost always pick a couple cards. Especially my chaotic PC's.
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Ghendar
Warlord
12297 Posts
The G Spot
| | 12/08/2006 4:08 AM |
| Posted By realmaster on 12/08/2006 12:32 AM
I really hate decks of many things and tarot decks of many things. they always strike down my character with problems.
The one time I pulled from a deck, my PC's soul was imprisoned by Asmodeus.  | |
WotC - making me wish more and more every day for a return to the TSR days. :(
I fought the snark and the snark won. I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!
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Zoons
Underboss
1066 Posts
| | 12/08/2006 6:42 AM |
| | Kind of reminds me of Harry Potters "Any Flavored Jellybeans". Except in D&D you tend to get the cyanide flavored one instead of ear wax. | |
Never teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and it annoys the pig.
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sage_raistlin
Sergeant
377 Posts
| | 12/08/2006 8:30 AM |
| | didn't there use to be a cross reference that made your standard playing card deck into one of these for use in the game? Use this thing one time, got a good card the first time, got killed by orcus IIRC with the second card.... | |
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Gryfalia
Sneak
105 Posts
| | 12/08/2006 12:08 PM |
| There still is. It's in the 3.5 DMG.
Never really thought it was worth money to get, basically, a Tarot deck... | |
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zenthrus
Warlord
5081 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 12/08/2006 12:25 PM |
| I'm interested in one because it isn't a Tarot deck (i.e. the artwork/names are accurate and I don't have to break the deck up). I'm mostly interested in the quality of the artwork.
Nice to hear it'll be out before Christmas. Make a nice stocking-stuffer. | |
Knight Warlord a.k.a. Commander (#32) in only 6 months. Where's my pie?
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 12/08/2006 12:36 PM |
| | I've been in two campaigns where the item has popped up, one where it was represented by stones on the ground. I bever do it because my luck is horrible, but my friend always has gotten the same card. It's hilarious. | |
Completed trades: blackthorne, Drakkengi,Thorgrin, Ironfist Boulderbender x2, ckissee, nasamonkey, Username, Star, Ace13 x3, emontedodger x2, Drconveyor, church, Joeyb, Sir Bozak The Damned, Xeromod, the other guy x2, Qucalion of Celene, Dagaron x2, berus316, qillan_dvra, AshloreDarkShadow
For further info go to My Reference Thread and Trade Interface
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Oryan77
Sergeant
955 Posts
| | 12/08/2006 5:06 PM |
| Aren't these decks basically campaign killers? I love the idea of the item, but I've never had the guts to drop it into my game. Seems like it would really mess with the flavor of the game.
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 12/08/2006 5:47 PM |
| Not really. It depends on when in the game it comes. In the games I've seen it in, by the time they appear PCs are usually 12-13th level so any gains are really not that big or unbalancing, and PCs usually get more screwed by it than not. I think the artifact is a real lesson in what greed an get you.  | |
Completed trades: blackthorne, Drakkengi,Thorgrin, Ironfist Boulderbender x2, ckissee, nasamonkey, Username, Star, Ace13 x3, emontedodger x2, Drconveyor, church, Joeyb, Sir Bozak The Damned, Xeromod, the other guy x2, Qucalion of Celene, Dagaron x2, berus316, qillan_dvra, AshloreDarkShadow
For further info go to My Reference Thread and Trade Interface
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UndeadSmiles
Sneak
64 Posts
Currently in Iraq (wishin i was home)
| | 12/10/2006 12:56 AM |
| | as a DM, i give the deck of many things as an option. the players may at any time request one card per session. and then the hilarity ensues. ha ha ha! | |
Champion of Red Caps
Lord Knight of the Undead Elementals Blood, Grave, Pyre, Mist.
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Gryfalia
Sneak
105 Posts
| | 12/15/2006 10:34 AM |
| We have found the deck to be a fun way to add some complete randomness into our group (in the past). Nothing's quite as fun as finding that Orcus is pissed at you (yeah, that one went well).
Just..one..more...card... | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 12/15/2006 11:36 AM |
| For any DM who is worried about teh deck being potentially game-killing I have a simple suggestion: cheat.
Take out any cards you feel are too good or too bad and replace them with duplicates of less potenitally unbalancing ones. Your players will never know the difference, it will be just as exciting and nerve-wracking for them, and they will forever have another yarn to add to their repertoire of stories. | |
Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. ~ Terry Pratchett | |
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Skyscraper
Sergeant
659 Posts
Montreal
| | 12/15/2006 12:23 PM |
| That's not cheating, it's simply item creation
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GuJiaXian
Sergeant
653 Posts
Roswell, GA
| | 12/15/2006 1:59 PM |
| | See, I took a look at the previews of Green Ronin's DoMT, and I just wasn't all that impressed with the artwork. I've been using the old DoMT cards from that old Dragon magazine (#148, August 1989) for years now without problems. I like the artwork just fine, and it doesn't include prominently displayed artist signatures. Besides, it was cheaper. | |
"Clearly a case of too many hunchbacks and not enough mad scientists..." | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 12/19/2006 6:16 AM |
| I just made my own using art from the WotC galleries.
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Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. ~ Terry Pratchett | |
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yack
Commander
3254 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 12/19/2006 6:45 AM |
| thats a great idea Sulaco!
Is there a full list somewhere I checked the DMG and it doesn't mention any of the things listed above...?
Or can the DM just add to the deck ? | |
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 12/19/2006 2:48 PM |
| | You'll probably have luck on the web somewhere. I don't know a site offhand, but there have been alternate lists (expanded, more random) for wands of wonder so I assume in a similar place there would be what you are looking for. | |
Completed trades: blackthorne, Drakkengi,Thorgrin, Ironfist Boulderbender x2, ckissee, nasamonkey, Username, Star, Ace13 x3, emontedodger x2, Drconveyor, church, Joeyb, Sir Bozak The Damned, Xeromod, the other guy x2, Qucalion of Celene, Dagaron x2, berus316, qillan_dvra, AshloreDarkShadow
For further info go to My Reference Thread and Trade Interface
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