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Old 06-13-2001, 04:14 PM   #7
Glycerine
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Join Date: April 4, 2001
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Posts: 150
The official description:

"Deck of Many Things:
A deck of many things (beneficial and baneful) is usually found in a box or leather pouch. Each deck contains a number of cards, or plaques, made of ivory or vellum. Each is engraved with glyphs, characters, and magical sigils. As soon as one of these cards is drawn from the pack, its magic is bestowed upon the person who drew it, for better or worse.

The character with a deck of many things can announce that he is
drawing only one card, or he can draw two, three, four, or more. However,
the number must be announced prior to drawing the first card. If a jester is
drawn, the possessor of the deck may elect to draw two additional cards.

Each time a card is taken from the deck it is replaced (making it
possible to draw the same card twice) unless the draw is a jester or fool,
in which case the card is discarded from the pack. A deck of many things
contains either 13 cards (1-4 on a 1D6) or 22 cards (5+ on a 1D6).
Additional cards in a 22-card deck are indicated below by an asterisk (*)
before their names. To simulate the magical cards you may want to use the
normal playing card in the suits indicated in the second column. (The
notation is face value, then suit)."

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