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kingandyI have rediscovered an old project of mine and taken it up again: a set of cards for use in LRP fortune telling. If one uses tarot cards one risks drawing down the fury of the universe the ire of goth pickles everywhere, so I concluded that an alternate set should be devised.
This will not be a full and complete set (there may be other Turtles cards, for instance, but it is doubtful they will number from one to ten); I was intending to slavishly reproduce Pratchett's described Carot deck, but I soon realised that with eight suits of eight cards and four minor arcana, I would hardly have any cards remaining for interesting major arcana (I had bought 100 notecards). So I abandoned that and decided to draw whatever seemed funny at any given moment.
I am still trying to think of a way to represent The Importance Of Washing The Hands, and The Your Wife Is Sleeping With Robert Rodriguez (suggested by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bacony as I recall).
Thus far there are six. I present them to you along with possible interpretations, though naturally these will not be fixed as it's a roleplaying tool.
This will not be a full and complete set (there may be other Turtles cards, for instance, but it is doubtful they will number from one to ten); I was intending to slavishly reproduce Pratchett's described Carot deck, but I soon realised that with eight suits of eight cards and four minor arcana, I would hardly have any cards remaining for interesting major arcana (I had bought 100 notecards). So I abandoned that and decided to draw whatever seemed funny at any given moment.
I am still trying to think of a way to represent The Importance Of Washing The Hands, and The Your Wife Is Sleeping With Robert Rodriguez (suggested by
bacony as I recall).Thus far there are six. I present them to you along with possible interpretations, though naturally these will not be fixed as it's a roleplaying tool.
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The Four Of Turtles Support; balance; stability; instability; balancing chelonians. |
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The Five Of Hats Suave sophistication; charisma; unwarranted pride; five hats. |
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Death Usually not literal death, refers to a change or new beginning. May do several duplicates, so that I can look askant and mutter "There's only supposed to be one in the deck..." |
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The Orang-Utan Strength; cunning; stupidity; |
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The Happy Squirrel The worst possible draw. Horrible pointy doom from a completely unexpected and unpredictable source. DOOM. |
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The Wizard Intellect; curiosity; investigation into things about which man should not wot; old man in a pointy hat. |
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Date: 2005-02-07 12:13 pm (UTC)Re: ps
Date: 2005-02-07 12:16 pm (UTC)I remember with nostalgia the beautiful Mage-sque major arcana tarot as created by an old mate of mine, and the regret that I have no idea where it is any more. Sigh.
Don't forget to add a yellow sign, or at the very least some sort of jaundiced marionette, to the mix. And "Ask Again Later" might be appropriate.
Re: ps
Date: 2005-02-07 12:23 pm (UTC)I have already added the suit of TRIANGLES, the Ace being a hand with the Steve Jackson Games logo in the palm.
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Date: 2005-02-07 12:27 pm (UTC)Re: ps
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Date: 2005-02-07 02:26 pm (UTC)Re: ps
Date: 2005-02-07 02:03 pm (UTC)The cards were useless to anyone else unless they played a particular group in the LT at the time.
Literally irreplacable.
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Date: 2005-02-07 02:43 pm (UTC)