kingandy | Carot

I 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

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.

	The Four Of Turtles Support; balance; stability; instability; balancing chelonians.		The Five Of Hats Suave sophistication; charisma; unwarranted pride; five hats.
	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..."		The Orang-Utan Strength; cunning; stupidity; ~~monkey~~ ape.
	The Happy Squirrel The worst possible draw. Horrible pointy doom from a completely unexpected and unpredictable source. DOOM.		The Wizard Intellect; curiosity; investigation into things about which man should not wot; old man in a pointy hat.