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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6887503" data-attributes="member: 6787650">Really? So to you, the guy who gave the supersoldier serum to Captain America was evil? Because it could have killed him instead of empowering him.Hobgoblin invasion and they outnumber us 20:1? Let's offer draws of the Deck to all the soldiers in the army. Some of them will die horribly, others will turn into Captain America... as long as we're up-front about it that sounds like a good trade, no? Better than dying to hobgoblins anyway.Everyone in the village is languishing in poverty? Let's let a few people draw from the deck, starting with the old and sick. If they make the (probabilistic) sacrifice with their eyes open, that's their privilege.A Deck of Many Things is extremely powerful, arguably even campaign-distorting, even if you can only offer it to other people. It effectively turns you into the Mysterious Old Man who sold Jack the beans for the beanstalk--you become the catalyst for changing other peoples' lives. If I don't feel like playing that kind of campaign with my players, I'm not going to hand out an unlimited Deck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6887503, member: 6787650"] Really? So to you, the guy who gave the supersoldier serum to Captain America was evil? Because it could have killed him instead of empowering him. Hobgoblin invasion and they outnumber us 20:1? Let's offer draws of the Deck to all the soldiers in the army. Some of them will die horribly, others will turn into Captain America... as long as we're up-front about it that sounds like a good trade, no? Better than dying to hobgoblins anyway. Everyone in the village is languishing in poverty? Let's let a few people draw from the deck, starting with the old and sick. If they make the (probabilistic) sacrifice with their eyes open, that's their privilege. A Deck of Many Things is extremely powerful, arguably even campaign-distorting, even if you can only offer it to other people. It effectively turns you into the Mysterious Old Man who sold Jack the beans for the beanstalk--you become the catalyst for changing other peoples' lives. If I don't feel like playing that kind of campaign with my players, I'm not going to hand out an unlimited Deck. [/QUOTE]

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