Deck of many things

[Glomb175]

Anyone ever used the deck of many things? What level was your party? What happened? Would you recommend it?

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[jaelis]

Here's some good stories:
https://tabletitans.com/tales/post/a-foolproof-plan-to-use-a-deck-of-many-things
https://tabletitans.com/tales/post/a-deck-of-many-wishes

 

[Elon Tusk]

Quick answers...

Yes
levels 4-8
a level 4 became level 9
a level 8 lost XP back down to beginning of level 8 & received a loyal NPC
a level 4 received a magic item

 

[Glomb175]

I've read about 10 different stories and all of them received 5000xp at least once, which is good. Wondering whether or not to introduce it to my characters

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[Caliban]

Are you bored with your current campaign or the current group of PC's? Do you feel it needs a radical change of direction or a shake-up amongst the PC's?

Then you should absolutely introduce the bundle of chaos and tears that is the Deck of Many things.

 

[Glomb175]

Maybe I'll hold off then. My group are level 5, just finishing phandelver then doing a homebrew, all thoroughly invested in their characters. Due to their inexperience (everyone's first campaign) I know if I give it to them and give them very stern warnings, they'll just be like "I draw ten cards" then get really angry when there character loses all their xp, all their items and is teleported to a different plane

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[jaelis]

...all thoroughly invested in their characters. ...

That sounds like a 'no' to me

 

[lowkey13]

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[Glomb175]

It's the safest investment since Enron!

Sometimes, people get complacent. And that's when you need to kick them off the couch, set the couch on fire, bulldoze the house, and chase those people, naked, afraid, and penniless across the border into a foreign country where they don't know the language.

Keeps things fun.

That should be the official definition of fun

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[jgsugden]

Whether you use it is one question - how you use it is another. I would never (again) just drop it into a game for the chaos of it. I'd build a segment of the game around it and have it be the final culminating event of that segment of the game. As for the levels where I'd use it - 9 or above.