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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neo" data-source="post: 1355173" data-attributes="member: 4139">My lot absolutely hate the Deck of Many Things  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  not necessarily because of the cards so much as how I present it.In my campaign its called the Hand of Fate, and whenever they are in real trouble and stuggling for answers or in need of some help for something earth shatteringly important, an individual called the Grey Man shows up.The Grey Man is often sat at a small table, or shuffling his cards in a flourish..and will offer you the answer to any question or dilemma you face IF you only draw a card.  The more cards you draw, the more specific and revealing his answer will be.He has only ever shown up twice to date in any of my campaigns, but the group really hates that when he does turn up "THEY NEED HIM", and that that desperation may just as likely cost them as benefit them <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Of course the gray man is unkillable, being a cosmic figure and all, a culmination of the fickle finger of fate made manifest in human form for a time if you prefer.  I have even toyed with the notion of making him one of the avatars of Tymora.Still the panic on my groups faces at the mention of the grey man still brings a smile to my face... as they know he only turns up when they "desperately" need him lol.</blockquote>

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