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Message: <blockquote data-quote="erikscottdebie" data-source="post: 5581472" data-attributes="member: 90159">Regarding the Despair deck, I put up a blog post about an optional rule we eliminated early on in the process (for reasons Greg talks about on his post) which I call the "Despair Eidolon" rule. Check it here: <a href="http://erikscottdebie.com/2011/05/25/tips-for-using-the-despair-deck/" target="_blank">Tips for using the Despair Deck  ErikScottdeBie.com</a> Another note for using the Despair Deck: it's probably best not to force the Despair RPing down your players' throats. We recently started using the Despair deck in one of my games and while most of the players were pretty happy with it, one of the players didn't like feeling *forced* to RP his character in a way he felt contrary to his PC's personality. If a whole party of PCs suddenly becomes insane and erratic, then it isn't so much scary as kind of hokey.  I recommend the RPing be done to whatever level is comfortable for you, either subtly (i.e. your PC has these influences or weird thoughts that crop up, etc.) or overtly (i.e. the DM tells the player to RP this more obviously), or wherever between works best for your particular table. Personally, I find the cards most effective when the RP is subtle, the players don't reveal their cards to each other, and the card's effect creeps into the game like growing dread. Cheers</blockquote>