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Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MDSnowman" data-source="post: 2011049" data-attributes="member: 6255">I know what some of you may be saying...."MDSnowman, how can you review a deck of cards?"To Which I say"Who are you and why are you in my head calling me by my net handle?!?!?!?! Out Foul Demon!! Out!!"~Clears Throat~The Ravenloft Tarokka deck is a series of 68 cards. They're closer in size and shape to a deck of Tarot cards than to playing cards. All the Artwork is done by Talon Dunning whose work I absolutely love. This deck is not the exception to that rule.The cards are large, laminated and have a fake aged look produced by giving it a yellow background instead of white. Several cards in the Major Arcana also feature fake blood stains making these cards look even more ancient.The cards are divided into five groups:The swordsThe GlyphsThe StarsThe CoinsSeveral of these cards feature famous Ravenloft Figures going incognito on them. Forexample the 10 of Glyphs represents the Werewolf Darklord Alfred Timothy approaching a wolf.These groups are collectivly refrered to as the Minor Arcana, each suit having 10 cards.The Remaining 14 Cards are the major Arcana.Well that's nice why did I give this a 5?Included are a small number of cards explaining how to run a Tarokka reading, what each card means, what each card means reversed, and how to actually use these cards to enhance your Ravenloft game. Need a random encounter, plan out several in advance and have each one rpresented by a suit in the Minor Arcana. Need inspiration on creating a PC or NPC? Pull three cards and wait for your imagination to take hold.The inclusion of these cards one doesn't make you dependent on buying the thick Ravenloft DMG, so if you want to open the box and frighten your players with visions of the future you can do it without needing to drop another $30Final Verdict: Many many many moons ago I bought the Ravenloft "Red Box" and inside were a deck of Tarokka cards. They were just like normal playing cards in shape and consistancy and years later they remain unused, but time has still taken its toll on these free cards. Today, after waiting a month for White Wolf to actually ship these to me [Shameless Plug]Let that be a lesson kids, Order from ENWorld [/Shameless Plug] I have a beautiful deck of Tarokka cards that I can see actually surviving use within a game, and I've never been happier. The only thing that keeps me from demanding the right to give this a 6 is the fact it's got a Street Value of $21.95. I can see alot of that price went into production value, but even then it is still a little bit on the Pricey side. A Must for your Ravenloft GM... not the players.</blockquote>

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