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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 9292394" data-attributes="member: 52734"><p>Back in 1E/2E was playing my group through I6 - Ravenloft & I10 - House on Griffon Hill at the same time. The group found the deck in the bowels of Strahd's castle (and I used the cardstock deck from Dragon magazine), and they had a plan ... I think everyone drew at least 3 cards. I remember the paladin drew the Knight (gaining a henchmen), someone got the Gem, and more than a few wishes were pulled via the Moon. The Monk drew the Flames, and ended up attracting the eye of Orcus upon them. The rogue drew The Void*, but the group was able to use one of the wishes they ended up to roll back time and allow him to redraw (I don't remember what was drawn after that). </p><p></p><p>The best one was the cleric, who pulled the Comet - defeat the next creature (solo) to go up a level. That next creature turned out to be a Shadow Demon, and it was a helluva fight as the first thing it did was drop <em>darkness</em> on the fighting area. This was back in the day of "guess the square your enemy is in to even make an attack roll", and he didn't have any sort of spell counter for the darkness (and was human to boot). The cleric ended up going through most of his healing spells to survive the fight, but did finally win in the end.</p><p></p><p>----</p><p></p><p>Only about a year later in my brother's game I would learn that one of the players had marked the deck (by crimping the corner of the Moon card - and Void & Donjon - ever so slightly) - thus the abnormal number of Wish draws (of which my brother had partaken). I was pissed. So, I paid him back by drawing a total of 28 wishes for my own character, and then pointing out what they had done (I only kept the 3 wishes I had got from the original draw of the Moon - which was when I noticed it was marked).</p><p></p><p>I never have, and probably never will, use the deck again.</p><p></p><p>* Turns out this card had only been drawn because the rest of the group hadn't yet informed the player the deck had been marked. I'm pretty sure I remember them pulling him aside after the draw when they were planning how to fix it, and informed him at that time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 9292394, member: 52734"] Back in 1E/2E was playing my group through I6 - Ravenloft & I10 - House on Griffon Hill at the same time. The group found the deck in the bowels of Strahd's castle (and I used the cardstock deck from Dragon magazine), and they had a plan ... I think everyone drew at least 3 cards. I remember the paladin drew the Knight (gaining a henchmen), someone got the Gem, and more than a few wishes were pulled via the Moon. The Monk drew the Flames, and ended up attracting the eye of Orcus upon them. The rogue drew The Void*, but the group was able to use one of the wishes they ended up to roll back time and allow him to redraw (I don't remember what was drawn after that). The best one was the cleric, who pulled the Comet - defeat the next creature (solo) to go up a level. That next creature turned out to be a Shadow Demon, and it was a helluva fight as the first thing it did was drop [I]darkness[/I] on the fighting area. This was back in the day of "guess the square your enemy is in to even make an attack roll", and he didn't have any sort of spell counter for the darkness (and was human to boot). The cleric ended up going through most of his healing spells to survive the fight, but did finally win in the end. ---- Only about a year later in my brother's game I would learn that one of the players had marked the deck (by crimping the corner of the Moon card - and Void & Donjon - ever so slightly) - thus the abnormal number of Wish draws (of which my brother had partaken). I was pissed. So, I paid him back by drawing a total of 28 wishes for my own character, and then pointing out what they had done (I only kept the 3 wishes I had got from the original draw of the Moon - which was when I noticed it was marked). I never have, and probably never will, use the deck again. * Turns out this card had only been drawn because the rest of the group hadn't yet informed the player the deck had been marked. I'm pretty sure I remember them pulling him aside after the draw when they were planning how to fix it, and informed him at that time. [/QUOTE]
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