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<blockquote data-quote="Xethreau" data-source="post: 7027116" data-attributes="member: 57584"><p><strong><u>EXAMPLE 2: Using a Flavor Card</u></strong></p><p><strong><u></u></strong></p><p>In this example, I’m using the variant spread to essentially let the cards choose my supporting flavor for me.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]81177[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>For my class, I have Eight of Cups. I see the emotional element of cups, and my mind jumps to some sort of divine class. Either cleric or paladin. Race is Five of Swords, which represents a bit of a martial bent. A dwarf, dragonborn, or half-orc. In the background slot we have the Seven of Pentacles. Seeing money I think noble, but that card represents a milestone - “potential expansion and success, but your continued effort is essential if the seeds of the future are to be realized.” So somehow, this character’s background has set her on a journey. I wonder if the flavor card has any insight. Four of Wands: Culmination, sociality, freedom. I think this is very interesting, because 5Swords means “selfishness” and 8Cups means “concluding established relationships in order to safeguard the future.” These cards are all connected, but it remains unclear. </p><p></p><p>I’ll let my ability scores settle the argument. Highest ability score: Strength. Wow cards, way to be subtle. <strong>High strength</strong> it is. Given my above reading and my primary ability score, I’d say that this character is a <strong>dragonborn paladin</strong>. Background? I’m getting this sort of “going renegade” and “knight errant” feeling from these cards, so maybe she was an <strong>acolyte</strong> before.</p><p></p><p>As for the rest of the ability scores, we have an array represented by the Ace of Swords. This represents sheer mental power. The smart thing to do would be to choose the <strong>standard</strong><strong> array</strong>. Our middling ability score is the Page of Swords and the lowest is Ten of Swords. Huh. One of these is INT, to be sure. But which? Page is described as “a shrewd judge of character,” whereas 10 represents the full embodiment of a suit. <strong>Middling wisdom, low intelligence</strong>. If I didn’t know better, I’d say the cards were powergaming! (wink wink)</p><p></p><p>Background. Three of Pentacles means cooperation, making her the <strong>peacemaking</strong> type. Her ideal is the King of Swords. Ambition. Interesting! I love how it vibes with the paladin thing. In that case let’s go with the acolyte’s <strong>Change</strong> ideal. <strong>Chaotic alignment</strong>; puts the “errant” in “knight-errant!” Unexpected, but very fun! Bond: Ace of Cups, raw emotional force. What “raw emotion” would drive a peacemaking acolyte to quit the temple and go beat people up? Outrage. <strong>She hates the corrupt clergy</strong> of her temple. And her flaw? The Emperor. My knee-jerk reaction is to say “Patriarchy!” but that doesn’t fit well with the rest of her story. The Emperor can be wise but also stubborn, so maybe she is <strong>inflexible in her thinking</strong>. That would certainly explain her storming off like that!</p><p></p><p>This is Sora Delmirev, knight-errant. At least, that is what she calls herself. She served in a temple to the gods through childhood, becoming a disciple and then assuming other responsibilities. She felt the gods in her heart and loved to serve others, be it in household chores, manual labor, settling disputes, or religious rites. Such was her calling: to be a little light in the world. But when she realized the darkness of her superiors, she quit the temple and began a crusade against them. She puts her father’s martial training training to use, and though she is outcast from her spiritual home she still feels the gods in her heart.</p><p></p><p>Is this the only character she could have been? No. She could have been a dwarf cleric who left her cloister to enact holy war. She could have also been a savage halfling druid making her way to the city for the first time. Or perhaps he could have been a half-orc bard-arian whose chiseled physique and animal magnetism draws in discreet admirers wherever he goes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xethreau, post: 7027116, member: 57584"] [B][U]EXAMPLE 2: Using a Flavor Card [/U][/B] In this example, I’m using the variant spread to essentially let the cards choose my supporting flavor for me. [ATTACH=CONFIG]81177._xfImport[/ATTACH] For my class, I have Eight of Cups. I see the emotional element of cups, and my mind jumps to some sort of divine class. Either cleric or paladin. Race is Five of Swords, which represents a bit of a martial bent. A dwarf, dragonborn, or half-orc. In the background slot we have the Seven of Pentacles. Seeing money I think noble, but that card represents a milestone - “potential expansion and success, but your continued effort is essential if the seeds of the future are to be realized.” So somehow, this character’s background has set her on a journey. I wonder if the flavor card has any insight. Four of Wands: Culmination, sociality, freedom. I think this is very interesting, because 5Swords means “selfishness” and 8Cups means “concluding established relationships in order to safeguard the future.” These cards are all connected, but it remains unclear. I’ll let my ability scores settle the argument. Highest ability score: Strength. Wow cards, way to be subtle. [B]High strength[/B] it is. Given my above reading and my primary ability score, I’d say that this character is a [B]dragonborn paladin[/B]. Background? I’m getting this sort of “going renegade” and “knight errant” feeling from these cards, so maybe she was an [B]acolyte[/B] before. As for the rest of the ability scores, we have an array represented by the Ace of Swords. This represents sheer mental power. The smart thing to do would be to choose the [B]standard[/B][B] array[/B]. Our middling ability score is the Page of Swords and the lowest is Ten of Swords. Huh. One of these is INT, to be sure. But which? Page is described as “a shrewd judge of character,” whereas 10 represents the full embodiment of a suit. [B]Middling wisdom, low intelligence[/B]. If I didn’t know better, I’d say the cards were powergaming! (wink wink) Background. Three of Pentacles means cooperation, making her the [B]peacemaking[/B] type. Her ideal is the King of Swords. Ambition. Interesting! I love how it vibes with the paladin thing. In that case let’s go with the acolyte’s [B]Change[/B] ideal. [B]Chaotic alignment[/B]; puts the “errant” in “knight-errant!” Unexpected, but very fun! Bond: Ace of Cups, raw emotional force. What “raw emotion” would drive a peacemaking acolyte to quit the temple and go beat people up? Outrage. [B]She hates the corrupt clergy[/B] of her temple. And her flaw? The Emperor. My knee-jerk reaction is to say “Patriarchy!” but that doesn’t fit well with the rest of her story. The Emperor can be wise but also stubborn, so maybe she is [B]inflexible in her thinking[/B]. That would certainly explain her storming off like that! This is Sora Delmirev, knight-errant. At least, that is what she calls herself. She served in a temple to the gods through childhood, becoming a disciple and then assuming other responsibilities. She felt the gods in her heart and loved to serve others, be it in household chores, manual labor, settling disputes, or religious rites. Such was her calling: to be a little light in the world. But when she realized the darkness of her superiors, she quit the temple and began a crusade against them. She puts her father’s martial training training to use, and though she is outcast from her spiritual home she still feels the gods in her heart. Is this the only character she could have been? No. She could have been a dwarf cleric who left her cloister to enact holy war. She could have also been a savage halfling druid making her way to the city for the first time. Or perhaps he could have been a half-orc bard-arian whose chiseled physique and animal magnetism draws in discreet admirers wherever he goes. [/QUOTE]
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