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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 6752678" data-attributes="member: 6790260">While I'm not a fan of cards for stats*, it is pretty interesting to have a &quot;background&quot; system going here. I could see using a tarot deck, split into just suits and just trumps, in several games. Sounds especially useful for 13th Age, actually; suits indicate nature and strength of relationship, arcana indicates who it relates to. You could also draw cards for backgrounds. Perhaps draw two suit cards, one for strength and one for nature/significance. So, for example:4 of Staves (background gives +4), 3 of Swords (background is military or fighting-related), Emperor (background relates to the Dragon Emperor or the Imperial government in some way) = &quot;I was a standard-bearer in the Imperial Legion&quot;whereas if it had been a 3 of (say) Cups, it could instead be &quot;healing or socially-related&quot; and thus &quot;I was a clerk of the Imperial Court.&quot; Or something like that.*It seems to have worked out kind of okay here, though the EK's stats are pretty much objectively superior to the Warlock's...and the Fighter ASI/feats will stack on top of that...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 6752678, member: 6790260"] While I'm not a fan of cards for stats*, it [I]is[/I] pretty interesting to have a "background" system going here. I could see using a tarot deck, split into just suits and just trumps, in several games. Sounds especially useful for 13th Age, actually; suits indicate nature and strength of relationship, arcana indicates who it relates to. You could also draw cards for backgrounds. Perhaps draw two suit cards, one for strength and one for nature/significance. So, for example: 4 of Staves (background gives +4), 3 of Swords (background is military or fighting-related), Emperor (background relates to the Dragon Emperor or the Imperial government in some way) = "I was a standard-bearer in the Imperial Legion" whereas if it had been a 3 of (say) Cups, it could instead be "healing or socially-related" and thus "I was a clerk of the Imperial Court." Or something like that. *It seems to have worked out kind of okay here, though the EK's stats are pretty much objectively superior to the Warlock's...and the Fighter ASI/feats will stack on top of that... [/QUOTE]

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