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<blockquote data-quote="Laslo Tremaine" data-source="post: 596399" data-attributes="member: 330">I have.I find tarot cards to be great for helping you to look at a situation from a new perpective, or add elements that you would not have otherwise.You lay out a spread of cards and then start free-associating them with elements in your campaign.&nbsp; For example, a spread could indicate a hidden influence could be the &quot;priestess&quot;.&nbsp; That lets me think about who the &quot;priestesses&quot; are in my campaign&quot; (maybe the high level druidess, or maybe it is the priestess of Weejass...).&nbsp; Then I can start associating them with backplot:&nbsp; Why would the priestess of Weejass be a hidden influence in this scenario?The cards help me from getting stuck in plot ruts, and also give me direction for developing backstory for various NPCs...I heartily recommend them.I got most of my inspiration for this method from Everway (Jonathan Tweet's first RPG that&nbsp; he did for WotC).&nbsp; It contains a simplified tarot deck and instructions for basic spreads for help with plot and NPCs.&nbsp; It's definitely worth checking out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laslo Tremaine, post: 596399, member: 330"] I have. I find tarot cards to be great for helping you to look at a situation from a new perpective, or add elements that you would not have otherwise. You lay out a spread of cards and then start free-associating them with elements in your campaign. For example, a spread could indicate a hidden influence could be the "priestess". That lets me think about who the "priestesses" are in my campaign" (maybe the high level druidess, or maybe it is the priestess of Weejass...). Then I can start associating them with backplot: Why would the priestess of Weejass be a hidden influence in this scenario? The cards help me from getting stuck in plot ruts, and also give me direction for developing backstory for various NPCs... I heartily recommend them. I got most of my inspiration for this method from Everway (Jonathan Tweet's first RPG that he did for WotC). It contains a simplified tarot deck and instructions for basic spreads for help with plot and NPCs. It's definitely worth checking out. [/QUOTE]

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