More Uses For Your Tarokka Deck

More Uses For Your Tarokka Deck

Tarokkas or Random Tables

It doesn’t matter if you’re playing Curse of Strahd. You can draw cards directly from your Tarokka Deck instead of using random dice to generate encounters, treasure and more. I have made it very easy for both you and me by writing out the numbers in a table below.

Other than the d6 row, I am aware that these cards don’t match the same probability as a throw to an actual die. If this were an attack, damage, saving throw, ability check or saving throw, then I wouldn’t allow it. This table would be acceptable for a DM. It’s as good or better than you’d expect without adding more cards to the deck.

The best part about having players make these cards is the opportunity to find treasure and encounters. As you pull out the cards, ask the players to draw. This adds drama to the game. Psychologically, this shifts the burden of the result onto the player.

Take a look at the table below.

Tarokka Deck used as dice

A Little Preview

This post is actually a preview for a DMs Guild product, which I am currently developing. It’s a Curse of Strahd-related encounter that involves a magic Tarokka card. For more information on this side trek, please wait until next week to see my game with Chris Perkins.

Roll20CON

Roll20CON has information for you if it isn’t already!

Roll20 Community will host a free online celebration on June 3rd 2016 for only 24 hours. But you can already start listing, preparing and joining games! You can play a variety of games at my virtual table from 12 AM to 11:59PM Pacific. You’ll want join the fun and get to test out the Plus or Pro subscription features. That’s right. Roll20CON will include Dynamic lighting (and tons more awesome features) at no charge.

You can catch me live on Twitch, along with some of my favorite streamers, podcasters, and publishers, helping to raise money for Cybersmile.

The schedule for Roll20CON is available below. You will notice that I’m running two games in the 24-hour live stream. Along with my friend Rudy Basso of the Tome Show’s D&D V&G Podcast and Have Spellbook and Nadja Obitor of Misscliks D&D Prophecy and Greg Bilsland of Wizards of the Coast and member of the Dungeons and Dragons teams, and Chris Freakin’ Perrykins, a Wizards of the Coast D&D worker who doesn’t needing any introduction.

Needless to mention, I’m excited about it and nervous. I would appreciate your love and support on game day. Watch us play D&D on Twitch if you are around at 5AM Pacific time or 2PM Pacific time, June 3, 2016. . Randomness of the Tables and Deck