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Deck of Many

Woes and Wonders

A D20 Fantasy Supplement

Deck of Many Woes

and Wonders

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Author: Keith Taylor and Andy Williams

Layout/Editing: Keith Taylor

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2005 by Steven Trustum, used with permission.

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Introduction

No other item can bring both hope and fear

at such levels as this deck. Some fear it, some love it

but all must respect it ability to forever alter their life

and the lives of their companions.

Many a night has been spent simply drawing

from the deck rather than attempting to complete a

mighty quest. Many a characters have lost themselves

to the deck. Many a terrors have been unleashed unto

the world from the deck. And yet, many a wonders

have been found thanks to the deck.

This supplement is about the Deck of

Many Things, variant decks and variant rules to use

with them. This supplement is broken into several

sections:

• The Decks – Explanations on how the decks

works, the rules necessary to use any of the

various decks and variant decks with unique

cards and characteristics

• Card Effects – Each card listed with its full

effects and explanations

• SRD Deck – The SRD Deck of Many

Things

• Cards – Separate ﬁle for use, designed to be

printed the size of normal playing cards

Why use these decks? For a change, a break

form the usual, to start an adventure, or simply for

excitement. Have power gamers or munchkins, give

them the Deck of Many Woes. Want to reward your

players, give them the Deck of Many Wonders. Want

to through in some chaos, let your group ﬁnd the

Mad Deck of Abrimilan.

How the Cards Work

Most decks operate in the same manner

though. Each card imparts to the drawer some

knowledge through mystical means. Even cards

that bestow negative effects, the knowledge gained

is either confusing or misleading. Some cards will

impart their knowledge to someone or something

other than the drawer; as in the example of “Enmity

between you and an outer planar creature”, the

outer planar creature receives some information that

forces it to believe that the character is now a mortal

enemy.

This knowledge is transferred to the character

as soon as they draw the card. Drawing the card is

deﬁned as separating a single card from the rest of

the deck. It matters not if the character ever looks

upon the card or if they return it to the deck.

With the exception of cards which speciﬁcally

create physical items and effects, all effects toward

the character transpire in the mind of the character.

No other character can intervene in the transfer of

this knowledge either for the character’s beneﬁt or

for their woe. Afterwards, the characters may then

discuss what had transpired and actions may be taken

then; just not during the drawing of the card.

Game Mechanics

There really isn’t much mechanics to using

any of these Decks. There are two methods of

“drawing”; dice roll and drawing of cards (included

in a separate ﬁle).

When using the dice roll method, use

percentiles (D100) and consult the Card Effects

section to determine what effect to apply to the

drawer.

The Dreaded Decks

A deck of many things (both beneﬁcial and

baneful) is usually found in a box or leather pouch.

Each deck contains a number of cards or plaques

made of ivory or vellum. Each is engraved with

glyphs, characters, and sigils. As soon as one of these

cards is drawn from the pack, its magic is bestowed

upon the person who drew it, for better or worse.

Why or how these decks are constructed is

only known to those powerful wizards who construct

them. Most believe these decks are created out of

spite and malicious from mages who have long since

gone mad. What is known, however, is that no two

decks are alike; some contain only a few cards, some

many, some bring more joy than pain, others the

opposite.

Note: if using percentiles to determine effects, any

dice roll (except “cocked” dice), even if it rolls off

the table, or is an accidental roll, should count as

drawn cards.

When using the drawing of cards method,

use the included ﬁle to create your decks and then

draw cards. The included ﬁle of cards is designed

to print on perforated business card paper; however,

you can us regular paper and cut them out.

Note: if playing with an actual deck, cards that

accidentally separate themselves from the deck,

through shufﬂing and such, should count as drawn

cards.

When “drawing” (regardless of method),

alternate drawing a single card between each person

who desires a draw. This will both help speed up

the game and not cause anyone to get bored. Each

character may decide individually when they wish to

stop drawing.

Unless otherwise noted:

• All cards only affect the drawer of the card.

• All effects are permanent.

• All effects are mandatory.

• All effects take place immediately upon

drawing the card.

Most of the time there are no restrictions on

when and where characters may draw from the deck.

Sometimes it becomes necessary to apply restrictions

in order to keep harmony within the party and in

helping to keep game play from bogging down.

Alternate restrictions to apply to the drawing

of cards:

• Everyone or no one in the party must draw.

• No one can stop drawing unless the entire

party wishes to stop.

• Everyone must draw X cards each time they

draw (especially nasty when used with the

Deck of Greed).

• After everyone gets X draws from the deck

it disappears.

Under each “random” effect is listed 8

possible options. These can be used or you may create

your own “random” options. This was done mainly

for ease of use when using the included cards. You

can either use the main effect or include any or all of

the random effects for better selections.

Mad Deck of Abramelin

This deck contains any and all of the listed

cards with one exception. There exists one special

card in this deck, the Abramelin card. When drawn,

Abramelin, a Lawful Evil, 10 th level Mage, 10 th level

Red Wizard, is released from the deck. He possesses

all of the necessary trappings of his classes and

levels. Strong (all schools); CL 20th.

Note: A particularly nasty variant of this deck is

one in which Abramelin’s consciousness is switched

with that of the drawer, leaving the drawer’s soul in

the card and no one the wiser.

Deck of Greed

This deck contains only cards with beneﬁcial

effects. Use only cards 1-50 to create this deck. This

deck appeals to the greed within those who draw

from it. Whenever a card is drawn from this deck it

is replaced with a blank card, and the deck is shufﬂed

after each drawing. If a blank card is drawn the entire

deck explodes triggering a Chain Lightening spell

(cast as if by a 20 th level Mage). The drawer is not

allowed a saving throw, however, everyone else can

save as normal. These types of decks begin with 5

blank cards in the place of 5 normal cards. Strong

(all schools); CL 20th.

Deck of Sacriﬁce

This deck contains any and all of the listed

cards. What makes this deck unique is that whenever

a character is rewarded or penalized by an effect,

a random member of their party is affected by the

opposite effect. If the drawer is not part of an active

party, then the effect goes to a random person. Strong

(all schools); CL 20th.

Variant Decks

There are several known decks ﬂoating

around but many more are thought to exist.

Deck of Many Woes

This deck contains only cards with woeful

effects. Use only cards 51-100 to create this deck.

Whenever a card is drawn from this deck it is

removed. Strong (all schools); CL 20th.

Example: Card drawn is Suffer -1 penalty to AC;

then another member of the party gains a +1 bonus

to AC.

Note: Feel free to ignore opposite effects that either

don’t make sense or can not plausibly happen; such

as draw 4 more cards. What is the opposite of that?

Deck of Many Wonders

This deck contains only cards with

beneﬁcial effects. Use only cards 1-50 to create this

deck. Whenever a card is drawn from this deck it is

removed. These types of decks should be few and far

between. Strong (all schools); CL 20th.

one year. Whether the information gained can be

successfully acted upon is another question entirely.

9. Add +1 to a random magic weapon or piece of

armor the drawer already possesses; if he does not

already possess any then add +2 to a random weapon

or piece of armor.

10. Gain random beneﬁcial magic item (one that is

usable by the drawer’s class(s)).

11. Random item carried, receives intelligence.

12. Recharge all magic items (that has charges) to

full.

13. Gain 20 pieces of jewelry or 50 gems. The

jewelry is all gold set with gems, each piece worth

2,000 gp, and the gems 1,000 gp value each.

14. Gain 10,000 XP.

15. Gain a +2 inherent bonus to one ability score.

The 2 points are added to any ability the character

chooses. They cannot be divided among two

abilities.

Card Effects

This section list all available card effects and further

details exactly what happens when the card is

drawn.

16. Gain +1 bonus to all saving throws.

17. Gain Immunity to Fear.

18. You have gained the ability to regenerate 2pts/

rd, starting 3 rounds after you were damaged; if you

go 10 past your CON you die, until raised from the

dead.

Beneﬁcial Effects

1. Gain a +2 bonus to AC.

2. Gain random Spell-Like Ability (SP) usable

once per day.

19. Defeat the next monster you meet to gain one

level. The character must single-handedly defeat the

next hostile monster or monsters encountered, or

the beneﬁt is lost. If successful, the character gains

enough XP to attain the next experience level.

3. Gain Charisma of 18 plus a small keep.

4. Gain the service of a 4th Level Fighter. The

ﬁghter appears out of nowhere and serves loyally

until death. He or she is of the same race (or kind)

and gender as the character.

20. Gain D4 cross class skills as a class skill.

21. Gain 1 rank in a skill that is exclusive for another

class.

5. Gain a treasure map plus 1 random magical

item.

22. Gain random racial trait.

6. You are granted 1D3 wishes, which must be used

in 1D3 days.

23. Gain 4 skill points in a random skill. This may

raise the skill above the max ranks allowed. If this

raises a skill above the max allowed, you can not

continue to spend skill points on that skill until your

max skill ranks have increased.

7. Gain 2 levels, only if between 1st thru 4th level;

otherwise increase Hit Points by D10.

8. Know answer to your next dilemma. This card

empowers the character drawing it with the one-time

ability to call upon a source of wisdom to solve any

single problem or answer fully any question upon her

request. The query or request must be made within

24. Any spells that you cast are cast as if you were 1

level higher for determining the spell’s effects.

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