Dungeons and Dragons Item: Deck of Many Things

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  @PapaAggron · 7 years ago

  I once had a character by the name of Rodrik Ironheart. Dwarven barbarian. We were higher level at the time, around 15. We had just encountered a mindflayer who had been separated from the mother brain by a planar shift. Using telepathy they mindflayer conveyed to the party that it did wish any harm as it was enjoying a peaceful life outside of its mother brain. As a deal to the party the mindflayer was able to take one magic item each from its collection if we just let the  mindflayer be. Rodrik was happy with his war hammer and didn't feel the need for armor or items so as the party was going through items, he picked up a deck to play with. On the first draw Rodrik pulled the card to get a magical item and got a flaming sword. Enthralled with the idea, he immediately drew another card before the rest of the party noticed and took the deck away with a promise of ale. Rodrik had drawn the wish spell card and with a roll on the side got 2 wishes. He wasn't aware what it was and didn't use the wishes for so long it was forgotten about. About 20 sessions later and the party had just routed a hobgoblin encampment. Not satisfied with the battle Rodrik announces, "I wish we had a stronger foe to fight." Cue the DM to summon a dragon for us to fight. After a long and arduous battle, we defeated the dragon. Rodrik then in a fit of elation exclaims, "I wish we could have fights like that forever." Cue the DM to fulfill the second wish. Rodrik's diety Surtur had watched the battle and was overwhelmed by the display, immortalizing the party so we could wage war with him.

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  @edwardsimongray4877 · 8 years ago

  Our GM introduced the thing to us without us knowing anything about it. So after our warlock summoned a level 3 fighter, or rogue wanted to pick a card too. We don't have a rogue anymore.

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  @xtentasticx · 7 years ago (edited)

  &quot;What is the villain planning?&quot;<br>&quot;To take over the world&quot;<br>&quot;No, like: what are the next steps the villain will take in his plan?&quot;<br>&quot;You get one question&quot;

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  @dragonoverlord2010 · 7 years ago

  Imagine Balance hitting the one character who was secretly Evil the whole time, and about ten seconds from enacting his evil plot.<br><br>Rest of party: &quot;Oh, SHIT! &nbsp;Our warlock is gonna betray us!&quot;<br><br>Warlock: &quot;Ahhhhaha, funny thing about that--see, I was ALREADY planning to betray you.&quot;

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  @wisnoskij · 8 years ago

  &quot;If you win the next encounter single handedly&quot;<br>Players do not have to wait around for GMs to sent encounters at them, just attack something helpless.

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  @cactyystotementertainmentl9247 · 7 years ago

  What about gandalf? He was able to get comet out easily! He single handedly fights the Balrog, gets a level up, and new armor and weapons.

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  @sailorfunnygirl11 · 8 years ago

  We had this in our last campaign, mostly because my DM loved messing with his players. For some reason, my group decided to give me, an emotionally unstable Pixie, the deck. I actually defeated a boss using the deck in the most beautiful way. <br>This Nobel had a gambling problem but had a brooch of luck, however, it didnt work with the deck. I didnt know this until AFTER I challenged the guy to pulling cards. We each pulled one, he going first... and proceeded to say &quot;oh dear,&quot; and vanished into an abyssal prison leaving behind all his clothes. <br>I now had the deck and the brooch. It was a pretty great session.

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  @Occams.Chainsaw404 · 7 years ago

  Pulls vizier<br>&quot;Why are we here?&quot;<br>&quot;You&apos;re not, you&apos;re just small figurines on a matt being controlled by Titans and your fate is not your own. You don&apos;t exist, your lives are a lie and I&apos;m your god. I tell you what to do next and torture you for my own amusement&quot;<br>......<br>......<br><b>Eye twitch</b><br>&quot;What?!&quot;<br><br>That&apos;s right all of us are just small figurines &nbsp; in a fucked up d&amp;d game that just keeps going.

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• PA

  @pablito-e · 6 years ago

  <b>”If you defeat the next encounter single Handley, it gives you a level-up”</b> .........<br>OH NO! THAT BLADE OF GRASS IS EVIL!

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  @1papaya2papaya · 6 years ago

  I was thinking how I as a player would deal with Balance while playing a good character. &nbsp;The character’s personality doesn’t change much, but every now and then they will feel the urge to do something terrible. &nbsp;I don’t think the character would instantly become a murderer, but the character would slowly start acting like a worse person.

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• JU

  @justinjanicki6561 · 5 years ago

  &quot;The entire point of the knight’s quest for the holy grail is the young adventurer never finds it.&quot;<br>Sir Galahad enters the chat.

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  @rfc1526 · 7 years ago

  <b>party draws Vizier</b><br><br>Party: What&apos;s the villain planning?<br><br>GM: Which villain? Gonna need to be more specific.

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