The Deck 30 What is it? A way of generating events and encounters on the fly using a standard 52 card deck and a joker, inspired by blog posts made by Necropraxis and Prismatic Wasteland . Here's a Deck30 for reference. What is it for? Helping the GM fill out the nooks and crannies of the world either on the fly or as part of prep. How does it work? Each in game day/week/month (whichever makes the most sense), draw 3 cards from the deck and sum any cards with matching suits (Aces are 1's, Faces are 10's), generating 1-3 events. Then reference the suits drawn and the total of each to figure out what happens. An Example Drawing K♠️: A fresh corpse J♥️: An encounter rolled with a D8 and another adventuring party involved (I rolled 2d6 Robber Flies hunting Killer Bees on my encounter table. Here is a link to Necrotic Gnomes adventuring party generator) 3♣️: A Burial mound So, there are a few ways this can shake out, but I th...
the strange ravings of a dusty old wizard