Zehra’s Reading

Zehra shuffles the deck and asks each player to draw a card, in the order they entered the room.

Rafad draws The Twin (N Cha card): Duality of purpose or identity

Coriell draws The Marriage (LN Cha card): Union of persons or ideas

Tombor draws The Theater (NG Cha card): True Prophecy

Daenerys draws The Betrayal (NE Cha card): Selfishness leads to ruin

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Zehra spreads out the Harrow deck, and asks the players to draw nine cards. She lays them out according to the positions of the nine alignments.

The Lawful cards represent the past, and are laid out in the first column.

LG Position – Positive Past

The Fiend – LE Str card – Misaligned – Normally, a card of destruction and loss by some great evil, but misaligned it shows salvation from great calamity.

LN Position – Unclear Past

The Marriage – LN Cha card – True Match – A union which brings forth something new. This union will have a huge impact on the world, according to the True Match.

LE Position – Negative Past

The Cyclone – CE Str card – Partial Match – A force which will tear through whatever it meets.

The Neutral cards represent the present, and are laid out in the middle column.

NG Position – Positive Present

The Eclipse – LE Wis card – Misaligned – Normally, a card of self doubt and loss of purpose, but misaligned it shows an unheralded ability coming to the fore or a concealed location revealed.

N Position – Unclear Present

The Courtesan – CN Cha card – Partial Match – Political Intrigue card. The mask is Social Niceties; if it slips, negotiations can take an unexpected turn. Card could also represent a woman of power; how she is treated could decide the outcome.

NE Position– Negative Present

The Crows – NE Dex card – True Match – a dangerous group, violent taking of loved things; murder, theft, shocking loss.

The Chaotic cards represent the future, and are laid out in the last column.

CG Position – Positive Future

The Tangled Briar – LE Con card – True Opposite – Ancient deeds, person or object will have influence. Object or person was lost or murdered in a foul way. Misaligned, the past will bring pain, but also hope. True Opposite, this will bring great pain or great hope or both.

CN Position – Unclear Future

The Theater – NG Cha card – Partial Match – Card of true prophecy. This shows how the prophecy is a show for the prophet, but the prophet has no influence. Partial match in this position shows that the future is particularly unclear, and perhaps beyond your control.

CE Position – Negative Future

The Dance – LG Dex card – True Opposite – The dance is rich and delicate, advising you to stay in perfect step, knowing your place in the greater good. Misaligned, the pattern may just be pretty and hypnotic, and also dangerous. True Opposite, this may lead to catastrophic changes for the worse.

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Players each receive four “Harrow Points” as a result of the drawing. These points can be spent during this adventure in three ways.

Charisma Rerolls: Spend a Harrow Point to reroll any one Charisma-based skill check or turn undead attempt. You must abide by the new result (although if you have additional Harrow Points remaining, you can use them to attempt additional rerolls).

Inner Strength: Spend a Harrow Point to draw a card from the Harrow deck. Each card in the Harrow deck is associated with one of the six ability scores. You gain a +4 bonus to the card’s associated ability score for the duration of the current encounter (the GM decides when an encounter is officially over). If the card you draw matches your alignment, the bonus increases to +6.

Destiny Shall Not Be Denied: Spend a Harrow Point to force any one d20 roll by the GM to be rerolled. You must abide by the new result (although if you have additional Harrow Points remaining, you can use them to force additional rerolls).