Anonymous
6/9/2025, 3:01:01 AM No.95826939
How do you use the Tarot in your games? Do you use it for inspiration in your world-building, and if so, how?
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Tarot - /tg/ (#95826939) [Archived: 786 hours ago]
Anonymous
6/9/2025, 3:08:35 AM No.95826985
>>95826939 (OP)
Savage worlds, replacing the normal action deck, except players get to pick one major arcana card that's in some way related to their character so they get extra special effects if they drawn their character's card.
Savage worlds, replacing the normal action deck, except players get to pick one major arcana card that's in some way related to their character so they get extra special effects if they drawn their character's card.
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Anonymous
6/9/2025, 1:55:52 PM No.95829327
>>95826939 (OP)
The Hidden Isle is an RPG that uses Tarot cards instead of dice. Are there any other games like that that you are familiar with?
The Hidden Isle is an RPG that uses Tarot cards instead of dice. Are there any other games like that that you are familiar with?
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Anonymous
6/10/2025, 5:18:49 AM No.95835259
>>95826985
Sounds interesting, I would love to hear more about this please.
Sounds interesting, I would love to hear more about this please.
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Anonymous
6/10/2025, 5:50:52 AM No.95835421
Anonymous
6/10/2025, 7:53:05 AM No.95835869
>>95826939 (OP)
I use it to make characters using this system; draw 5 cards, the first one is the character's past, the second their present, the third a goal, fourth an obstacle, flaw or an opposing force and the last is the path it must take to reach their goal.
I use it to make characters using this system; draw 5 cards, the first one is the character's past, the second their present, the third a goal, fourth an obstacle, flaw or an opposing force and the last is the path it must take to reach their goal.
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Anonymous
6/10/2025, 9:28:34 AM No.95836212
>>95826939 (OP)
I use it as an oracle sometimes but not as much otherwise.
I use it as an oracle sometimes but not as much otherwise.
Anonymous
6/10/2025, 10:58:26 AM No.95836492
>>95826939 (OP)
>Another aimless thread that has a non-premise
At least put a fucking minimal effort and don't spam them all within the 30 minute window
>Another aimless thread that has a non-premise
At least put a fucking minimal effort and don't spam them all within the 30 minute window
Anonymous
6/10/2025, 11:35:25 AM No.95836610
>>95826939 (OP)
Do you? Please be detailed and specific.
Do you? Please be detailed and specific.
Anonymous
6/10/2025, 9:14:35 PM No.95840013
>>95826939 (OP)
I was thinking of taking inspiration for my setting’s gods from the Tarot, like making the Fool into a Loki-style deity. Is this doable, and have you seen it before?
I was thinking of taking inspiration for my setting’s gods from the Tarot, like making the Fool into a Loki-style deity. Is this doable, and have you seen it before?
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Anonymous
6/11/2025, 6:05:08 AM No.95843720
>>95835869
>draw 5 cards, the first one is the character's past, the second their present, the third a goal, fourth an obstacle, flaw or an opposing force and the last is the path it must take to reach their goal.
Okay, this is a cool idea, do you have an example of any previous draws? And do you use just the Major Arcana or the Minor Arcana as well?
>draw 5 cards, the first one is the character's past, the second their present, the third a goal, fourth an obstacle, flaw or an opposing force and the last is the path it must take to reach their goal.
Okay, this is a cool idea, do you have an example of any previous draws? And do you use just the Major Arcana or the Minor Arcana as well?
Anonymous
6/11/2025, 6:11:38 AM No.95843745
made this for solo rpg long ago, I was mostly interested in using cards for story purposes only, but these methods can easily be adapted and used to develop individual characters, locations, objects, etc.
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Anonymous
6/12/2025, 5:07:24 AM No.95852282
>>95843745
Thanks for sharing! Do you have any examples of draws that you've gotten in the past?
Thanks for sharing! Do you have any examples of draws that you've gotten in the past?
Anonymous
6/12/2025, 5:15:05 AM No.95852330
>>95840013
The Magician fits Loki much better.
Anyway yeah you could that since deities are characters and tarot cards can be used for character creation inspiration. Major arcana's imagery and traditional meanings feel like they could easily fit norse, greek, egyptian or other types of deities.
The Magician fits Loki much better.
Anyway yeah you could that since deities are characters and tarot cards can be used for character creation inspiration. Major arcana's imagery and traditional meanings feel like they could easily fit norse, greek, egyptian or other types of deities.
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Anonymous
6/12/2025, 5:31:38 AM No.95852390
>>95829327
wish more "woke" games used pretty art like this instead of some of the shit I've seen for 5e. Or pretty much every game that uses queer as a selling point.
wish more "woke" games used pretty art like this instead of some of the shit I've seen for 5e. Or pretty much every game that uses queer as a selling point.
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Anonymous
6/12/2025, 6:04:41 AM No.95852606
>>95826939 (OP)
I don't because my games aren't run in historical Earth and so they didn't arrive at that highly-specific configuration of cards.
I don't because my games aren't run in historical Earth and so they didn't arrive at that highly-specific configuration of cards.
Anonymous
6/12/2025, 6:06:27 AM No.95852623
>>95852390
That art is gay and terrible. Fuck modernity embrace tradition.
That art is gay and terrible. Fuck modernity embrace tradition.
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Anonymous
6/12/2025, 6:10:35 AM No.95852646
>>95852623
>Fuck modernity embrace tradition.
nah, praising old art just because it's old is beyond retarded
>Fuck modernity embrace tradition.
nah, praising old art just because it's old is beyond retarded
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Anonymous
6/13/2025, 4:44:26 AM No.95860666
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 5:10:47 AM No.95860805
>>95852646
I never said all old art good all new art bad. Stop thinking in black and white autist kun
I never said all old art good all new art bad. Stop thinking in black and white autist kun
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Anonymous
6/13/2025, 5:21:35 AM No.95860868
>>95860805
I don't know what's so wrong with the top group. Maybe it's a combination of many different things?
The low number of humans in favour of exotic species? The terrible hairstyles? The garish armour? Hell even the female warriors look less competent than the female warrior in the bottom scene... probably due to lack of proper equipment.
I don't know what's so wrong with the top group. Maybe it's a combination of many different things?
The low number of humans in favour of exotic species? The terrible hairstyles? The garish armour? Hell even the female warriors look less competent than the female warrior in the bottom scene... probably due to lack of proper equipment.
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 4:47:19 AM No.95867569
>>95860805
>Stop thinking in black and white autist kun
dude
>Fuck modernity embrace tradition.
also both of the artworks in your pic are terrible
sure, the top one is much worse, but the bottom one also looks dumb and fuck, plus super generic.
>Stop thinking in black and white autist kun
dude
>Fuck modernity embrace tradition.
also both of the artworks in your pic are terrible
sure, the top one is much worse, but the bottom one also looks dumb and fuck, plus super generic.
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 5:00:43 AM No.95867636
>>95860868
Well, the second to the right looks like a monk if I'm guessing right, not wearing armor is kind of their thing, right?
Well, the second to the right looks like a monk if I'm guessing right, not wearing armor is kind of their thing, right?
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 1:06:59 AM No.95872852
>>95860805
I think I've finally figured out what it is that triggers you people so much. It's depictions of men smiling. Invariably, that's always what's in the images you freak out about, and what's missing from the ones you love. The men in the ones you hate look kind. And in the ones you like, they look serious, angry or violent.
I think I've finally figured out what it is that triggers you people so much. It's depictions of men smiling. Invariably, that's always what's in the images you freak out about, and what's missing from the ones you love. The men in the ones you hate look kind. And in the ones you like, they look serious, angry or violent.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 1:08:00 AM No.95872861
>>95872824
Mostly the popularity of anime. Which makes the whining ironic, considering the forum it's being performed on.
Mostly the popularity of anime. Which makes the whining ironic, considering the forum it's being performed on.
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:31:13 AM No.95873854
>>95872852
>I think I've finally figured out what it is that triggers you people so much
So you don't get excited, I'll let you know you definitely didn't figure it out.
I entertained for a moment that men not smiling might be a common factor but it turns out you're wrong. Even if you had been right, men not smiling would be incidental and secondary, the primary factor will be elucidated upon below.
Particular issues I can contrast between the two halves of that image
top is very much less technically accomplished in many aspects of art
top looks cartoonish with insipid pastels and flatter shading, bottom has realistic colours
top is almost entirely flat, bottom has depth of composition
bottom is an interesting and ominous location, top is a sunny pasture, literally a pastoral scene
bottom is dynamic, something is actually happening, even if you do have to wonder why the woman hasn't even turned around yet there's already lightning coming from the wizard's hand
top is almost 100% static, like they're posing for a group photo.
Heres's all the action in that image
a cat rubbing a leg
a pigeon peeking from behind a foot
a fucking butterfly
a couple of beetles
Someone made 7, count them 7, coloured unicorns.
Of the 5 dynamic things, 80% of them are incidental to the scene.
7 humanoids in that picture, 5 of them entirely static, one maybe moved hands up to look at a beetle, the most dynamic humanoid is looking up at her unicorns and she looks surprised that they're there.
>I think I've finally figured out what it is that triggers you people so much
So you don't get excited, I'll let you know you definitely didn't figure it out.
I entertained for a moment that men not smiling might be a common factor but it turns out you're wrong. Even if you had been right, men not smiling would be incidental and secondary, the primary factor will be elucidated upon below.
Particular issues I can contrast between the two halves of that image
top is very much less technically accomplished in many aspects of art
top looks cartoonish with insipid pastels and flatter shading, bottom has realistic colours
top is almost entirely flat, bottom has depth of composition
bottom is an interesting and ominous location, top is a sunny pasture, literally a pastoral scene
bottom is dynamic, something is actually happening, even if you do have to wonder why the woman hasn't even turned around yet there's already lightning coming from the wizard's hand
top is almost 100% static, like they're posing for a group photo.
Heres's all the action in that image
a cat rubbing a leg
a pigeon peeking from behind a foot
a fucking butterfly
a couple of beetles
Someone made 7, count them 7, coloured unicorns.
Of the 5 dynamic things, 80% of them are incidental to the scene.
7 humanoids in that picture, 5 of them entirely static, one maybe moved hands up to look at a beetle, the most dynamic humanoid is looking up at her unicorns and she looks surprised that they're there.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:32:19 AM No.95873865
>>95872852
Why did I emphasis 7 unicorns? Because if you're going to make 7 unicorns of different colours and 6 of them are 6 of the 7 colours we currently name as the visible light spectrum you make the 7th unicorn the 7th rainbow colour. Was that artist "subverting the trope"? Ooh, edgy, but not sucessful. Aspiring artists used to study the masters. Many of them went off and did their own new thing, but even then they could react and respond to wat had gone before, they could make allusions. The 7th colour used there disappoints. It breaks with tradition which is an okay thing to do but it doesn't offer anything of value. It's different just for the sake of being different, it's a failed tryhard.
As for that butterfly, maybe it was really important to the story--but we have no idea because that art doesn't tell a story. There is no context for that art but that butterfly needs it. As it is, devod of context, it's just a bunch of people standing around posing for a boring photo. The bottom picture however, even devoid of any context about game system or module or novel cover that might inform out understanding of the picture, tells a story.
And that is why your
>triggers you people so much. It's depictions of men smiling
>the ones you like, they look serious, angry or violent
hypothesis is a joke. The smiling or lack of smiling is not why people like or dislike the illustrations, the smiling or lack thereof is incidental to and dictated by the rest of the image.
The reason people aren't smiling in the bottom painting is because something is happening. The look serious, angry, or violent because something serious, angry, or violent is happening. In the top drawing the people look like a bunch of incompetent cosplayers who aren't ready for the camera yet. It's totally boring. It exists only to disappoint, not entertain or inform.
Why did I emphasis 7 unicorns? Because if you're going to make 7 unicorns of different colours and 6 of them are 6 of the 7 colours we currently name as the visible light spectrum you make the 7th unicorn the 7th rainbow colour. Was that artist "subverting the trope"? Ooh, edgy, but not sucessful. Aspiring artists used to study the masters. Many of them went off and did their own new thing, but even then they could react and respond to wat had gone before, they could make allusions. The 7th colour used there disappoints. It breaks with tradition which is an okay thing to do but it doesn't offer anything of value. It's different just for the sake of being different, it's a failed tryhard.
As for that butterfly, maybe it was really important to the story--but we have no idea because that art doesn't tell a story. There is no context for that art but that butterfly needs it. As it is, devod of context, it's just a bunch of people standing around posing for a boring photo. The bottom picture however, even devoid of any context about game system or module or novel cover that might inform out understanding of the picture, tells a story.
And that is why your
>triggers you people so much. It's depictions of men smiling
>the ones you like, they look serious, angry or violent
hypothesis is a joke. The smiling or lack of smiling is not why people like or dislike the illustrations, the smiling or lack thereof is incidental to and dictated by the rest of the image.
The reason people aren't smiling in the bottom painting is because something is happening. The look serious, angry, or violent because something serious, angry, or violent is happening. In the top drawing the people look like a bunch of incompetent cosplayers who aren't ready for the camera yet. It's totally boring. It exists only to disappoint, not entertain or inform.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:33:51 AM No.95873875
>>95872852
Here in pic related is how to have a bunch of people posing for a picture and actually do it right. They look nothing like cosplayers, they look like adventurers.
Two of the men are smiling. I like this picture. Your smiling men hypothesis is wrong. Completely wrong. Even if this didn't have smiling men you'd still be wrong because it's not the lack of smiling men that I like, it's all the other parts that are just better in this image.
Apart from the technical skill on display in terms of realistic colour that doesn't look it was computer rendered by a cel shader, in pic related there is composition. Something is happening. It's not just a bunch of posers with one of them looking surprised at her gummy unicorns, there's the idea that something has happened that has put these people in this position for other than a holiday snapshot. The wizard looks a little uncomfortable with his smile, maybe he's embarrassed because he didn't do much or he doesn't want credit when mummy and daddy dragon come looking for whoever killed baby. The big man is proud of his job. The cleric seems disdainful of this evil beast which has been slain. The two women look like they're looking at and interacting with each other, the one on the right seeming relieved and elated, and we can see arrows in the corpse of from the bow of the left woman so we know she has been involved in something.
In that "modernity" image we're supposed to be amazed that the woman's cantrip has worked because she's clearly amazed it has worked. Wow, just wow. They're in a literal pastoral scene which, if you recall the pastoral movement, was supposed to be some sort of romanticised, idealised, golden age. So our ideal is that we're supposed to stand around posing for the camera?
Here in pic related is how to have a bunch of people posing for a picture and actually do it right. They look nothing like cosplayers, they look like adventurers.
Two of the men are smiling. I like this picture. Your smiling men hypothesis is wrong. Completely wrong. Even if this didn't have smiling men you'd still be wrong because it's not the lack of smiling men that I like, it's all the other parts that are just better in this image.
Apart from the technical skill on display in terms of realistic colour that doesn't look it was computer rendered by a cel shader, in pic related there is composition. Something is happening. It's not just a bunch of posers with one of them looking surprised at her gummy unicorns, there's the idea that something has happened that has put these people in this position for other than a holiday snapshot. The wizard looks a little uncomfortable with his smile, maybe he's embarrassed because he didn't do much or he doesn't want credit when mummy and daddy dragon come looking for whoever killed baby. The big man is proud of his job. The cleric seems disdainful of this evil beast which has been slain. The two women look like they're looking at and interacting with each other, the one on the right seeming relieved and elated, and we can see arrows in the corpse of from the bow of the left woman so we know she has been involved in something.
In that "modernity" image we're supposed to be amazed that the woman's cantrip has worked because she's clearly amazed it has worked. Wow, just wow. They're in a literal pastoral scene which, if you recall the pastoral movement, was supposed to be some sort of romanticised, idealised, golden age. So our ideal is that we're supposed to stand around posing for the camera?
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:35:36 AM No.95873886
>>95872852
you're right and triggered the this retard (>>95873854 >>95873865 ).
Although probably it's not even exactly "men smiling", but just people looking happy and having fun in general.
you're right and triggered the this retard (>>95873854 >>95873865 ).
Although probably it's not even exactly "men smiling", but just people looking happy and having fun in general.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:35:36 AM No.95873887
>>95872852
All of this is a metaphor for differences between the current game and the game of even 20 to 30 years ago, let alone 40 and 50 years ago. Even if the 90s it was still something of a golden age. Back then players played because it was something to do about questing and adventure and actually playing the game. Now it's like players play because it's something to do. For them it's the rpg equivalent of candy crush. The contrast is between going on an adventure and stepping into your garden for a group photo. The first says here's an adventure, let's do it, the second says I want people to think I have adventures. One's about genuinely doing, the other is about the deplorable superficiality of giving the appearance of thinking about doing.
Thanks for trying but dislike of that art is not because men are smiling, it's because it sucks.
All of this is a metaphor for differences between the current game and the game of even 20 to 30 years ago, let alone 40 and 50 years ago. Even if the 90s it was still something of a golden age. Back then players played because it was something to do about questing and adventure and actually playing the game. Now it's like players play because it's something to do. For them it's the rpg equivalent of candy crush. The contrast is between going on an adventure and stepping into your garden for a group photo. The first says here's an adventure, let's do it, the second says I want people to think I have adventures. One's about genuinely doing, the other is about the deplorable superficiality of giving the appearance of thinking about doing.
Thanks for trying but dislike of that art is not because men are smiling, it's because it sucks.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:36:37 AM No.95873894
>>95873875
>They look nothing like cosplayers, they look like adventurers.
nah, nearly all of Elmore's art makes the characters look like cosplayers. Still looks nice though, but always corny in one way or another.
>They look nothing like cosplayers, they look like adventurers.
nah, nearly all of Elmore's art makes the characters look like cosplayers. Still looks nice though, but always corny in one way or another.
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:37:33 AM No.95873902
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:39:39 AM No.95873914
>>95873887
This rant makes it sound that you're just older and can only associate wonder with eras before you reached adulthood.
This rant makes it sound that you're just older and can only associate wonder with eras before you reached adulthood.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:41:25 AM No.95873928
>>95873887
I've been playing ttrpgs since 1989. And it just isn't different. There are still the fruity weirdos, the fat slobs, the metal-head enthusiasts who won't stop talking about some obscure conspiracy they read about what the bible "really" means. It's the same people doing the same thing we've always been doing.
I've been playing ttrpgs since 1989. And it just isn't different. There are still the fruity weirdos, the fat slobs, the metal-head enthusiasts who won't stop talking about some obscure conspiracy they read about what the bible "really" means. It's the same people doing the same thing we've always been doing.
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:41:41 AM No.95873931
>>95873902
>exactly
I made my mind, you retarded fag.
The guy is right that men smiling triggers retards, but that might be more specifically because pictures of men smiling are a subset of pictures of people looking happy and having fun.
>exactly
I made my mind, you retarded fag.
The guy is right that men smiling triggers retards, but that might be more specifically because pictures of men smiling are a subset of pictures of people looking happy and having fun.
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:42:27 AM No.95873937
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:44:48 AM No.95873946
>>95873914
Interesting opinion anon but I am older, curmudgeonly older, so much older that the good art appeared after I reached adulthood.
Interesting opinion anon but I am older, curmudgeonly older, so much older that the good art appeared after I reached adulthood.
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:45:33 AM No.95873948
>>95873854
>>95873865
>>95873875
I'm sorry my guy but that's tl;dr. I'll just assume you disagreed with me a lot.
>>95873865
>>95873875
I'm sorry my guy but that's tl;dr. I'll just assume you disagreed with me a lot.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:49:19 AM No.95873964
>>95873956
Cool but next time try sticking to those instead of writing me a novella.
Cool but next time try sticking to those instead of writing me a novella.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:53:46 AM No.95873986
>>95873964
They can’t refute him so they just dismiss him. Concession accepted.
They can’t refute him so they just dismiss him. Concession accepted.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 4:56:05 AM No.95873995
>>95873986
There's absolutely no way I'm going to read, let alone engage with, your unhinged thousand-word screed.
Believe whatever fantasy you please.
There's absolutely no way I'm going to read, let alone engage with, your unhinged thousand-word screed.
Believe whatever fantasy you please.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 5:07:04 AM No.95874047
Carnevale: My only mage is a buff class, Tarot Reader.
Anonymous
6/15/2025, 5:38:57 AM No.95874194
>>95872852
What do you mean, you can have popular smile-y male characters. Look at this smile.
What do you mean, you can have popular smile-y male characters. Look at this smile.
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Anonymous
6/15/2025, 9:19:55 PM No.95878079
>>95826939 (OP)
Does anyone have any good guides or advice for interpreting Tarot draws, or advice on incorporating said draws in their work?
>2RRDA
Does anyone have any good guides or advice for interpreting Tarot draws, or advice on incorporating said draws in their work?
>2RRDA
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Anonymous
6/16/2025, 2:46:35 PM No.95882664
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Anonymous
6/16/2025, 2:54:23 PM No.95882707
>>95882664
The Magician card is about creativity and resourcefulness, with trickery being the default meaning when the card is intended to be interpreted as negative.
The Fool is more about optimism, innocence and new beginnings, but I guess the negative "recklessness" can apply to Loki too.
Anyway if I had to select one card of the entire Tarot to represent Trickery, it'd be The Magician.
The Magician card is about creativity and resourcefulness, with trickery being the default meaning when the card is intended to be interpreted as negative.
The Fool is more about optimism, innocence and new beginnings, but I guess the negative "recklessness" can apply to Loki too.
Anyway if I had to select one card of the entire Tarot to represent Trickery, it'd be The Magician.
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 5:48:15 AM No.95887810
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 3:23:27 PM No.95889867
>>95826939 (OP)
What's your favorite alternative Tarot card art?
What's your favorite alternative Tarot card art?
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Anonymous
6/17/2025, 3:24:29 PM No.95889874
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 4:22:27 PM No.95890240
>>95889867
>alternative
There's no "canon" deck, Rider–Waite is just the most popular + has been public domain since 1966. Plus, it is pretty cool.
Anyway, right now I'm really liking The Solar Kingdom
>art can fit different moods/settings well enough (as opposed to decks that are too creepy or too cheery)
>8 extra cards, which can be useful to add arbitrary extra meanings if needed
>cards are easy to read, no wasting time searching where's the pentacle or "what was wheel equivalent to?"
>alternative
There's no "canon" deck, Rider–Waite is just the most popular + has been public domain since 1966. Plus, it is pretty cool.
Anyway, right now I'm really liking The Solar Kingdom
>art can fit different moods/settings well enough (as opposed to decks that are too creepy or too cheery)
>8 extra cards, which can be useful to add arbitrary extra meanings if needed
>cards are easy to read, no wasting time searching where's the pentacle or "what was wheel equivalent to?"
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 6:41:45 PM No.95891306
>>95826939 (OP)
no but I did do a WFRP game recently, which has its own deck of cards used for either playing games or divination.
i can't really think of other games systems that do that most just inport the tarot Deck wholesale
no but I did do a WFRP game recently, which has its own deck of cards used for either playing games or divination.
i can't really think of other games systems that do that most just inport the tarot Deck wholesale
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 10:37:12 PM No.95893041
>>95826939 (OP)
Tokyo NOVA, dumb fuck
Tokyo NOVA, dumb fuck
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 4:18:10 AM No.95895127
>>95874225
He's an Iop, one of the races/classes in Wakfu and Dofus. Like >>95874648 said, he's just really tan.
He's an Iop, one of the races/classes in Wakfu and Dofus. Like >>95874648 said, he's just really tan.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:45:48 PM No.95900663
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 11:10:32 PM No.95900856
I use the hermetic tarot for games and funsies
I use Thoth tarot for divination and readings
Have yet to find a compelling way to use Tarot outside of them being an oracular device in solo or rules-lite role playing games.
I use Thoth tarot for divination and readings
Have yet to find a compelling way to use Tarot outside of them being an oracular device in solo or rules-lite role playing games.
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:17:22 AM No.95901342
culture wars aside, are there any sites where one can download tarot decks?
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:30:44 AM No.95901452
>>95901342
>Downloading
>Not stealing one from the Palm Reader on 30th and Pine and getting a hex so your kids (lol) will look goofy in the bargain.
Fucking newfags.
>Downloading
>Not stealing one from the Palm Reader on 30th and Pine and getting a hex so your kids (lol) will look goofy in the bargain.
Fucking newfags.
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Anonymous
6/19/2025, 3:40:07 AM No.95902729
>>95901452
Do you think Barnes & Noble has a corporate hex master to curse all tarot shoplifters
Do you think Barnes & Noble has a corporate hex master to curse all tarot shoplifters
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 11:18:50 PM No.95908362
>>95895127
Are there any Tarot parallels with said races?
Are there any Tarot parallels with said races?
Anonymous
6/20/2025, 4:11:12 AM No.95910051
>entire worldmap is a projection of the 33 aethyr from a tablet to a globe or flat earth
>different regions have reigning aethyrs
>from the get-go every PC/NPC has an astrological chart that dictates their fate or even their alignment and even moving from a town to another has an impact based on the occult Geomantic reading of the Pyramid corresponding to the geographic location
>different regions have reigning aethyrs
>from the get-go every PC/NPC has an astrological chart that dictates their fate or even their alignment and even moving from a town to another has an impact based on the occult Geomantic reading of the Pyramid corresponding to the geographic location
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 8:17:40 AM No.95911102
>>95840013
That's something I'm doing too with my setting. It's pretty loose, I'm not looking to fill in a blank for every one, but the idea is the Tarot manor arcana are archetypes the gods of various pantheons fit into. I'm not far in the cosmology yet but the pantheon of my not!bulgars has 8 main gods, and there's a few cults here and there each based off one of the arcana
That's something I'm doing too with my setting. It's pretty loose, I'm not looking to fill in a blank for every one, but the idea is the Tarot manor arcana are archetypes the gods of various pantheons fit into. I'm not far in the cosmology yet but the pantheon of my not!bulgars has 8 main gods, and there's a few cults here and there each based off one of the arcana
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 9:52:40 PM No.95915235
>>95911102
>but the pantheon of my not!bulgars has 8 main gods, and there's a few cults here and there each based off one of the arcana
I would love to hear more on what you have so far. Who are the main gods as of now?
>ntrry
>but the pantheon of my not!bulgars has 8 main gods, and there's a few cults here and there each based off one of the arcana
I would love to hear more on what you have so far. Who are the main gods as of now?
>ntrry
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 12:45:35 AM No.95916546
>>95826939 (OP)
Speaking of Tarot, I was thinking of basing my magic/powers system on it. Some of the cards are easy to assign abilities to, like the Sun allowing the use of flame magic, but what would assign to the other Major Arcana?
Speaking of Tarot, I was thinking of basing my magic/powers system on it. Some of the cards are easy to assign abilities to, like the Sun allowing the use of flame magic, but what would assign to the other Major Arcana?
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 12:56:05 AM No.95916625
>>95901342
I tried searching but I couldn't find much of value.
Plus printing cards is a pain (although I was mostly searching decks just for the art).
Chinks (AliExpress) do sell lots of decks for cheap, i got two and the quality is good although they're smaller than the "standard tarot card size". Wish I could find where did the chinks get the high quality image files from though.
I tried searching but I couldn't find much of value.
Plus printing cards is a pain (although I was mostly searching decks just for the art).
Chinks (AliExpress) do sell lots of decks for cheap, i got two and the quality is good although they're smaller than the "standard tarot card size". Wish I could find where did the chinks get the high quality image files from though.
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 7:00:21 PM No.95921561
Anonymous
6/22/2025, 4:06:16 AM No.95925406
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 12:04:34 AM No.95931015
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 12:10:33 AM No.95931042
>>95852390
That art is still tumblr as fuck. I don't know why the gays gravitate towards art like that, but it's ugly and obnoxious.
That art is still tumblr as fuck. I don't know why the gays gravitate towards art like that, but it's ugly and obnoxious.
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Anonymous
6/23/2025, 12:13:15 AM No.95931052
>>95931042
>That art is still tumblr as fuck.
eh, yes it is, but not in a way that's as painful to look at at other art styles. Imho it's mainly just the black person and the person with the coins that look awful.
And I said person because I have no idea what gender they're supposed to be, probably some retarded xe/xir or whatever
>That art is still tumblr as fuck.
eh, yes it is, but not in a way that's as painful to look at at other art styles. Imho it's mainly just the black person and the person with the coins that look awful.
And I said person because I have no idea what gender they're supposed to be, probably some retarded xe/xir or whatever
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 4:58:38 AM No.95932768
>>95826939 (OP)
Toofatlardies talked about a scenario one episode with an Italian Wars general that believed in cartomancy. Wasn't an idea that worked in their opinion but it's stuck in my mind since.
>>95910051
That's pretty schizo (in a good way)
Toofatlardies talked about a scenario one episode with an Italian Wars general that believed in cartomancy. Wasn't an idea that worked in their opinion but it's stuck in my mind since.
>>95910051
That's pretty schizo (in a good way)
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Anonymous
6/23/2025, 9:12:16 PM No.95937595
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 6:26:17 AM No.95941196
>>95932768
>Toofatlardies talked about a scenario one episode with an Italian Wars general that believed in cartomancy.
Which episode was this?
>Toofatlardies talked about a scenario one episode with an Italian Wars general that believed in cartomancy.
Which episode was this?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 6:30:56 AM No.95941215
>>95941196
Sorry m8, fucked if I know now. No detail was given anyway, it was just the hint of an idea.
It was somewhere way back when Rich was talking about that Italian Wars ruleset that sadly hasn't seen the light of day. It would be nice to have a modern touch given to the era.
Sorry m8, fucked if I know now. No detail was given anyway, it was just the hint of an idea.
It was somewhere way back when Rich was talking about that Italian Wars ruleset that sadly hasn't seen the light of day. It would be nice to have a modern touch given to the era.
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Anonymous
6/25/2025, 10:36:10 PM No.95952366
Anonymous
6/26/2025, 5:11:07 AM No.95954617
>>95826939 (OP)
Wasn't there some crime show where the criminals referenced Tarot? I can't remember the name though.
Wasn't there some crime show where the criminals referenced Tarot? I can't remember the name though.
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 3:01:04 AM No.95960776
Probably easier to list crime shows that don't reference Tarot.
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 5:42:08 AM No.95975558
Anonymous
6/30/2025, 3:46:09 AM No.95981356
Anonymous
6/30/2025, 1:18:32 PM No.95983520
>>95931042
>That art is still tumblr as fuck.
True, but it's still decent enough art for what it is. Far better than modern D&D art.
>That art is still tumblr as fuck.
True, but it's still decent enough art for what it is. Far better than modern D&D art.
Anonymous
6/30/2025, 1:36:18 PM No.95983566
>>95826939 (OP)
Tokyo Nova has Tarot-inspired "classes" and the GM is meant to draw a Scene Card from the tarot deck at the start of every Scene, setting the mood and foreshadowing events based on the card's reading.
Also each player has a Face Card tarot based on their main "class" they can whip out once per Session/Story. Doing so lets you set any result for your the check you're performing with the Face Card and you replace the Scene Card with your Face Card, effectively stealing the spotlight and changing the Scene's direction. Is pretty fun, basically the tabletop equivalent of firing up your theme song.
Tokyo Nova has Tarot-inspired "classes" and the GM is meant to draw a Scene Card from the tarot deck at the start of every Scene, setting the mood and foreshadowing events based on the card's reading.
Also each player has a Face Card tarot based on their main "class" they can whip out once per Session/Story. Doing so lets you set any result for your the check you're performing with the Face Card and you replace the Scene Card with your Face Card, effectively stealing the spotlight and changing the Scene's direction. Is pretty fun, basically the tabletop equivalent of firing up your theme song.