"Luck has granted us her threads, that we may weave our own Fate" \- [[Fasche Xemplare|Fasche]], the [[Main Glossary|Arlech]] of [[Kenor]] --- # Introduction While sometimes used for play, the Tarot cards are usually designed for magical purposes by particular artisans who imbue mana during the process of painting. The cards resonate only once they have been compiled into a balanced suit. Card suits properly imbued with mana are known as Arcana (plural) or Arcanum (singular). Tarot decks are compiled with four or more **Minor Arcana** and may include any number of **Major Arcana** suits, including zero. Additionally, a deck may consist of a single stand alone **Major Arcanum**. You cannot have any more than 9 Arcanum in a deck. **Minor Arcanum** are devised of 16 cards: Ace, Duet, Trio, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Dek, El, Dozen, Sovereign, Monarch, Crown, Halo. # Using Tarot During a Conflict scene, if you have a Tarot Deck equipped, you draw three cards instantly. You cannot equip and unequip to keep changing these cards. You may invoke the cards' power through a contact cast, a process in which the cards physical nature is consumed by mana, affects the target, and then is returned and rematerialized in the deck. You may draw another card from your equipped deck as an action. When you draw a card for a full action or invoke a card through a contact cast, no Willpower is expended. Unless otherwise modified, your default maximum hand size is 5 cards. During a Narrative scene, you may attempt to cast magic from a tarot card, approximately once per scene. When you do so, you draw for a single card, and you MUST use whatever card is drawn. # Drawing Tarot When you use a deck with Minor Arcana, you draw for the Arcanum by rolling a d10. You and your Narrator should keep a list of which number corresponds to which Arcanum. If you roll a number for an Arcanum you do not have, you reroll. The 10 on a d10 always represents the Joker, a wild card. Certain facets may influence what the Joker does. Without any facets, it is simply a dead roll, and ends the draw action without gaining a card. You roll a d16 for the number in a minor Arcanum: 1 for Ace, and 16 for Halo. Major Arcanum have their own specific die to roll. # List of Tarot ## Major Arcana - [[The Distrium]] - [[The Towers]] - [[The Blood]] - [[The Measures]] ## Minor Arcana - [[The Clovers]] - [[The Cups]] - [[The Diamonds]] - [[The Eyes]] - [[The Hearts]] - [[The Pentacles]] - [[The Spades]] - [[The Swords]] - [[The Wands]] - [[The Crosses]]