However, the rules for this are aimed at the DM, since it will likely drive the plot.
If your PC has obtained a deck in this state and they have been given this power, you will be able to use the gift of prophecy, if your character knows how to perform a tarokka reading. This card tells of a powerful force for good and protection, a holy symbol of great hope. The treasure lies in a dragon’s house, in hands once clean and now corrupted. When not in use, tarokka cards must be wrapped in silk and stored in a wooden box. Knowledge of the ancient will help you better understand your enemy. Make sure you present it as Strahd, not as your personal self, of course. The more antagonistic and paranoid Strahd is, the more the cards can reveal very personal traits about the players. Once they are crafted and empowered, they must be stored in accordance with ancient tradition, or they lose their efficacy. Make it subtle at first and up the ante of 'breaking the fourth wall' dependent on how Strahd is relating to them. In the details of the Tarokka Deck in Appendix E of Curse of Strahd, it states:Īnyone can craft a deck of tarokka cards, but only someone of Vistani blood can imbue the cards with the gift of prophecy. You can also use the results of tarokka readings to guide your campaign and make sure predictions come to pass.Ĭurrently, officially in RAW, they are mundane cards and essentially a focus for the magic of the Vistani. Once you’re familiar with the cards and their meanings, you can interpret them in ways that tie in to the characters’ pasts or events in your adventures. Tarokka decks allow you run encounters where fortune-tellers predict characters’ fates. In Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, the advice is given to the DM, rather than a player: Although the cards aren’t magical, can use them to perform a card reading for the characters, like the one that can be performed by Madam Eva. They appear in the stat block of a character in Curse of Strahd: Looking at Curse of Strahd and Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (and using D&D Beyond to search through other official sources), the deck doesn't appear as an Item with any associated actions, abilities or mechanics. If you’re playing Curse of Strahd or playing a homebrew campaign in the cursed land of Barovia, you’ll want to get your hands on the tarokka deck, a 54-card adventure supplement. There are no mechanical descriptions (for PCs) of the Tarokka deck in the current edition. Learn what fortunes await you with this gaming accessory for Ravenloft.