I’d like to introduce in my campaign a secret society where every important npc is related to a tarot card. And I’d like to create a magic item for each card (I.e. The Magician Staff, The Moon Mirror, The Tower Golem, The Death Scythe, etc).
They should be powerful artifacts that PCs could eventually obtain.
What they could be? I’m looking for inspiration about moves, themes, powers, etc.
Checkout the Tarroka cards from D&D’s Curse of Strahd module.
As far as the magic items themselves, I’d lean on the tarot arcana themselves (and their traditional interpretations) for inspiration on what the item is and what it does. So, like, the Hanged Man is about helplessness, right? So the Hanged Man’s Rope would be a lasso or something that binds anyone and anything.
As for mechanical implementation of significant, far-reaching magical items, consider these for inspiration:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0lFq3ECDQDQS05WM3NHMnpXNUU
So, this folder is an absolute goldmine, Jeremy Strandberg. Is everything there yours? Can I add it to the Syllabus?
Yochai Gal yeah, it’s all mine. Early drafts of stuff from Stonetop.
I’m a little hesitant to say “yeah, add it to the syllabus” because most of what’s in there is still a first draft. But then again, it’s pretty much all stuff that I’ve linked to in the Stonetop collection. So if you think others would find it useful in it’s present state, then… yeah, I guess.
+Yochai Gal thanks, I checked the Tarroka deck but it’s an alternative deck of tarots. Instead I’m looking inspiration for magic items based on the classic deck made by major arcana. 🙂
(P.s. I love the syllabus)
+Jeremy Strandberg thanks! I’ll check if some of those items can be adapted to the meaning of cards