Deck of Illusions

This set of parchment cards is usually found in an ivory, leather, or wooden box. A full deck consists of thirty-four cards.

This material is Open Game Content, and is licensed for public use under the terms of the Open Game License v1.0a.

When a card is drawn at random and thrown to the ground, a major image of a creature is formed. The figment lasts until dispelled. The illusory creature cannot move more than 30 feet away from where the card landed, but otherwise moves and acts as if it were real. At all times it obeys the desires of the character who drew the card. When the illusion is dispelled, the card becomes blank and cannot be used again. If the card is picked up, the illusion is automatically and instantly dispelled. The cards in a deck and the illusions they bring forth are summarized on the following table. (Use one of the first two columns to simulate the contents of a full deck using either ordinary playing cards or tarot cards.)

Playing Card	Tarot Card	Creature
Ace of hearts IV.	The Emperor	Red dragon
King of hearts	Knight of swords	Male human knight and four squires
Queen of hearts	Queen of staves	Female human wizard
Jack of hearts	King of staves	Male human druid
Ten of hearts VII.	The Chariot	Cloud giant
Nine of hearts	Page of staves	Ettin
Eight of hearts	Ace of cups	Bugbear
Two of hearts	Five of staves	Goblin
Ace of diamonds III.	The Empress	Glabrezu (demon)
King of diamonds	Two of cups	Male elf wizard and female apprentice
Queen of diamonds	Queen of swords	Half-elf ranger (female)
Jack of diamonds XIV.	Temperance	Harpy
Ten of diamonds	Seven of staves	Male barbarian
Nine of diamonds	Four of pentacles	Oni mage
Eight of diamonds	Ace of pentacles	Cynocephali
Two of diamonds	Six of pentacles	Kobold
Ace of spades II.	The High Priestess	Lich
King of spades	Three of staves	Three male human clerics
Queen of spades	Four of cups	Medusa
Jack of spades	Knight of pentacles	Knight
Ten of spades	Seven of swords	Frost giant
Nine of spades	Three of swords	Troll
Eight of spades	Ace of swords	Hobgoblin
Two of spades	Five of cups	Barghest
Ace of clubs VIII.	Strength	Iron golem
King of clubs	Page of pentacles	Three male halfling rogues
Queen of clubs	Ten of cups	Pixies
Jack of clubs	Nine of pentacles	Female half-elf bard
Ten of clubs	Nine of staves	Hill giant
Nine of clubs	King of swords	Ogre
Eight of clubs	Ace of staves	Orc
Two of clubs	Five of cups	Kobold
Joker	Two of pentacles	Illusion of deck’s owner
Joker	Two of staves	Illusion of deck’s owner (sex reversed)

A randomly generated deck is usually complete (11-100 on d%), but may be discovered (01-10) with 1d20 of its cards missing. If cards are missing, reduce the price by a corresponding amount.

Faint  illusion; CL 6th; Craft Wondrous Item, major image; Price 8,100 gp; Weight 1/2 lb.