i_was_like_you Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 If you're going to cheat fate, after all, why not go all the way with a tarot deck. Use the Minor Arcana (minus the Pages) and two of the Major Arcana as your Jokers. I found this Steampunk Tarot deck at Books a Million the other day: Before opening it, I'd considered using the Fool as the Black Joker, and finding another suitable choice for the Red. But after seeing the cards, I went with Death as the Black Joker (far more appropriate, really), and Temperance as the Red. The artwork is stunning and the book with it is the size of a novel. As far as suit alignments go, for Malifaux and traditional cards (with a few mnemonic devices): Wands are Tomes are Clubs (Magic). Swords (to plowshares) are Spades are Crows. Pentacles (sometimes Coins) are Diamonds (riches) are Masks. Cups are Hearts (both overflowing) are Rams. The conversions between suits were much easier to picture thanks to the Retro Fate Deck's merged suits. Thank you once again, Xander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttsgosadow Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Nice! How do the other cards look? Wonder if the suit and number are easy to recognise. Guess the Fool will be left out the deck? Very nice cards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_was_like_you Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Nice! How do the other cards look? Wonder if the suit and number are easy to recognise. Guess the Fool will be left out the deck? Very nice cards! Yeah, no Fool for the fate deck. I couldn't pass up on that imagery of Death as the Black Joker. Suit and number are very easy to recognize. It's just a matter of translating them into the Malifaux suits. I'd initially guessed as to which ones should be which, then looked up a tarot to playing card suit conversion chart only to find I'd been completely right, thanks in no small part to Malifaux's use of the suits and Xander's hybrid suits. Maybe I'll post a few pics of the other cards later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttsgosadow Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 I checked a few tarot's I had lying around, but those aren't recognisable at all. Too bad The Steampunk Tarot seems much better for Malifaux! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_was_like_you Posted January 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Here's an idea: Maybe the folks at Wyrd can add a Malifaux tarot deck to their custom fate decks, using Xander's hybrid suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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