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The Deck of Tales DoT Key Card C: Style Pair
Explanations on reverse.
The Deck of Tales They say 'a picture is worth a thousand
An Image-Based Idea Generator words,' and they--whoever 'they' are--seem B: Image
for Games and Fiction to be onto something: Images can help both Generator
Game Masters and writers in many ways. A: Difficulty
This deck of cards provides 360 pictures Meter
and 240 combinations of symbols (and D: Yes/No
more!), arranged to be easily read at a glance Responses
and incorporated into your game or story.
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If you need descriptions of people, places,
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LIVE events and
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twists; even the answers to questions you
would normally have to have a GM plan for;
just flip over a card or two, and see where

the images take you!
The Deck of Tales, ©2016 by Larcenous Designs, LLC
www.LarcenousDesigns.com E: Tag
Icons and images originally created by Delapouite, Symbols
Lorc, Carl Olsen, sbed, and Lord Berandas of
www.Game-Icons.net; used under CC BY 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Tag Symbols by Max Johnson
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DoT Key Card

A: Difficulty Meter: The crossed slash marks indicate
a number on a bell curve from 1-10, making 5 and 6 the
most likely. This can be used to generate the difficulty or
danger of a task, the friendliness of an NPC, etc.
B: Image Generator: The three icons in the center

column of each card never repeat, providing 360 unique
images as inspiration for literal or metaphorical elements
of characters, scenes, random events, and so on.
C: Style Pair:
ARTInside
AREA green hexagon
the 2.5X3.5 are a unique
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pairing of two out of 16 possible icons (
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mental or physical details to apply to NPCs, scenes, etc.
D: Yes/No Responses: The blue box under the ques-

tion mark indicates the answer to a yes/no question.
= Critical Yes; = Yes; = ‘Yes, But’ or ‘partially;’
= No, = Critical No.
E: Tag Symbols: Three out of 10 possible images

(
), never repeating exactly;
these can be read symbolically, or to indicate results
on a table you create. See the free game on DriveThru,
ALONe: A Solo Game Engine, for ideas and examples.
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The Deck of Tales DoT Key Card C: Style Pair

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B: Image Generator: The three icons in the center

D: Yes/No Responses: The blue box under the ques-

E: Tag Symbols: Three out of 10 possible images

ART AREA 2.5X3.5 INCHES

LIVE AREA 2.25X3.25 INCHES

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