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Myk Streja: Albert uses the Death card to try IDing his boss at the Mended Drum

2024-07-29T10:41:58Z

Albert uses the Death card to try IDing his boss at the Mended Drum

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	* Four of Elephants, referencing [[World Elephant\|Giant elephants]] from {{TLF}}		* Four of Elephants, referencing [[World Elephant\|Giant elephants]] from {{TLF}}
	* Ace of Turtles, referencing [[Great A'Tuin]] from {{TLF}}		* Ace of Turtles, referencing [[Great A'Tuin]] from {{TLF}}
	* Death, referencing [[Death]] from {{TLF}} and {{M}}		* Death, referencing [[Death]] from {{TLF}}, {{M}} and {{SM}}
	* Star from {{TLF}}		* Star from {{TLF}}
	* [[Moon]] from {{LL}}		* [[Moon]] from {{LL}}

User: 1 revision: Discworld import

2012-09-23T21:54:29Z

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Stanley Howler at 19:37, 21 April 2012

2012-04-21T19:37:57Z

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The distilled wisdom of the ancients manifesting as prettily coloured pasteboard.

[[Rincewind]] once drew the Death card four or five times in succession. He wasn't surprised. However, the woman reading his cards was, as there should only be one Death in every pack. (ref.{{TLF}})

[[Keli]] drew the [[Death]] card 3 times in succession in {{M}}, which was reasonable, as she was dead at the time (she got better).

Caroc is not organized in exactly the same way as a normal 78 card Roundworld Tarot deck. It has a Major Arcana (trump cards) and eight suits, different to our four suits. There are Elephants, Turtles, Octograms, Coins, Crowns, Swords, Cups and Sceptres. Each Minor suit goes in this order: Ace, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Knave, Knight, Queen, King.

Other known Caroc cards:

* Importance of Washing the Hands from {{TLF}}
* Eight of Octograms from {{TLF}}
* Dome of the Sky from {{TLF}}
* Pool of Night from {{TLF}}
* Four of Elephants, referencing [[World Elephant|Giant elephants]] from {{TLF}}
* Ace of Turtles, referencing [[Great A'Tuin]] from {{TLF}}
* Death, referencing [[Death]] from {{TLF}} and {{M}}
* Star from {{TLF}}
* [[Moon]] from {{LL}}
* The Ruler, an image of which can be seen in the Discworld Companion.
* The Ace of Wands from {{W}}

==Annotations==

The Roundworld Tarot deck has the Minor Arcana suits of Pentacles (Octagrams?), Cups, Swords and Wands (Sceptres?). The Major Arcana does include the Moon, Death, and the Star. The Importance of Washing the Hands is clearly a parody of the 'muse' tarot cards of Justice, Temperance, Strength and Judgement.

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